New Delhi, April 01, 2022: Government of India and the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) signed the second ‘In-kind Contribution Agreement between the Government of the Republic of India and WFP for the donation of next batch of 10,000 MTs of wheat to the People of Afghanistan’ on March 30, 2022. The Agreement was […]
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US troops set to pull out from Afghanistan, India closely watching
New Delhi, April 17, 2021: In response to the media queries on the announcement that the US troops would be pulled out of Afghanistan before September 11, 2021, the Official spokesperson said on April 16: “We have noted the decision of the United States to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan and to end its military […]
India Science Research Fellowship (ISRF) 2021 announced
New Delhi, March 7, 2021: Forty scholars from six countries have been awarded with the opportunity to carry out their research in Indian Institutes and Universities using state of the art facilities in these places. These scholars have been selected based on research proposal, experience, academic merit and publication record and recommended for the award of […]
External Affairs Minister meets Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan
New Delhi, February 25, 2021: Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov visited New Delhi on 24-25 February 2021. The meeting between External Affairs Minister Dr.S.Jaishankar and Foreign Minister Kamilov provided an opportunity to discuss various bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. The Ministers took stock of various aspects of bilateral cooperation between India […]
President of Afghanistan thanks India for supply of food and medical assistance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Dr Ashraf Ghani had a telephonic conversation on August 3rd 2020. Both leaders exchanged greetings on the joyous festival of Eid – ul – Adha. President Ghani thanked Prime Minister Modi for timely supply of food and medical assistance to meet Afghan requirement. […]
India strongly condemns ‘barbaric’ terrorist attacks in Afghanistan
India strongly condemned the barbaric terrorist attacks against innocent civilians, including women and children, at the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital maternity ward, funeral in Nangarhar province and the Army check post in Laghman province on 11-12 May. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said that ‘such reprehensible attacks, including on mothers, newly born children, nurses […]
Coronavirus: India gifts HydroxyChloroquine and wheat to Afghanistan (Pics)
India is trying her best to reach out to its neighbours in the Coronavirus turmoil. 251 containers carrying the first consignment of 5,022 MT of wheat out of the total gift of 75,000 MT from India to Afghanistan set sail from Kandla Port to Chabahar Port yesterday. The remaining consignments are set to follow in […]
Kabul Bombing: US President Trump cancels US-Taliban talks
US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that he has canceled a secret summit with the Taliban and Afghanistan’s President. In a statement announcing the cancelation, the US President Donald Trump said that the move to hold talks at Camp David on Sunday was shelved after an admission by the Taliban leaders that they launched […]
Indian national abducted in Baghlan, Afghanistan returns home
One of the seven Indian nationals, who was kidnapped in Baghlan province of Afghanistan in May 2018, has safely returned to India. The information was provided by the Ministry of External Affairs late on February 18, 2019. India also thanked Afghanistan for help in securing the release of the Indian national. In a press note […]