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'Impossible for US to re-enter Afghanistan after troops withdrawal'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): US lawmaker Adam Kinzinger has deemed it will be "impossible" for the United States forces to re-enter Afghanistan if the security situation collapses in the war-torn country after a complete drawdown.
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Khalilzad calls on Pak PM, says war in Afghanistan poses risk to entire re
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): US Special envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday called on Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and said that the war in Afghanistan poses a risk to the entire region.
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US welcomes talks between Afghanistan, Taliban in Doha
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): The US welcomed talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban held from July 17-18 in Doha.
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Afghanistan: How America turned 'good war' into 'dumb war'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): It should come as no surprise that the US military intervention in Afghanistan has not yielded a political resolution to a decades-long conflict or that it has failed to retain the support of the American public according to a policy expert.
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Amid turmoil, Afghan female students win award at International Astronomy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan following US troop withdrawal, a group of Afghan female students from Herat won an award at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition, which was hosted by Poland and was held online in the first week of July.
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Afghanistan withdraws diplomats from Pakistan after kidnapping of Afghan e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 19 (ANI): Afghanistan on Monday withdrew its diplomats from Pakistan after Afghan envoy Najib Alikhil's daughter was kidnapped in Islamabad.
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Afghan Foreign Ministry summons Pak Ambassador over abduction of envoy's d
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 19 (ANI): Afghan Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned Pakistan Ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmed Khan and lodged a strong protest over the abduction of the daughter of Afghanistan's Ambassador to Islamabad.
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Russia to hold joint drills with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan near Afghan border
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Yekaterinburg [Russia] July 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will hold joint military exercises in August in Tajikistan's Khatlon region bordering Afghanistan, Commander of Russia's Central Military District, Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin, said on Monday.
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Shias, Hazaras apprehensive as Taliban gain stronghold in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington, DC [USA], July 19 (ANI): The members of the Shia and Hazara community have concerns with the recent developments in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign troops from the war-torn nation.
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China senses risk and opportunity in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 19 (ANI): The sudden withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan presents Beijing with both opportunity and challenge. The first is because China can partially fill a power vacuum vacated by the West, and the second because the Taliban is a militant organization with histo
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Western countries' embassies in Afghanistan call on Taliban to stop offens
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 19 (ANI/Sputnik): The embassies to Afghanistan of several countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the United States, on Monday urged the Taliban (a terrorist group, banned in Russia) to stop an offensive in Afghanistan.
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Pak evades responsibility for Afghan envoy's daughter kidnapping, terms in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): While Islamabad is being slammed over the kidnapping and assault of the Afghan envoy's daughter, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed tried to evade the responsibility by terming the horrific incident an "international conspiracy".
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