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US to continue providing civilian, humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Thursday press briefing assured his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, that the US will continue to provide civilian and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan even after the American military drawdown by August 31.
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President Biden confirms US military drawdown from Afghanistan to conclude
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday confirmed that the US military drawdown in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31.
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Taliban, Afghan delegates in Iran agree on need of political solution to e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 8 (ANI): The Taliban delegation and the Afghan government agreed during the meeting in Iran that the decades-long war in Afghanistan must end and that "a peaceful solution should be sought," between the two sides.
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Majority of UK military personnel withdrawn from Afghanistan, says PM John
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 8 (ANI/Sputnik) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday said that all British troops are returning to the United Kingdom from Afghanistan, adding that the majority of personnel is already withdrawn.
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India watching fluid, deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan clos
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): After the US troop pullout, Afghanistan is seeing a massive surge in violence and Taliban insurgents have launched multiple attacks to gain provinces while Afghan national army commandos are being sent to counter Taliban resurgence.
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Tajikistan requests assistance from CSTO to deal with challenges from Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], July 8 (ANI): Tajikistan has called on the CSTO allies, an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia, to assist the country deal with the challenges posed due to the increase in violence in Afghanistan.
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EAM Jaishankar to hold talks with Lavrov tomorrow, discuss major global, r
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday and hold talks on bilateral cooperation at the various multilateral forums and compare notes on major global and regional issues, including the polit
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Earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hits Afghanistan's Fayzabad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan's Fayzabad on Thursday noon, said the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).
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US considers urgent visas for vulnerable Afghan women after troop pull out
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 8 (ANI): Human and Women rights activists have asked the Biden administration to provide up to 2,000 visas specifically for vulnerable women and women's advocates who are at risk after the US troops pull out from Afghanistan.
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69 Taliban terrorists killed, 23 injured as Afghan forces regain control o
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 8 (ANI): At least 69 Taliban terrorists were killed and 23 suffered injuries as Afghan forces evicted terrorists from Qala-e-Naw city in Afghanistan's Badghis province.
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Afghanistan forces regain control of Qala-e-naw city, oust Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 8 (ANI): The Afghanistan forces have regained control of Qala-e-naw city of Western Badghis province in just a few hours after losing it to the hands of the Taliban, informed the country's Defence Ministry on Wednesday.
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Increase in Taliban attacks violate human rights of Afghans: US Embassy in
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 8 (ANI): US embassy in Kabul on Wednesday said the recent rise in violence by the Taliban violates the human rights of Afghans and is bringing hardship to the people of the country.
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