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Afghan President Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah meet US Defence Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on Friday met with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III at the Pentagon.
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Afghan forces retake control of 6 districts from Taliban as fighting conti
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): The Afghan security forces retook control of the six districts from the Taliban as fighting surged in the war-torn country.
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US senator McConnell meets Afghan leaders, hopes Biden will delay troop wi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani along with other leaders at the Capitol and said that he hopes President Biden will delay the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
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5.1 magnitude quake rattles northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Charikar in northern Afghanistan early on Friday, informed the US Geological Survey.
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China wary of security vacuum emerging in Afghanistan as US withdraws
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China is growing increasingly concerned over a security vacuum forming in Afghanistan as foreign forces withdraw from the war-torn country.
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US cautions Taliban, says world won't accept government imposed by force i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Amid intelligence reports that the current government in Kabul could collapse within six months after the American withdrawal, the US on Tuesday cautioned the Taliban that the world will not accept a government imposed by force in Afghanistan.
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India says it brought development projects to Afghanistan, world knows wha
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): India on Thursday said that it brought several development projects to Afghanistan and the world knows what Pakistan brought.
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130 Taliban terrorists surrender in western Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 130 Taliban terrorists surrendered to the Afghan government in the western Afghan province of Herat on Thursday, a local government spokesperson confirmed.
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Afghan minister says Pakistan fuels proxy war as it fears a developed Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 24 (ANI): Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of fueling a proxy war in the country and said that Islamabad fears a developed and self-sufficient Afghanistan.
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan raises risk of jihadist attacks in China
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China's Afghan policy after the 9/11 attacks has been focused on 'curtailing the growth of terrorists and ensuring stability to expand its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Afghanistan'. However, the abrupt change following the US withdrawal is likely to incre
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Pak warns Afghan leaders against blaming Islamabad during US visit amid ba
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): As Pakistan is expected to be the main point of discussion during Afghan leaders' visit at the White House this week, Pakistan has reached out to the Afghan government conveying it in clear terms that the upcoming visit must not be used to blame Islamabad
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Afghan govt to arm, train civilians against Taliban amid rising violence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 24 (ANI): Amid rising violence in Afghanistan, government officials have said that they would arm and train civilians who are willing to fight the Taliban.
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