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US to reassess ties with Pakistan over Afghanistan future, says Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): The US is going to be looking at its ties with Pakistan in the coming weeks to formulate the role America wants Islamabad to play in the future of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed Congress.
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Germany allows entry to 2,000 vulnerable Afghans: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 14 (ANI): Germany has allowed entry to 2,000 rights activists, artists, scientists and journalists from Afghanistan who are at risk of retribution from the Taliban, media said Monday.
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US in touch with India regarding 'over-the-horizon' support: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): The United States is in touch with India regarding the over-the-horizon capabilities and plans, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress.
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Blinken defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan, says staying would have 'r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Staunchly defending America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, US top diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday said that staying in the war-torn country would have "re-upped the war for another five, ten or twenty years."
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$1 billion pledge a 'quantum leap' in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial USD 606 million flash appeal for the country.
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Pakistan involves in harbouring Taliban, it needs to line up with internat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Noting that Pakistan has "harboured" members of the Taliban including the terrorists from the proscribed Haqqani network, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Islamabad needs to "line up" with a broad majority of the international community regarding
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US pledges USD 64 million in aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): The United States on Monday announced nearly USD 64 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan.
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Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN's Guterres
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): The international community should urgently offer a "lifeline" to millions of vulnerable Afghans "who face perhaps their most perilous hour", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.
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Taliban issue new rules for female university students
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): Taliban issued new rules for Afghan women attending universities on Sunday under which they will be required to wear head coverings and the classrooms will be gender-segregated.
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Afghanistan: Female doctor in Kandahar claims beaten by Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): A female doctor in Afghanistan's Kandahar province has claimed that her home was stormed by the Taliban and she was beaten along with her family members and a neighbour, local media reported.
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Healthcare system in Afghanistan on edge of collapse
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): After the Taliban's takeover, the health care system in Afghanistan is crumbling as international donors have withdrawn funds.
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Taliban ransacks Amrullah Saleh's residence, claim they seized cash, gold
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday ransacked the house of former Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh and claimed they have seized cash and gold from his residence.
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