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India concerned about Afghan security situation: Rajnath Singh

India is concerned about the security situation in Afghanistan and will continue to support the local government's efforts for peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday

Maldives' foreign minister hails late Indian president Pranab Mukherjee

Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid on Thursday penned a message in the Condolence Book opened by the High Commission of India in Maldives, dedicated to the late former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, following his demise

IHC gives India, Jadhav second chance to clarify stance on pursuing case

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted on Thursday another opportunity to New Delhi and Kulbhushan Jadhav to clarify their stance on pursuing the case before the federal capital’s high court

Speaker Nasheed attributes prosperity, independence to India-Maldives relations

Parliament Speaker and former president of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has praised Maldives-India relations, describing it as an age-old friendship

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India accused of blocking development of East Container Terminal in Colombo

India has thwarted the development of the East Container Terminal at the Colombo Port, Sri Lanka's opposition politicians said

Nepal PM Oli says India trying to topple me

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who faces serious challenge from the rival faction that is hell-bent to force him either to quit either the Prime Ministerial post or party Co-Chair, played the ‘India card’ yet again, today, shifting focus from issues apparent by pulling India into the frame

'Troop numbers no determinant of Afghanistan-US relations'

President Ashraf Ghani’s Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqqi says that Afghanistan-US relations are based on the bilateral commitments and the number of American soldiers stationed in the war-hit country would not be determinant

International community condemns attack on human rights workers in Afghanistan

US peace envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Twitter condemned the attack on the human rights workers that occurred on Saturday, calling it "anti-human."

Biden puts Kashmir on his Muslim agenda for US elections

In an openly communal appeal to Muslim voters, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party candidate for US president, has dragged Kashmir into his campaign in a religious context rather than as a foreign policy or a human rights issue

'Misinformation being spread about Bhutan over water to Assam'

Bhutan has no reason to stop the irrigation water for the farmers of Assam in India at this time

Sri Lanka’s border and maritime security remain vulnerable: US report

Sri Lanka’s border and maritime security remained vulnerable in 2019, the United States Department of State says in a recently released annual report on terrorism

Afghanistan ‘fuming’ after Pakistan PM calls 9/11 mastermind ‘martyr’

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the United States had ‘martyred’ al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in 2011, and that Pakistan was embarrassed by engaging in America’s war on terror in Afghanistan

Pakistan rejects Indian reports on FATF grey list

Pakistan on Friday rejected the Indian media’s fabricated news reports that the country would continue to remain on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list because of its “failure” to achieve the goals of the global watchdog’s action plan in its recently concluded virtual plenary session

India refuses to sit for talks and there is no boundary dispute with China, foreign minister says

Nepals' Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali has counteracted two assertions regarding boundary disputes that have been making the rounds of both Nepali and Indian media—that India offered to sit for talks but was rebuffed by Nepal, and that China has encroached upon more Nepali territory than India

Nepal's ruling party leaders dwell on Nepal-India border regulation

Meanwhile, 18 Standing Committee members of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) who spoke in today’s meeting raised the issue of regulating the porous Nepal-India border

No issue with Bhutan, water supply was blocked naturally, says India

The Indian government on Friday said that the water supply from Bhutan to India for irrigation purposes in Assam had been blocked naturally and not out of any tension between the two countries

After Pakistan and Nepal, now Bhutan hassling India?

After China, Pakistan and Nepal, now Bhutan has also started hassling India

Pakistan PM discusses regional situation with Sri Lankan president

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephonic conversation with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Thursday

Pompeo cites China's Ladakh attack, 'expansionism' as factor in US reprioritising defence

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cited Chinese Peoples Liberation Army's (PLA) “deadly” confrontation with India as one of the reasons for Washington recalibrating its defence commitments in Europe and looking at countering emerging threats