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13 million people in Afghanistan lack food as drought crisis bites: Report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said that urgent action is needed to avert a deepening crisis in Afghanistan as one-third of the country's population is surviving without adequate food due to a worsening dro
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Taliban's refusal to join Istanbul Conference shows unwillingness to end w
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban's refusal to participate in the international conference on Afghanistan, previously scheduled to take place in Istanbul, shows the group's unwillingness to end the war, Nader Nadery, a senior member of the Afghan government's peace negotia
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Massive explosion heard in Kabul, four injured
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): A massive explosion was heard in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday night, leaving four people injured.
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28 civilians rescued from Taliban prison in Helmand: Afghan security force
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Helmand [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): At least 28 civilians were rescued from a Taliban prison in Helmand province by the Afghan security forces.
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Taliban attacks Herat province, 2 public uprising force members killed
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Herat [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): Two memebers of public uprising force were killed and several more were wounded on Tuesday morning in a Taliban attack in Herat province.
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Trump supports troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, slams Biden's timeline
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Florida [US], April 19 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) praised his successor President Joe Biden's decision of withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan while criticizing his timeline.
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India, Iran reject Islamic Emirate's return to Afghanistan, says Kabul won
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): India and Iran on Saturday said that Afghanistan would not go backwards regarding return of the Islamic Emirate used by Taliban in their five-year long rule on Kabul, reported Afghanistan Times.
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Choice of 'friendship and enmity' is in Pakistan's hands, says Afghan pres
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The announcement of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan will require that Pakistan make a decision on its Afghan policy -- whether to opt for cooperation or enmity with its neighbour, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said.
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Local IS leader killed by govt forces in eastern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI/Xinhua): A local Islamic State (IS) leader was killed by Afghan Special Forces in the country's eastern Nangarhar province Saturday night, National Directorate of Security (NDS), the country's national intelligence agency, confirmed on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: 8 members of family killed by unidentified armed men in Nanga
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Eight members of a family were killed in an attack by unidentified armed men at a mosque in Nangarhar province on Saturday evening, the provincial Governor Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhel said.
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Biden ignored Commanders' advice in decision to exit Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): Top US military commanders were recommending against a full withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, advising to try to cement a peace agreement first, but US President Joe Biden did not share their concern.
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EU envoy to Afghanistan hopes Taliban will not miss Turkey conference
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Andreas von Brandt, the EU ambassador in Afghanistan, on Saturday urged the Taliban to take the upcoming UN-led conference on Afghanistan seriously and hoped that the Taliban will not miss this opportunity offered to them at the upcoming Istanbul conferen
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