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Taliban ask imams to urge Afghans not to leave nation
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): The Taliban have asked the imams to urge the Afghans to not leave the country during Friday's sermon as the collapse of government and takeover by the terror group have forced people in Afghanistan to leave the nation, a media report said.
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12.2 million people in Afghanistan acutely food insecure: UN
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 20 (ANI): UN humanitarians on Thursday said that the relief crisis in Afghanistan is deteriorating rapidly, with 12.2 million people acutely food insecure.
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Blinken dials NATO chief over Afghanistan crisis
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) spoke to NATO chief Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg over the Afghanistan crisis as the country has been taken over by the Taliban.
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'Ready to follow in my father Ahmad Shah Massoud's footsteps': Son of late
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): Ahmad Massoud, the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Taliban, is now ready to follow the footsteps of his father and take up arms against the terrorist group after they seized Kabul a
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Taliban beating people with AK-47 to stop them from entering Kabul airport
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): The Taliban were firing into the air and beating people with AK-47 to stop them from entering the airport despite having the required documents, a media report said.
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International Federation of Journalists urges for evacuation of media work
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 20 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged for the necessary evacuation of media workers at critical risk in Afghanistan and asked the international community to expedite all evacuation and rescue operations.
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Pak PM Imran Khan asks ministers to keep mum on Taliban's Afghanistan take
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been barring his ministers to speak or issue any statement over the Taliban's recent takeover in Afghanistan, a media report said.
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Afghanistan crisis: G7 says Taliban must hold their commitments to ensure
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 20 (ANI): The G7 ministers on Thursday underlined the importance of the Taliban holding to their commitments to ensure the protection of civilians and expressed their concerns by reports of violent reprisals in parts of Afghanistan, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said
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India's national security challenges becoming 'complex', says Rajnath Sing
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Highlighting that the rapidly changing geo-political and security scenario in the world, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India's national security challenges are becoming "complex".
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Pak envoy meets with Hamid Karzai, Abdullah over Afghanistan's future
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan on Thursday held a meeting with former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and senior leader of ousted government Abdullah Abdullah to discuss 'efforts for stability in Afghanistan'.
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6,000 people at Kabul airport processed for evacuation, will soon board pl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): As many as 6,000 are at the Kabul airport right now who have been fully processed by the United States councillor team for evacuation and will soon board a flight, said a US State Department spokesperson.
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Taliban victory could be a boost for extremists in Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely to boost the morale of various extremist groups in the Middle East, say experts.
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