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US top diplomat Blinken speaks to Ashraf Ghani, discusses efforts to reduc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and discussed the urgency of ongoing diplomatic and political efforts to reduce the violence.
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Biden authorises deployment of 1,000 additional US troops in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Saturday authorised the deployment of additional 1,000 troops in Afghanistan, raising the number of American troops in the war-torn country to 5,000 to ensure a safe and orderly drawdown of personnel.
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Afghanistan's 4th largest city falls to Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): Taliban has wrested control of Mazar-e-Sharif, the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, after days of heavy fighting between terrorists and Afghan forces.
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Taliban's rapid advance can lead to local civil wars, insurgencies against
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all United States and NATO troops from Afghanistan held dire consequences for President Ashraf Ghani government but few predicted that the Taliban will surge so rapidly taking control of about 85 per cent of
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Pakistan wants Taliban not to monopolise power: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Pakistan wants the Taliban to share power and not monopolise it as it fears that Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will draw strength and inspiration from the Afghan-based terror outfit, said Bilal Khan, a researcher.
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Ghani chairs meeting with officials amid Taliban advances, briefed on secu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday chaired a coordination meeting with officials where he was briefed on the security of Kabul and the neighboring provinces, local media reported.
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Taliban takes over 4 provincial capitals in 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Taliban on Saturday took control of four provincial capitals of Logar, Paktika, Kunar, and Paktia in the last 24 hours.
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Taliban advance fuels humanitarian crisis, 400,000 people displaced
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Amid Taliban advances in Afghanistan post US drawdown, 400,000 people have been displaced unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
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Taliban takes over Asadabad city, bringing 20 provincial capitals under it
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Taliban on Saturday captured Asadabad city, capital of Kunar province, bringing 20 provincial capitals under their control.
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60 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghan air force airstrikes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): At least 60 Taliban terrorists were killed in airstrikes conducted by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in Dihdadi district of the country's Balkh province, informed the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense on Saturday.
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Afghanistan: Taliban claims control over Sharana, Pul-e-Alam
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): Taliban on Saturday claimed control over the capital of the south-eastern Afghan province of Paktika, Sharana, and Logar' provincial capital Pul-e-Alam city.
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India should talk to Afghanistan openly, transparently: Yashwant Sinha
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14, (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Saturday that the Indian delegation should talk to Taliban openly and transparently, not secretly or in closed doors after Taliban spokesperson Muhammad Suhail Shaheen told ANI that the Indian del
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