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Last week’s Kabul terrorist attacks and demonstrations have shaken President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah’s National Unity Government (NUG). They have exposed NUG's failure to provide security, but, more significantly, it has impacted ...

'Afghanistan cannot be at peace until the Pashtuns regain their pre-eminent role in the country's governance,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: An Afghan soldier keeps watch as chaos continues to descend on Kabul. Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters What on earth brought United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to Afghanistan? The most obvious explanation could be that he is obliged to pay a visit to Afghanistan after assuming office in New York. From initial accounts, Guterres ...

In a rare snub to Pakistan, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a customary meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the SCO summit in Astana after the murder of two Chinese teachers in Balochistan. Sharif returned from Astana after attending the Shanghai ...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban today, warning them to embrace peace or "face consequences" after announcing that the death toll from last weeks truck bombing had passed 150. Ghani has come under mounting public criticism for ...

The US has revived two major infrastructure projects in South and Southeast Asia in which India would be a vital player, a move that could potentially act as a counter to Chinas ambitious Belt and Road initiative. The Trump administration has resuscitated the ...

IMAGE:  India’s Shiva Thapa ((blue) in action. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images. Fourth seed Shiva Thapa (60kg) and unseeded Sumit Sangwan (91kg) continued to pack a powerful punch for India at the Asian Boxing Championships, advancing to the final with contrasting victories in Taskent on Friday. While Shiva stunned Olympic bronze-medallist and top seed Dorjnyambuug Otgondalai of Mongolia in a split verdict, Sumit stormed past second seed Tajik Jakhon Qurbonov in the ...