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Kolkata Airport officials receive call threatening to hijack plane
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 18 (ANI): Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata on Wednesday received a phone call threatening to hijack a plane.
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Evacuation of Dutch citizens from Kabul fails due to limited US-allotted t
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Netherlands has been unable to evacuate its citizens from Afghanistan as the US military has not given its plane enough time in Kabul's airport for people to board, acting Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag said on Wednesday.
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Taliban use gunfire, whips, sticks to control crowd at Kabul airport
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 18 (ANI): The Taliban is using gunfire, whips, and sticks to control thousands of Afghans looking for a way out of the war-torn country at the Kabul airport.
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Indian contingent leaves for Tokyo Paralympics
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Indian contingent for 2020 Paralympics departed for Tokyo from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport in the wee hours of Wednesday.
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Human remains found in wheel well of military plane that departed from Kab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): Human remains were found in a C-17 Globemaster's wheel well that flew from Kabul on Sunday, the US Air Force said.
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Thousands waiting at Kabul airport to leave the city: Indian evacuee narra
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): An Indian national, who was evacuated from Kabul on Tuesday, recalled the horror-stricken period after the Taliban took over the Afghan capital city, saying thousands of people including the elderly, women, and children are at the Kabul airport, waiting
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Kabul airport faced huge rush, India parked C-17 aircraft at Ayni Air Base
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The evacuation of 120 Indian nationals from Afghanistan to Jamnagar on Tuesday came about with India parking its C-17 aircraft at Ayni Air Base in Tajikistan as there was a huge rush at Kabul airport.
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Government committed to safe return of all Indians from Afghanistan: MEA
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The government is committed to the safe return of all Indian nationals from Afghanistan and will institute flight arrangements once Kabul airport is open for commercial operations, MEA said on Tuesday.
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US resumes flight operations at Kabul airport
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): The US on Monday (local time) resumed temporarily suspended operations at the airfield after clearing crowds off the runways, said Pentagon.
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Kabul airport reopens as additional US troops land
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): Afghanistan's Kabul airport has reopened as the first C-17 landed with US Marines on board, an official said on Monday.
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Jaishankar discusses Afghan situation with US Secretary of State Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the latest developments in Afghanistan and underlined the urgency of restoring airports in Kabul.
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10 killed at Kabul airport chaos
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): At least 10 people were killed and several were injured at Kabul airport in last two days as thousands tried to catch flights in an attempt to flee the country soon after the Taliban captured Kabul, local media reported.
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