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New Taliban is same old Taliban, Afghanistan sees widespread brutalities:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): Less than a couple of weeks since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the state of affairs in the war-ravaged country, is vastly different from what the outfit had pledged with respect to human rights.
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Taliban release multiple Afghan officials who disappeared after group's ta
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 28 (ANI): The Taliban on Saturday released multiple government officials who were arrested after the outfit's siege of Afghanistan.
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US evacuates 6,800 people from Afghanistan in past 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): The US has evacuated nearly 6800 people in the past 24 hours from Afghanistan bringing the total number of evacuees to 1,11,900 since August 14, a top official said on Saturday.
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Earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hits Afghanistan's Fayzabad
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted 81 kilometres southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan on Saturday, as per the National Centre for Seismology.
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Afghans protest against closure of banks in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghans in Kabul protested against the closure of banks on Saturday as people have been facing serious financial difficulties due to the shutdown, a media report said.
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UK enters final stages of evacuation from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], August 28 (ANI): The UK Armed Forces have now entered the final stages of the evacuation from Hamid Karzai Airport (HKIA) in Kabul, General Nick Carter, the chief of UK Defense Staff, said.
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Afghanistan to run out of medical supplies soon, says WHO
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that war-ravaged Afghanistan has only a few days of medical supplies left to meet the health needs of millions of people in the country, according to a media report.
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Global community should learn from its past mistakes, engage with Taliban:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 28 (ANI): Pakistan has urged the international community to learn from its past mistakes and engage with the Taliban in order to avoid a humanitarian and refugee crisis in Afghanistan.
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US lawmakers urge Biden to ensure Taliban does not destabilise Pakistan, a
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): Amid the US withdrawal from Afghanistan which will have many geopolitical and strategic consequences, a group of 68 Congress lawmakers asked President Joe Biden to "outline" his plan to "move America forward", and urged him to make sure that the Taliban do n
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More terror attacks in Pakistan would surely jeopardise CPEC: Pak daily
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): An uptick in terrorism in Pakistan owing to the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan poses serious national security challenges, said a Pakistani daily, adding that more terror attacks in Pakistan would surely jeopardise China Pakistan Economic Corrid
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Haqqani Network-proscribed terror group running Kabul after Taliban takeov
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): The US who first designated the Haqqani Network as a terrorist group in 2012, is now a part of the government in Afghanistan post the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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IAF signs emergency deal for 70,000 AK-103 assault rifles with Russia
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): At a time when terrorist groups operating in India are likely to get weapons left behind by American troops in Afghanistan, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a deal for acquiring 70,000 AK-103 assault rifles from Russia under emergency provisions to
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