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Afghan President calls Danish Siddiqui's father to extend condolences
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday called the father of slain Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui and conveyed his condolences over the demise of his son to his family and friends.
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Taliban claims control of 90 pc of Afghan border
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22 (ANI): The Taliban on Thursday said it control approximately 90 per cent of Afghanistan's border with neighbouring countries.
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Taliban says will not let ISIS become active in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22 (ANI): Taliban on Thursday said that they will not let the terrorist organisation ISIS become active in Afghanistan.
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India supports Afghan govt, people's aspiration of peaceful, democratic fu
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): India supports the Afghan government and people in realising their aspiration for a peaceful, democratic and prosperous future, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
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Pakistan stooped too low even by its standards: India on abduction of Afgh
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Terming the abduction of Afghan top envoy's daughter in Islamabad last week as a "very shocking incident" India on Thursday said Pakistan's denial of the kidnapping is "stooping to a new low even by its standards."
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'5 Taliban terrorists killed in US airstrikes in Afghan provinces over pas
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22 (ANI): At least five Taliban terrorists have been killed in airstrikes carried out in several provinces in Afghanistan over the past three days, according to a local journalist who claims to have sourced the information from multiple Afghan officials.
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Afghan, Pak officials spar as tensions escalate amid Taliban violence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): The war of words between senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan continued on Thursday as Pakistan's National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf claimed that Kabul was being embarrassed by "idiotic statements" from its senior officials who were vitiating b
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China puts hold on multiple projects in Pakistan after 9 Chinese engineers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): After nine Chinese engineers lost their lives in the bus attack, Beijing has postponed its high-level joint committee for the Belt and Road Initiative halting a billion-dollar hydropower project in Pakistan.
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Islamabad revels in Taliban's gain but Pakistan will fall victim of terror
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] July 22 (ANI): Islamabad has been cheering the Taliban's recent victories in Afghanistan but a takeover of its war-torn neighbour by the insurgent force will leave Pakistan more vulnerable to extremism at home and potentially more isolated on the world stage.
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Terrorism a scourge, need to address it soon, says UNGA President-elect Ab
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Amid the turmoil in Afghanistan post-withdrawal of the foreign forces and Taliban resurgence, President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the current Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid on Thursday called "terrorism" a "scourge", a
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Taliban have momentum, half of Afghan districts under their control: US Ge
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 22 (ANI): US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley has said the Taliban have got momentum in the past ten months and now control half of the districts in Afghanistan.
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Moscow in contact with Tashkent over Afghanistan, ready to provide assista
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] July 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia maintains constant contact with Uzbekistan amid developments in Afghanistan and is ready to provide assistance to Tashkent if there is a relevant request, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an interview with Sputnik.
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