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US calls for protecting Afghan women's rights after Taliban takeover
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): The US is deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their rights to education, work and freedom of movement post-Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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JeM chief Masood Azhar expresses 'happiness' over Taliban's 'victory' in A
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): The founder of terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Maulana Masood Azhar expressed happiness over the Taliban's "victory", collapsing "US-backed Afghanistan government".
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Emergence of Taliban in PoK disturbing, says Pashtun leader
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 20 (ANI): Provincial president of Awami National Party Aimal Wali Khan said the emergence of the Taliban in Gilgit Baltistan in PoK is "very disturbing."
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Former CIA officer blames Pakistan for swift collapse of Afghanistan by Ta
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Former CIA Clandestine Service member John Sipher blamed Pakistan for the swift collapse of Afghanistan by the Taliban.
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Afghanistan's female pop star Aryana Sayeed confirms her escape after Tali
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Afghanistan's biggest female pop star Aryana Sayeed on Thursday confirmed her escape after the Taliban takeover of Kabul city.
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Japan not considering to recognise Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate gov
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 20 (ANI): Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato on Friday said that the country is not considering to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government in Afghanistan.
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Local Taliban leaders inspect shut consulates, sources say it's not India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): There are reports that local Taliban leaders are inspecting consulates of various countries located in Kandahar, Herat, Mazhar-e-Sharif and several other cities, it is learnt some local warlords had also reportedly checked some Indian consulates and other
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Air India's hijacked flight's captain describes scene in Afghanistan not m
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): As the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Devi Sharan, Captain of the Air India flight IC 814, which was hijacked in December 1999 by the Taliban in Kandahar, said there was no change in the visuals (as seen on television) of Afghanistan now from what he co
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Rajiv Gandhi talked about Atmanirbhar Bharat, Digital India years ago: Adh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): On the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on Friday, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that Gandhi talked about Atmanirbhar Bharat and Digital India way before the present government.
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Send him to Afghanistan to protect their women: Shobha Karandlaje on Owais
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 20 (ANI): Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Friday hit out at Asaduddin Owaisi and said that the said that AIMIM chief should be sent to Afghanistan to protect their women and their community.
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Islamabad in contact with Taliban, says Pakistan envoy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan has said that Islamabad was in contact with the Taliban, adding that it wished for an inclusive government in the neighbouring country.
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Al Qaeda-linked group praises Taliban 'victory' in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Aleppo [Syria], August 20 (ANI): An al Qaeda-linked group in Syria has lauded the Taliban "victory" in Afghanistan, and compared the terror group's control of the majority of the country with the early Muslim conquests.
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