KABUL (AFGHANISTAN (TIP)): Afghan police and soldiers are manning checkpoints at almost every intersection, searching vehicles and banning trucks from the streets, tightening security ahead of a weekend presidential election. Insurgents have intensified attacks ahead […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): China underestimated its growing defence budget by nearly 20% with its spending likely nearing $145 billion last year, the Pentagon has said. In an annual report required by Congress, the Pentagon said yesterday […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan court on June 05 ordered police to lodge an FIR against former CIA station chief for killing civilians in US drone strikes in the volatile northwestern tribal regions stretching along the border […]
KABUL (TIP): The Taliban on June 4 released a video showing the handover of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl to US forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from […]
Despite reservations in some circles, most Pakistanis welcomed Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s decision to attend Mr Narendra Modi’s swearing-in as the new PM of India at the latter’s invitation. Although similar invitations were extended […]
KABUL (TIP): Twelve people, including 10 militants, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Afghanistan on May 29, authorities said. In one attack, a district intelligence chief was killed while three intelligence officials were […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A powerful American Senator has proposed “100 days action plan” for the Modi government and the Obama administration to “refresh” the India-US relations. Senator Mark Warner, who is the Democratic co-chair of the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): OFBJP Global Convener Vijay Jolly stated, May 28, that the visiting SAARC Presidents & Prime Ministers at the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath taking ceremony, were separately welcomed & greeted with […]
KABUL (TIP): Taliban fighters kidnapped 27 police officers during an assault on a northeastern province in Afghanistan, authorities said on Thursday, part of the extremist group’s spring offensive ahead of the withdrawal of foreign troops […]
Two Terrorists killed: Taliban behind attack KABUL (TIP): The Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Herat has been attacked, and the area is surrounded by security forces. Police initially said three gunmen opened fire […]
PESHAWAR(TIP) At least 10 militants were reportedly killed and 14 others injured on Wednesday in a US drone strike at a militant compound along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the first such strike after a five-month lull. […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan’s election commission announced on Thursday that the country’s presidential election is going into second round, with the two top vote getters to face off on June 14. The race will likely be […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An Afghan official says a bomb stuck onto a military vehicle exploded in the capital, Kabul, killing one soldier and wounding two civilians. The city’s police chief, Gen. Mohammad Zahir Zahir, says […]
KABUL (TIP): A suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army vehicle Sunday in southern Afghanistan, killing five civilians and wounding 36, authorities said. The blast also wounded four Afghan army soldiers in the Maywand district […]
AAB BAREEK (AFGHANISTAN) (TIP): Aid groups on May 4 rushed to help survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains. […]
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed three policemen and wounded two in the country’s western Herat province. District police chief Shir Agha Alokozay says the attack took place in the […]
“Rather than debating a new conceptual framework for our foreign policy – more “nationalistic” or resting on an “India first” foundation – we could look at how some concrete issues should be addressed by a […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghan forces repulsed an assault by hundreds of militants, many from across the border in Pakistan, officials said April 30, in the biggest clashes since the presidential election almost four weeks ago. Nato […]
KABUL (TIP): A Taliban suicide car bomb killed at least 13 people, including six policemen, on May 1 in a normally peaceful region of eastern Afghanistan, officials said, nearly one month after elections. “A suicide […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The number of suicides in the US military dropped by 18 per cent in 2013 but rose among parttime soldiers in the reserves, the Pentagon said on April 25. A new report said […]
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): Flash floods in northern Afghanistan after two days of torrential rain have killed more than 80 people, officials said on Friday, with scores more missing as helicopters searched for stranded villagers. Local officials […]
KABUL (TIP): Afghanistan is set to announce preliminary presidential election results on Saturday, with former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah ahead in early counting but below the 50-per cent vote required to avoid a run-off. Abdullah […]
Remarks made by Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, at Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL on April 25, 2014 Thank you, Dr. Singh, for your warm welcome. It is […]
KABUL (TIP): A leading Taliban peace negotiator has been placed under house arrest in the United Arab Emirates, officials said on April 18, dealing a blow to President Hamid Karzai’s efforts to jump-start a nascent […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pentagon’s new religious guidelines are still discriminatory as they impose “stifling” requirements on religion observing service members, according to 21 faith and interfaith groups. These organisations, in a letter to the Department of […]
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