Tag: Afghanistan


  • “Iridium satellite phones seen active once in Budgam, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kupwara, and Pulwama, while in Baramulla, it was seen active twiceย  and the devices were together active from 10.30 am to 3 pm on the same day.” NEW DELHI โ€”ย Security agencies are suspecting that parts of sophisticated arms and ammunition left behind by the US…

  • With the Taliban takeover once again making analysts predict a speculative storm, a bygone Afghan arrival had only touched countless lives in Kashmir. At the foothills of the Chinar-dotted postcard peak in Bandiporaโ€™s Chekreshpora village, a saintโ€™s school, sanctum, seminary and shrine are speaking about Kashmirโ€™s spiritual Afghan legacy.ย  The sacred signposts defy the treacherous…

  • In the din over the Kabul coup, analysts are locking horns over the long-predicted change in the strife region. The day Taliban entered the Presidential palace in Afghanistan capital and heralded a new era in the war-torn country, Ayesha Siddiqa, an expert on military affairs, said what strategists and security experts had long predicted: โ€œAfter…