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Consequences will be 'unbelievably bad': George Bush on US troops withdraw
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 14 (ANI): Former US President George W Bush has called the US drawdown from Afghanistan a "mistake" and said that the consequences of this decision, especially for Afghan women and girls, will be "unbelievably bad".
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Surge in Afghan violence triggers refugee crisis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 10 (ANI): As the violence continues to intensify in Afghanistan amid US drawdown, a major refugee crisis is emerging with neighbouring countries staring at an exodus of refugees fleeing the war-like situation.
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No 'mission accomplished' moment, Afghanistan is '20-year war that has not
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday (local time) said the US military drawdown in Afghanistan is not a "mission accomplished" moment and admitted that the "war that has not been won militarily."
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US to continue providing civilian, humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): President Joe Biden on Thursday press briefing assured his Afghan counterpart, Ashraf Ghani, that the US will continue to provide civilian and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan even after the American military drawdown by August 31.
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President Biden confirms US military drawdown from Afghanistan to conclude
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday confirmed that the US military drawdown in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31.
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Pakistan undertaking dangerous gamble in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): As the US military is continuing with its drawdown from Afghanistan, Pakistan is undertaking a dangerous gamble in the war-torn country and has sought to cultivate radical jihadi groups in the region.
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Top US General in Afghanistan warns of civil war after troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The top US military commander in Afghanistan has said that the country may collapse into civil war after the full US military drawdown.
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Taliban urge US to honour Afghan peace deal
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): As the deadline of the US drawdown from Afghanistan draws near, a senior member of the Taliban has stressed that the group has been continuing to urge the Washington States to honour a peace deal struck by the two sides in February 2020.
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Afghan govt rejects TTP presence in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 28 (ANI): The Ashraf Ghani government denied the presence of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Afghanistan on Sunday after Pakistan expressed apprehensions regarding a possible spillover of TTP amid the US drawdown from its neighbouring country.
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Taliban trying to take military equipment to Pakistan, says senior Afghan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Amid the US military drawdown from Afghanistan, a senior Afghan security official said that the Taliban is making efforts to transport military equipment captured from Afghan security forces, including tanks, to Pakistan.
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China warns its nationals to leave Afghanistan amid surge in violence
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 21 (ANI): China has warned its nationals to leave Afghanistan immediately as the Taliban continues to capture more and more territories ahead of the final drawdown of US and NATO troops.
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Pakistan will not take responsibility if things go wrong in Afghanistan, s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): A few months ahead of the September 11 deadline of US drawdown from Afghanistan, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said that his country would not take responsibility if it was blamed for the downturn in the Afghan peace process.
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