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Committee to Protect Journalists asks US to ensure safety of Afghan scribe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): A top global media group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the US to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the country falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency vi
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Taliban announces 'general amnesty' for Afghan govt officials, urges retur
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): The Taliban on Tuesday announced a "general amnesty" for all Afghan government officials and urged them to return to work, including women corresponding with Sharia law.
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Debacle in Afghanistan will have spillover effects, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): The Taliban took Kabul without much of a fight, just as they did in 1996. This debacle will not just be limited to Afghanistan but will have spillover effects.
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Uzbekistan contacts Taliban on border security issues
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], August 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Uzbekistan has maintained close contact with representatives of the Taliban Movement in Afghanistan on border security issues, said the Uzbek Foreign Ministry in a statement on Tuesday.
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Leaders left country, common people, women, children making sacrifices: Ya
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): Yasmin Nigar Khan, granddaughter of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and All India Pakhtoon Jirga-e-Hind president on Tuesday slammed Afghanistan leaders who left the country and said common people, women and children are making sacrifices.
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India is self-sufficient to face threat of cross border terrorism, says Pr
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], August 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Afghanistan crisis, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said that India is self-sufficient to face the threat of cross border terrorism.
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Indian envoy Rudrendra Tandon lauds Indian Air Force's effort for safe eva
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): After Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 aircraft carrying 120 Indian officials from Afganistan landed in Gujarat's Jamnagar, the Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Rudrendra Tandon thanked IAF for flying them out of Afghanistan in such a crisis situation.
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Taliban fighting for freedom of Afghanistan, says SP's Sambhal MP
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 17 (ANI): Coming out in support of the regime change in Afghanistan, Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Sambhal on Tuesday said that the Taliban is fighting for the freedom of their country and Afghan people want freedom under its leade
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'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' chant Indian officials evacuated from Kabul after lan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Jamnagar (Gujarat) [India], August 17 (ANI): Indians evacuated from Kabul in Afghanistan chanted "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram" after landing at Jamnagar in Gujarat on Tuesday.
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J-K LG urges Centre to evacuate Kulgam professors from Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 17 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday urged Minister of State for External Affairs of India V Muraleedharan to immediately evacuate Kulgam professors teaching at Bakhtar University in Kabul, informed Office of L
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Hema Malini reminisces shooting for 'Dharmatma' in 'once peaceful nation'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Veteran actor Hema Malini expressed concern over the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan while recounting her experience of shooting her 1975 film 'Dharmatma' in the country.
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Pakistan, US cause of ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): Washington ignored Islamabad funding and supplying the Taliban. Now Afghans are paying the price.
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