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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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It’s India’s move to refresh ties with neighbours, say Bangladesh analysts

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla's two-day visit to Dhaka is part of India's larger policy to boost relations with its neighbours as China seeks to draw them closer to it, foreign relations analysts said

Pakistan's braggart minister threatens India with nuclear war which won't harm Muslims

Pakistan Federal Minister Sheikh Rashid has threatened India with nuclear war once again, saying the weapons will be such that they will save the Muslims during the attack

Nepal PM confident of bilateral relations with Sri Lanka achieving new heights

Referring to the Nepal–Sri Lanka bilateral relations that go back many centuries, Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has described Sri Lanka as a "very good friend of Nepal"

Bangladesh, India agree to convene JCC meeting soon

Bangladesh and India have agreed to convene the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) between the two countries at the level of Foreign Ministers at the earliest, as JCC provides an excellent platform to discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations between the two countries with an action-oriented focus, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Masud Bin Momen, said on Thursday

Nepal and India look for a boundary meeting

After two back-to-back high-level engagements between Nepal and India over the past few days, the two neighbours are now looking to hold a meeting of their Boundary Working Group

India, Bangladesh discuss two-year road map for bilateral ties

Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and held discussions on various bilateral issues, including a two-year road map vis-a-vis the relations between the two countries

India looks forward to taking partnership with Sri Lanka to greater heights

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has conveyed to Sri Lanka’s Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena that he looks forward to working closely with his counterpart to take India- Sri Lanka partnership to greater heights as part of India’s neighborhood first policy

Pakistani, Afghan terror groups merge

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has merged with its splinter groups Jamat-ul-Ahrar (JuA) and Hizb-ul-Ahrar (HuA) in Afghanistan, sources have revealed

Indian Foreign Secretary arrives in Dhaka

Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has arrived in Dhaka for a brief visit

Nepal, India resume dialogue, but ties far from normal, say experts

Senior officials from Nepal and India reopened formal lines of communication on Monday, months after boundary-related issues strained ties

Four-pronged strategy being pursued to deal with India: Pakistan foreign minister

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi explained the government’s four-point strategy over dealing with India on Monday and emphasised that in a changing world, there would have to be a greater reliance on national strength rather than looking towards international structures

Clashes erupt between pro-Pakistan and pro-Kashmiri groups outside Indian consulate in UK

A major scuffle took place between several pro-Pakistani and pro-Kashmiri groups protesting over the Kashmir issue outside the Consul General of India in Birmingham. The incident occurred as India celebrated its 74th Independence Day

Nepal, India review India-funded projects

Amid strained ties over boundary issues, senior officials from Nepal and India on Monday discussed the status of India-funded projects in Nepal

Afghan forces hold military exercise along Durand Line with Pakistan

Afghanistan’s army on Sunday conducted a military exercise in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province, near the Durand Line, the de facto border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, a crossing that has witnessed clashes between the security and defense forces of both countries in recent years

Biden says 'high priority' to India-US ties; policy document silent on Kashmir

Joe Biden, who will be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, will give “high priority to” strengthening India-US relations including on counter-terrorism and for ensuring China can't threaten its neighbours, according to his campaign