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India evacuated over 800 people amid a deteriorating security situation in Kabul. [4] On 16 August, 40 Indians were airlifted from Kabul to Delhi. [4] 168 people, including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, were flown from Kabul to Hindan Air Force Station near Delhi in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF). [5]
The Attari–Wagah border ceremony at the border crossing Marching by Indian Border Security Force soldiers at the Attari border crossing Women personnel of Border Security Force taking part in the ceremonial retreat at the India–Pakistan border at the Attari border crossing, 2010.
India shares land borders with six sovereign nations. The state's Ministry of Home Affairs also recognizes a 106 kilometres (66 mi) land border with a seventh nation, Afghanistan, as part of its claim on the Kashmir region; however, this is disputed and the region bordering Afghanistan has been administered by Pakistan as part of Gilgit-Baltistan since 1947 (see Durand Line).
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
This story is based on the story of Sushmita Bannerjee, a Bengali Hindu woman who was married to an Afghan businessman in 1989. She shifted to Afghanistan in the same year and later fled back to India in 1995 to escape the Taliban, who issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam.
The Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Indian Empire by Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Emir of Afghanistan, to fix the limit of their respective spheres of influence and improve diplomatic relations and trade.
The Afghanistan–India Strategic Partnership Agreement was a bilateral agreement between the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, signed on 4 October 2011. It was aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two nations across various sectors, including security, trade, economic development , and cultural exchange .
U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued two young girls Tuesday night after smugglers dropped them from the border wall and into New Mexico.