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Pakistan launches nationwide drive to verify 1.4 million Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan has launched a nationwide drive to verify the data of about 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees residing in the country, Anadolu Agency reported citing an official as saying.
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Pakistani passport fourth worst in the world
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): The Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fourth weakest passport in the world behind only war-torn Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Henley Passport Index.
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India notes US decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, calls for imm
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): India has noted the United States' decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, and has expressed concerns over the increase in the violence and targeted killings in the war-torn country.
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Antony J Blinken, Abdullah Abdullah discuss future of US-Afghan partnershi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Thursday met Afghanistan High Commission for National Reconciliation Chair Abdullah Abdullah and discussed the future of the US-Afghanistan partnership, said US State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
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Never intended to have permanent military presence in Afghanistan: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Thursday reached Kabul on an unannounced visit after Washington announced the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
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After US, Australia too announces withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], April 15 (ANI): Australia on Thursday announced that it will withdraw all remaining troops from Afghanistan by September this year.
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Biden spoke to Bush, Obama about Afghanistan troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke to former President George W. Bush on Tuesday ahead of his announcement that he intended to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan.
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Leaving Afghanistan not an easy decision, entails risks: NATO Chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 15 (ANI): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday said withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is not a risk-free decision, but the alternative would be an open-ended military presence to withstand growing Taliban violence.
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'Time to turn page' on Afghanistan: Obama backs Biden's decision to withdr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 15 (ANI): Former US President Barack Obama on Wednesday came out in support of incumbent Joe Biden's decision to pull out troops ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks and said that it is time to turn the page to the next chapter of rela
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US to begin final withdrawal from Afghanistan on May 1, says Biden
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that the United States will start its final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on May 1 and complete its pullout ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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Kabul supports US decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan: Ghani
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Kabul respects Washington's decision to withdraw forces from Afghanistan by September this year, said Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday.
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Taliban say will not engage in conferences until foreign troops withdraw f
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Taliban's spokesperson Mohammad Naeem Wardak said on Tuesday that the movement would refrain from taking part in any conference until foreign military presence in Afghanistan is ended.
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