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Taliban not allowing food, fuel to get into Andarab valley: Amrullah Saleh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's "acting" President Amrullah Saleh has highlighted the dire "humanitarian situation" in Andarab valley of the northern Baghlan province and accused the Taliban of committing human rights violations in the region.
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UK PM to call on G7 to step up support for Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], August 24 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to call on the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to step up their support for the Afghan people at the group's emergency meeting on Afghanistan.
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UNHCR urges Afghanistan's neighbors to keep borders open for potential ref
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling upon countries neighboring Afghanistan to be ready to accept refugees as the security situation in the Central Asian country remains precarious, UNHCR Regional Spokesperson for Asia and the Pacific, Cathe
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'Significant' threat to US airlift operations in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 24 (ANI): The United States on Monday said that there are significant threats to the US airlift operation out of Afghanistan but their military is taking measures to mitigate them.
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Owaisi backs caste-based census, sub-categorisation of OBCs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 24 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday favoured the caste-based census and favoured sub-categorisation of backward classes.
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Biden, UK's Johnson discuss Afghanistan evacuation, upcoming G7 meeting
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on Monday about the ongoing evacuation operations in Kabul and planned to discuss a common approach to Afghanistan during the upcoming virtual meeting with G7 leaders.
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VHP objects to migration of Muslims from Afghanistan to India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad Joint General Secretary Surendra Jain on Tuesday objected to the migration of Muslims from Afghanistan to India, adding that the VHP volunteers would prefer to help Hindus and Sikhs who have migrated from the war-torn country.
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Taliban bans co-education in universities in Herat province
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): In its first "fatwa" after the siege of Kabul, the Taliban in Herat province have ordered all government and private universities to end co-education in their centres, a media report said.
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Taliban silent on rights of minorities, we had high hopes from peace proce
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Afghan Member of Parliament (MP), Anarkali Kaur thanked the Indian government for evacuating Afghan nationals at this juncture when the country is in turmoil as the Taliban took over control of the war-ravaged country and dislodged the Ashraf Ghani governm
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Taliban accuses US troops of being responsible for Kabul airport chaos
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): As countries around the world are evacuating citizens from the war-torn country, the Taliban has accused the United States troops of being the main cause behind the misery at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, local media reported on Monday.
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France evacuated almost 2,000 people from Kabul since Taliban takeover
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 23 (ANI): France has evacuated nearly 2,000 people, including French nationals and Afghan asylum seekers, from Afghanistan since the Taliban seized the capital of Kabul on August 15, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday.
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Many Pakistanis celebrate Taliban's victory in Afghanistan by distributing
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 23 (ANI): As the world watched the turmoil in Afghanistan, many Pakistanis celebrated the Taliban's gunpoint victory in the country, The Washington Post reported.
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