India's steel & power project in Afghanistan face hurdles

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 17:35

"The AFISCO project has been put in cold storage. There are several issues. First, it is about the security of the personnel in that country. Then there is a question of economic feasibility as it is difficult to operate there due to a continuous conflict hurting the basic infrastructure," the source said.

Trans-Afghan gas pipeline may become a reality: Pradhan

Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015, 14:36

Trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline connecting Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India may become a reality soon as negotiation for the ambitious project is at the final stage, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in Lok Sabha today.

Taliban attack checkpoints, one Afghan police killed

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 15:02

An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked three police checkpoints overnight in the southern province of Helmand. The police repelled the attacks but lost one officer.

Roadside bomb kills 6 Afghan civilians

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 01:23

A roadside bomb killed six civilians and wounded more than a dozen others in southern Afghanistan, authorities said on Sunday, hours after a suicide bomber killed four in an attack on a military bus in the capital.

Afghan govt offers 2009 photo as `evidence` of 2014 airstrike

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:55

A photograph the Afghan government distributed to back up its claims about civilian casualties in a US airstrike 10 days ago was actually a 2009 AFP photograph of a different funeral, a media investigation revealed Sunday.

Taliban rule north of Kabul despite military efforts

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 14:09

A scandal over civilian deaths in a recent US air strike is a stark reminder of how the Afghan war is raging just a short drive from Kabul, with a NATO-Afghan offensive failing to recapture districts under Taliban control.

Soldier killed in Afghan multiple suicide attack: NATO

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 14:59

Taliban militants killed one NATO soldier in a multiple suicide attack involving a car bomb, explosive vests and gunfire against a base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, NATO officials said.

Ban condemns attack on Afghan restaurant

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 13:29

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a restaurant in Afghanistan which killed 21 people, including four UN staff.

Support Afghan-led peace process, address transit issue: India

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:42

Strongly backing the Afghan-led peace process, India on Friday called for a cautious approach to bring peace to Afghanistan, saying execution of any initiative with "inadequate preparation" could be "dangerous" for the war-ravaged country.

Karzai condemns killing of boy, 4, by US troops: Spokesman

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 00:13

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday condemned US troops for killing a four-year-old boy in the southern province of Helmand, in an incident set to add fresh strain to troubled relations between Washington and Kabul.

US forces accidentally kill Afghan boy, strain ties further

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 13:52

US forces in Afghanistan have accidentally shot dead a four year old boy, Afghan officials said on Friday, the latest violence to strain ties between the uneasy allies.

Afghan Taliban claim attack on NATO convoy in Kabul

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 14:31

The Afghan Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a military convoy belonging to the NATO-led ISAF security force in Kabul on Saturday, striking at the heart of the capital but without causing any casualties.