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Taliban's intentional attacks against civilians violate law of war, human
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday (local time) termed the assassination of the director of the Afghanistan government media information centre as horrifying and said that the Taliban's intentional attacks against civilians violate the law o
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UK advises its citizens to leave Afghanistan due to 'worsening security si
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 7 (ANI): Amid a surge in violence by Taliban in Afghanistan post US drawdown, the United Kingdom on Friday (local time) advised its citizens to leave the country because of the "worsening security situation".
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US condemns assassination of Afghan govt's media head in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Friday (local time) strongly condemned the assassination of Dawa Khan Menapal, the director of the Afghanistan government media information centre.
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Taliban captures capital of Afghanistan's Nimroz province
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afgfhanistan], August 7 (ANI): Taliban on Friday captured the capital of Nimroz province along the Iranian border amid US troop withdrawal from the country.
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Foreign terror networks assisting Taliban in "barbaric acts" in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 6 (ANI): Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam M Isaczai on Friday said that the Taliban is receiving assistance from foreign fighters of transnational terrorist networks while committing "barbaric" acts in the war-torn country.
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Afghanistan can provide evidence to UNSC that Pak ensuring supply chain to
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 6 (ANI): Afghanistan is prepared to provide the United Nations Security Council with material evidence in support of its claim that Pakistan is ensuring a supply chain to the Taliban, Afghan Ambassador to the UN Ghulam Isaczai said on Friday.
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Iranian exports to Afghanistan dip 85 pc amid large scale violence
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], August 6 (ANI): Amid the escalating violence in Afghanistan, exports from Iran to the war-torn country have declined more than 85 per cent.
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Afghanistan at dangerous turning point, says UN envoy at Security Council
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 6 (ANI): Afghanistan is at a "dangerous turning point" as the Taliban has achieved significant territorial gains with over a thousand casualties in the past one month alone, United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons told the Security Council on
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Pakistan minister says "concerned" over Afghanistan situation
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 6 (ANI): Pakistan's National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf on Friday said that his country was concerned about the evolving security situation in Afghanistan, adding that peace in the war-torn country was in the best interests of both Washington and Islamabad.
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India condemns removal of Sikh religious flag from gurdwara in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): India has condemned the reported removal of Nishan Sahib, a Sikh religious flag from the rooftop of a gurdwara in Afghanistan's Paktia province, government sources said on Friday.
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Zero tolerance for terrorism in all forms needed for enduring Afghan peace
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 6 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TS Tirumurti on Friday said there should be zero tolerance for terrorism in all its forms and manifestations for enduring peace in Afghanistan and terrorist safe havens in the region must be dismantled.
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Qatari FM's special envoy meets Indian officials, discusses Afghan peace p
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Visiting Qatari envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) J P Singh on Friday discussed the current situation in Afghanistan and recent developments in the Afghan peace process.
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