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UK to offer COVID vaccines to arriving Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 21 (ANI): The United Kingdom will provide vaccines against COVID-19 to Afghans coming to the country, the government said on Friday.
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Biden describes scenes of 'desperate people' in Afghanistan as 'gut wrench
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday described the images emerging out of Afghanistan as "gut-wrenching", showing people "acting out of sheer desperation," hoping to get out of the country following the Taliban's siege of Kabul.
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Biden says Afghan evacuation 'most difficult airlift' in history
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): Terming the evacuation from Afghanistan the 'most difficult and largest airlift' ever in the history, US President Joe Biden on Friday assured to get all Americans and allies out of the war-torn country.
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Pakistan's pro-Taliban stance rooted in 'fear of India' despite spillover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Islamabad's reaction to the Taliban's victory was the opposite of the despair in Western capitals. Their triumph showed that Afghans had "broken the shackles of slavery", Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted.
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Several former govt officials missing after Taliban's takeover, say famili
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): After the Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan, a number of former government officials have disappeared in the country including a provincial Governor and police personnel, Tolo News reported citing the families of missing officials.
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Pak possess special responsibility towards Afghanistan because of their cl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday expressed that Pakistan has a special responsibility towards Afghanistan as Islamabad possesses close relations with the Taliban, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
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Jaishankar meets Qatari counterpart, exchange views on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during his stopover in Doha.
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Taliban carrying out 'organised searches' for journalists, says German bro
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported that the Taliban are carrying out 'organised searches' for journalists after Chancellor Angela Merkel described the terrorist outfit's takeover of Afghanistan as "bitter, dramatic and terrible."
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US calls for protecting Afghan women's rights after Taliban takeover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): The US is deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their rights to education, work and freedom of movement post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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JeM chief Masood Azhar expresses 'happiness' over Taliban's 'victory' in A
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): The founder of terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Maulana Masood Azhar expressed happiness over the Taliban's "victory", collapsing "US-backed Afghanistan government".
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Emergence of Taliban in PoK disturbing, says Pashtun leader
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 20 (ANI): Provincial president of Awami National Party Aimal Wali Khan said the emergence of the Taliban in Gilgit Baltistan in PoK is "very disturbing."
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Former CIA officer blames Pakistan for swift collapse of Afghanistan by Ta
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Former CIA Clandestine Service member John Sipher blamed Pakistan for the swift collapse of Afghanistan by the Taliban.
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