Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao has said that the issue of peace and stability in Afghanistan needs to be addressed separately and comprehensively and not within the matrix of India-Pakistan relations, a view which was concurred by the delegates from Kabul who participated in a conference here on Sunday.

The relationship between Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, and the Afghan Taliban goes far beyond what was previously thought, says a new report.

Besides trade and culture, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse exchanged views on a host of geo-strategic issues.
They agreed to promote dialogue on security and defence issues of relevance to the bilateral relationship, and enhance high-level military exchanges and training of m

For the second time in a week, leaders of India and Pakistan will gather at the venue of a multilateral meeting without them being accused of indulging in mutual recriminations or letting their public spat affect the dynamics of summitry.

Israel was extricating itself Wednesday from a situation of its own making after its deputy prime minister, Avigdor Lieberman, triggered a potential diplomatic row with India.

India can be expected to resume energy and economic dialogue with Iran in the first week of July when Shamseddin Hosseini, the Iranian finance minister, leads a delegation here for the 16th meeting of