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US lawmaker presses Blinken on whether drone strike hit US aid worker or I
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday dodged questions on whether the Afghanistan drone strike targeted a worker for an American aid organisation and members of his family instead of an ISIS bomber.
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US lawmakers demand action against Pak for 'double dealing in Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): For the second day, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday confronted a barrage of questions from US lawmakers about last month's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the attempts to rescue people and deal with a future Taliban government.
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First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point' in crisis: WFP
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 15 (ANI): The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Taliban thank world for pledging emergency aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): The Taliban on Tuesday thanked the world for pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency aid to Afghanistan.
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Pakistan, China want to develop regional consensus for recognition of Tali
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): Pakistan and China are making efforts at multiple levels for the Taliban government to have a soft landing.
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Taliban's plan to segregate classes by gender will put at risk educational
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday said that the Taliban's plan to segregate classes by gender will put at risk the achievements the country has made in education.
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Afghan women across globe wear traditional clothes to defy restrictions pu
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): Several Afghan women living abroad put up pictures on social media of their wearing traditional Afghan dresses in defiance of the Taliban diktat for black women's attire.
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Taliban resort to 'ethnic cleansing' in several provinces
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): The Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan last month, have "started ethnic and tribal cleansing" in several provinces of the country even as Afghans face an escalating humanitarian crisis, reports said.
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Taliban stops return of Afghan nationals from Pakistan through Torkham bor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 14 (ANI): The Afghan Taliban has stopped the return of Afghan nation from Pakistan to their country through the Torkham border, local media reported.
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India says it's disappointed with 'unwarranted' remarks made by UN envoy o
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): India has taken note of references in the oral update by the United Nations high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet and expressed disappointment over her remarks on the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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China's Afghanistan dilemma: What's bad for Washington isn't necessarily g
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): Afghanistan has long been considered a graveyard for conquerors--Alexander the Great, the British Empire, the Soviet Union and now the United States. Now China has entered the graveyard and some in Beijing claimed that China would succeed where the United
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International assistance starts pouring in Afghanistan despite misgivings,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): International community has started extending humanitarian assistance to Taliban ruled Afghanistan and in a meet organised by the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, various countries including the US pledged nearly USD 1 billion in aid, according to re
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