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Three US Army CH-47 helicopters pick up 169 Americans outside Kabul airpor
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US military used three CH-47 "Chinook" helicopters to bring 169 Americans to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson tweeted.
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Taliban harassing press at all levels: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government is raising with Taliban officials whom it engages "at all levels" the growing number of reports that the Islamist movement (banned in Russia) is harassing the press following its occupation of the Afghan capital Kabul, State Departm
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Blinken thanks US partners for aiding evacuation from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday thanked its partner countries who played an important role to help them evacuate US citizens and 'at-risk Afghans' from Kabul.
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Taliban's silence on ties with terror groups raises global security concer
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): The Taliban have been attempting hard to convince the world that they will sever ties with terror groups like al-Qaeda after they they are back in power in Afghanistan after 20 years and need the world's recognition and approbation, a media report sai
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UNDP alarmed over 'current trajectory' of Afghan conflict
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 21 (ANI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has raised alarm over the ongoing situation in Afghanistan after Taliban took over the country after a swift offensive.
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UAE to temporarily shelter 5,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Arab Emirates will temporarily host 5,000 Afghan citizens evacuated from the country following the seizure of Kabul by the Taliban Islamist movement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said.
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US congressman introduces bill to prevent IMF resources from flowing to Ta
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): A US congressman on Friday introduced legislation aimed at blocking the Taliban in Afghanistan from accessing the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Armed uprising recaptures Afghan district from Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): Taliban terrorists lost control of Afghanistan's Pol-e-Hesar district of northern Baghlan province after they came in conflict with armed uprising on Friday, a media report said.
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Pentagon acknowledges presence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): The United States on Friday acknowledged the presence of al Qaeda in Afghanistan amid its large-scale evacuation from the war-torn country.
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Afghan baby at Kabul airport handed back to father after receiving treatme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A viral video of an Afghan baby being handed over the walled perimeter of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul showed US Marines taking the baby to be treated at a hospital at the facility, Defense Department Spokesperson John Kirby said on
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US Deputy Secy of State discusses Afghan rights with top Uzbek diplomat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman discussed ways to protect human rights in Afghanistan with Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, following the swift Taliban takeover.
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NATO suspends all support to Afghanistan, calls for end to violence
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 21 (ANI): North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday announced that it has suspended all support to war-torn Afghanistan and called for an end to the violence in the nation following the Taliban's siege of Kabul.
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