India, Taliban

Taliban say India is a 'significant regional partner' after meeting
The Taliban's foreign office said they saw India as a "significant regional and economic partner" after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.
India Steps Up Engagement with the Taliban Regime
According to the Pakistani analyst, India’s “courting of the Taliban regime appears to be working.” He pointed to a statement issued by the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs hours after the Dubai meeting, which spoke of Muttaqi’s “desire of strengthening political & economic relations with India as a key regional and economic player.”
India boosts diplomatic contacts with Afghanistan's Taliban
India pledges development projects in Afghanistan, which has endured years of devastating war and natural disasters.
Why India is boosting diplomatic relations with the Taliban
This would mark a significant step in diplomatic engagement for the Islamist group.Stepping up its outreach with the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with the regime's acting foreign minister,
India engages Taliban: New chapter in India-Afghanistan relations? Experts debate
The big focus of this episode of Newstrack is on Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri meeting with Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai.
In A First Since Fall Of Kabul, India’s Foreign Secretary Misri Engages With Taliban
India-Afghanistan-Taliban: In a surprise development Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai and promised to cooperate with the interim Taliban government there in enhancing trade,
US Inadvertently Funding the Taliban, Republican Says
"The next terrorist attack will be 100 percent fully funded by the American taxpayer," Representative Tim Burchett said.
U.S. in talks with Taliban for release of Americans held in Afghanistan, source says
The Taliban said they had been in talks with the Biden administration to exchange Afghans in U.S. custody for Americans ...
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Russia paid Taliban $200,000 per killed US, coalition soldier, media investigation says
The joint media investigation sheds fresh details on reports of Russia-sponsored killings of U.S. soldiers that first ...
India-Taliban talks: Region in flux and 5 reasons behind Delhi’s decision to engage Kabul
While there is no move yet to grant official recognition to the Taliban government, this is an effort by India to secure its ...
US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees, WSJ reports
The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for at least one ...
Taliban Ban Windows To Stop Women Being Seen Inside Homes
The Taliban have taken multiple steps to walk back women's rights including forbidding education for girls beyond grade six ...
Taliban Militants Say They Will Target Pakistan Army-Owned Firms
Militants belonging to Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan or TTP said they will now target local businesses, including listed firms, ...
Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home
Buildings should not have windows looking into places where women could be sitting or standing, Taliban leader orders ...
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The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups employing Afghan women, the latest crackdown ...
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Taliban Leader Bans Windows Overlooking Women's Areas
The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook ...
UK government says England should play Afghanistan amid boycott calls
Since returning to power in 2021 the Taliban have effectively banned female participation -- a move that puts the Afghanistan Cricket Board at odds with ICC rules.