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Blinken to appear before Senate Foreign Relations Committee to testify Afg
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 8 (ANI): US Secretary Antony Blinken will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 14 to testify country's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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BJP demands Sonia Gandhi's apology over Surjewala's remark on farmers
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday slammed Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala for allegedly comparing protesting farmers with the Taliban which has seized control of Afghanistan and demanded an apology from Congress interim president
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Blinken praises UN's community response to Afghan crisis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 8 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday praised the Unites Nation's role in Afghanistan where the Taliban seized control last month and said its work has never been more important.
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US in no rush to recognise new Taliban govt in Afghanistan, says White Hou
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 8 (ANI): The US government is not rushing to recognize the newly announced government formed by the Taliban, said White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday.
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Sharia law will be in force in Afghanistan, says Taliban supreme leader
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said that Sharia law would be in force in Afghanistan as the outfit announced its caretaker government in Kabul on Tuesday, Sputnik reported.
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UN registers 300 unaccompanied Afghan children, some flown to Germany, Qat
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) dispatched teams to Germany and Qatar to aid efforts by authorities to locate families from some of the 300 unaccompanied children from Afghanistan who were placed on evacuation flights without their parents, Executive Directo
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Taliban name Afghan govt dominated by old-guards; Mullah Hassan is PM, no
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday announced the caretaker government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, naming Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as interim prime minister and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the group, as his deputy.
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IS-K, Al-Qaeda to use Afghan refugee's flow to sneak its members into US,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) and al-Qaeda will try to use Afghan refugees' flow to sneak their members into the US and European countries, security experts have warned.
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Afghanistan: Mullah Hasan to head Taliban 'caretaker' govt; Baradar named
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): Taliban on Tuesday finally announced its new government ending days of speculation and reports of infighting within the group, which reportedly delayed the announcement of the new dispensation in Afghanistan.
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Russian NSA visiting India for high level consultation on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Russian Secretary of the Security Council General Nikolay Patrushev is visiting India for high-level Inter-Governmental Consultations on Afghanistan, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
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Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear deportation to China as Taliban exert control:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 7 (ANI): As the Taliban exerts control over Afghanistan, Uyghurs living in the countries fear that they could be sent back to China by the outfit to appease the Chinese regime.
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India provides refuge to former Afghan governor, 4 others
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): In what appears to be course correction after the Rangina Kargar episode, India has allowed five Afghans, including a former provincial Governor of Afghanistan having a diplomatic passport into the country.
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