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US launches drone strikes in northern Afghanistan, says defence official
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): The United States has launched two drone strikes against Taliban positions in northern Afghanistan, confirmed a US defence official on Friday (local time).
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Afghans living in US demand for a democratic Afghanistan, press Pakistan t
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Dozens of Afghan Americans stood in front of the White House to welcome Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani who on Friday (local time) met US President Joe Biden for the first face-to-face interaction ahead of the remaining US and NATO forces' withdrawal fro
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan can have consequences for both sides: Ghani
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday (local time) said that he warned US President Joe Biden that Washington's move of withdrawing troops will have consequences for both sides, though he did not ask Biden to delay the withdrawal.
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US ramps up efforts to assist Afghanistan amid withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): After the meeting between US President Joe Biden, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, the White House on Friday announced a series of measures to provide assistance to the Sout
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Lloyd Austin reaffirms commitment to US-Afghan defense partnership with Gh
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III on Friday met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, wherein he reaffirmed Washington's commitment to an enduring defense relations
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Afghan President Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah meet US Defence Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on Friday met with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III at the Pentagon.
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Afghan forces retake control of 6 districts from Taliban as fighting conti
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): The Afghan security forces retook control of the six districts from the Taliban as fighting surged in the war-torn country.
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US senator McConnell meets Afghan leaders, hopes Biden will delay troop wi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani along with other leaders at the Capitol and said that he hopes President Biden will delay the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
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5.1 magnitude quake rattles northern Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Charikar in northern Afghanistan early on Friday, informed the US Geological Survey.
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China wary of security vacuum emerging in Afghanistan as US withdraws
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China is growing increasingly concerned over a security vacuum forming in Afghanistan as foreign forces withdraw from the war-torn country.
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US cautions Taliban, says world won't accept government imposed by force i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Amid intelligence reports that the current government in Kabul could collapse within six months after the American withdrawal, the US on Tuesday cautioned the Taliban that the world will not accept a government imposed by force in Afghanistan.
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India says it brought development projects to Afghanistan, world knows wha
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): India on Thursday said that it brought several development projects to Afghanistan and the world knows what Pakistan brought.
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