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Former Afghan warlord mobilizes hundreds in Herat against Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 10 (ANI): Former Mujahideen leader and senior member of Jamaat-e-Islami party, Ismail Khan, whose militia had helped US forces topple the Taliban in 2001 on Friday urged party members to rise up in arms as the rebel insurgents continued to make advances in parts of t
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Pakistan not worried over taking action against terrorists, despite remain
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 10 (ANI): Despite remaining on the "grey list" of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan is less worried about the UN-designated terror groups living on its territory amid the US troop withdrawal from neighbouring Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Taliban imposes new severe restrictions on women, media in Ba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Balkh [Afghanistan], July 10 (ANI): Residents of Balkh were stupefied to receive distributed leaflets by the Taliban wherein they were ordered to follow strict rules that are similar to those they had imposed on Afghans when they last governed the country from 1996 to 2001.
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China waiting for an opportunity to enter Afghanistan amid US withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, Beijing appears to have been waiting for an opportunity to enter the war-torn country.
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1.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses provided by US arrives in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 9 (ANI): More than 1.4 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine arrived today in Afghanistan, the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
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No immediate threat to Indian embassy, consulates in Afghanistan, says env
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Amid the spiralling cycle of Taliban violence, the Afghan envoy to India Farid Mamundzay has said that the security situation in the country is difficult but he sees no immediate threat for Indian consulates to shut down.
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Afghanistan concerned over Taliban Shuras operating in Quetta, Peshawar an
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Afghanistan has once again urged Pakistan to end its support to the Taliban who are hell-bent to destroy the gains made by Afghanistan in the last one decade. Taliban fighters are capturing the main centres of various rural districts of Afghanistan and hav
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Afghanistan occupied a lot of attention: EAM Jaishankar on talks with Russ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 9 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday said the situation in Afghanistan occupied a lot of attention during the talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov as he emphasised the need for both India and Russia to work together to ensure th
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Two border towns in Afghanistan's Herat province fall to Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 9 (ANI): The Islam Qala border town, one of the key trade gateways of Afghanistan into Iran, and the Torghundi border town, another trade gateway into Turkmenistan, have fallen to the Taliban, according to local officials.
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Taliban will not engage with Afghan govt as long as Pak provides it sanctu
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 9 (ANI): Taliban would not engage in a dialogue with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's government as long as the Pakistani military and intelligence continue to give sanctuary to terrorists, said a prominent Afghan expert.
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Taliban, Afghan politicians agree war not a solution, call for cordial atm
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 9 (ANI): Taliban and Afghan politicians have agreed that war is not a solution to the Afghan problem and there is a need to establish a mechanism for the transition from war to lasting peace.
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No 'mission accomplished' moment, Afghanistan is '20-year war that has not
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday (local time) said the US military drawdown in Afghanistan is not a "mission accomplished" moment and admitted that the "war that has not been won militarily."
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