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Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed: Ghani as Taliban seizes control of pr
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], August 16 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said he left the country in order to avoid "bloodshed" as Kabul fell to the Taliban and terrorists entered the Afghanistan presidential palace.
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Anurag Kashyap shares Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi's open letter appeal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New India [India], August 16 (ANI): Amid the rapidly changing situation in Afghanistan, on Sunday, Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shared a social media appeal from Sahraa Karimi, an Afghan filmmaker, who is the first female chairperson of the Afghan Film Organisation.
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UNSC to meet tomorrow to discuss Afghan situation
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 16 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday morning to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, where the government has collapsed and the Taliban has seized the presidential palace.
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Afghanistan: 2 explosions reported near US embassy, presidential place
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Two powerful explosions were reported late on Sunday near the US embassy and Afghan presidential place in Kabul, Sputnik reported.
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British Airways orders pilots to avoid Afghan airspace as Ashraf Ghani gov
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 16 (ANI): British Airways has ordered its pilots to avoid Afghan airspace as Ashraf Ghani's government collapsed and Kabul fell to the Taliban.
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World Food Programme warns of growing hunger in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Afghan people are facing hunger in the war-torn country.
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US Congressman Waltz urges Biden to provide air support in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): US Congressman Mike Waltz (Florida) sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Friday urging him to take immediate steps to provide air support in Afghanistan and recall Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad.
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Taliban terrorists asked to enter Kabul: Taliban spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 15 (ANI): Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Sunday said that Taliban terrorists have been asked to enter the capital city of Kabul.
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US sends additional troops to ensure safe evacuation of diplomatic presenc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday informed that the President has sent additional forces to ensure an orderly and safe evacuation of the US diplomatic presence in Kabul.
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Afghanistan: US Embassy issues security alert, says situation changing qui
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): Issuing a security alert, the US Embassy in Afghanistan said on Sunday that the security situation in Kabul is changing quickly, including at the Kabul airport.
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Kabul was occupied by Taliban when I left city, says ex-MP Jamil Karzai
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): After the Delhi-bound Air India flight landed here on Sunday, Jamil Karzai, Afghanistan's former Member of Parliament, said that Kabul was occupied by the Taliban when he left the city and accused Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani of betraying his coun
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Anti-Pakistan protest erupts across world against its proxy role in Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], August 15 (ANI): Anti-Pakistan protests across the globe were organised and the demonstrators raised their voices against Islamabad's role in the Afghanistan debacle and blamed the country for helping the Taliban.
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