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Pakistan stooped too low even by its standards: India on abduction of Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Terming the abduction of Afghan top envoy's daughter in Islamabad last week as a "very shocking incident" India on Thursday said Pakistan's denial of the kidnapping is "stooping to a new low even by its standards."
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'5 Taliban terrorists killed in US airstrikes in Afghan provinces over pas
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22 (ANI): At least five Taliban terrorists have been killed in airstrikes carried out in several provinces in Afghanistan over the past three days, according to a local journalist who claims to have sourced the information from multiple Afghan officials.
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Afghan, Pak officials spar as tensions escalate amid Taliban violence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): The war of words between senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan continued on Thursday as Pakistan's National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf claimed that Kabul was being embarrassed by "idiotic statements" from its senior officials who were vitiating b
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China puts hold on multiple projects in Pakistan after 9 Chinese engineers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): After nine Chinese engineers lost their lives in the bus attack, Beijing has postponed its high-level joint committee for the Belt and Road Initiative halting a billion-dollar hydropower project in Pakistan.
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Islamabad revels in Taliban's gain but Pakistan will fall victim of terror
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): Islamabad has been cheering the Taliban's recent victories in Afghanistan but a takeover of its war-torn neighbour by the insurgent force will leave Pakistan more vulnerable to extremism at home and potentially more isolated on the world stage.
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Terrorism a scourge, need to address it soon, says UNGA President-elect Ab
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan post-withdrawal of the foreign forces and Taliban resurgence, President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the current Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Thursday called "terrorism" a "scourge", a
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Taliban have momentum, half of Afghan districts under their control: US Ge
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 22 (ANI): US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley has said the Taliban have got momentum in the past ten months and now control half of the districts in Afghanistan.
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US media coalition urges Biden administration to grant special visas to Af
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 22 (ANI): A coalition of US news organisations on Tuesday wrote two different letters to the US president Joe Biden and leaders in the house of representatives, urging them to grant special immigration visas to Afghan journalists and support staff.
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Moscow in contact with Tashkent over Afghanistan, ready to provide assista
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] July 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia maintains constant contact with Uzbekistan amid developments in Afghanistan and is ready to provide assistance to Tashkent if there is a relevant request, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an interview with Sputnik.
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Afghanistan: Taliban demanding funds, recruiting people in Balkh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22 (ANI): The Taliban in Balkh province are collecting funds forcefully and also recruiting local people, according to officials.
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Don't think 'end game yet written': Top US general on Taliban's 'inevitabl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 22 (ANI): Taliban are propagating "inevitable victory" in Afghanistan with control over nearly 212 district centres, said a top US general on Wednesday. He, however, added that the “end game” is yet to be written in the war-torn country.
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US delivers 3 refurbished military helicopters to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Taliban offensive, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday said that the United States has delivered three refurbished military helicopters to Afghanistan and such assistance will continue in the future.
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