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Cannes Docs 2021 edition to have documentaries from these South Asian coun
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): South Asian countries including India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal are ready to compete for the docs-in-progress grand prize and other awards at the 2021 edition of Cannes Docs.
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Over 1,000 Afghan soldiers retreat to Tajikistan after clashes with Taliba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 1,037 Afghan troops retreated to Tajikistan following clashes with the Taliban militants, the Tajik State Committee for National Security (SCNS) told Sputnik.
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Officials need to be consistent while imposing fines for slow over-rates,
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hobart [Australia], July 5 (ANI): Australia Test captain Tim Paine on Monday urged the match referees to show consistency when imposing points penalties for slow over-rates.
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'US Embassy in Kabul is open, will remain open'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI): The US embassy in Kabul has said that it would continue to operate in the country amid the increase in uncertainty as the US continues to work towards its military pullout till August end.
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Russia-Afghanistan talks focus on common threats, not arms supplies: Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow (Russia), July 5 (ANI): The talks being held between Russia and Afghanistan aim to reach a shared understanding of the threats faced by both countries, rather than secure supplies of weapons, said the Afghan president's National Security Adviser (NSA), Hamdullah Mohib.
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US pull-out puts Afghanistan at risk of turning into next Cambodia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Thailand] July 05 (ANI): Former Ambassador John Gunther Dean had described April 12, 1975, as the day when the U.S. "abandoned Cambodia and handed it over to the butcher", there are apprehensions that Afghanistan may be in a similar situation following the US troop pullout from t
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Taliban takes control of key district in Kandahar amid US troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar.
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Afghan security forces gearing up against possible Taliban attacks on majo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 5 (ANI): Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) on Sunday expressed that annihilating the Taliban is their top priority. The commander of Special Operations Corps, Maj. Gen. Hibatullah Alizai said that "strong belts" have been created for the protection
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Taliban captures 2 districts in northeastern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban announced on Sunday they had captured two districts in Afghanistan's northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan.
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Heroin manufacturing unit busted in South Delhi, 4 Afghan nationals arrest
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Punjab Police on Sunday busted a major heroin manufacturing unit in South Delhi and arrested four Afghan nationals.
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Pakistan undertaking dangerous gamble in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): As the US military is continuing with its drawdown from Afghanistan, Pakistan is undertaking a dangerous gamble in the war-torn country and has sought to cultivate radical jihadi groups in the region.
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Magnetic IED blast in Afghanistan's Kandahar kills 2, including governor's
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) blast claimed two lives in Afghanistan's Kandahar on Sunday, including the secretary of Kandahar's governor. Local sources confirmed that the blast occurred in a parking area in the governor's compound.
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