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Biden must provide Afghans with air support beyond Aug 31: US Senate Minor
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 13 (ANI): US President Joe Biden should commit to providing more help to Afghan forces including air support beyond the original August 31 end date due to escalating violence and a swift Taliban advance in the country, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on
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Iran temporarily shuts consulate general in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Iran on Thursday announced that it was temporarily closing its Consulate General in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan's Balkh province and moving it to Kabul amid the escalating violence between government forces and insurgent Taliban, which has
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Afghan President offers Taliban power sharing deal to end violence
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 12 (ANI): The Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan government on Thursday has offered a "share of power" to the Taliban in a bid to stop the escalating violence in the war-torn country where the insurgent group has captured 10 provincial capitals so far, local media report
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Germany, Netherlands suspend deportation of refugees to Afghanistan as fig
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], August 11 (ANI): Germany and the Netherlands have suspended deportations of Afghanistan refugees amid the escalating violence between government forces and Taliban, in which the latter has captured nine provincial capitals in the war-torn country.
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Afghan army chief replaced amid Taliban offensive, say local media
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan President on Wednesday replaced the country's Army chief General amid escalating offensive of Taliban, which has so far captured nine provincial capitals in the war-torn country amid the US and NATO troops finalising their pullout.
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Afghan President Ghani arrives in Balkh amid escalating violence in northe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday arrived in Mazar-e-Sharif city in the northern Balkh province, amid escalating violence in the Northern Province.
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Amid escalating violence in Afghanistan, peace talks underway in Doha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], August 11 (ANI): Amid unabated violence in Afghanistan, a three-day conference is underway in Doha, Qatar to discuss the peace process in the war-torn country, with attendance from the Taliban, the US, and a host of other countries.
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US supports religious freedom, preservation of Tibetan culture, says envoy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions with China, US ambassador to India, Atul Keshap on Tuesday met a representative of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and said Washington supports religious freedom.
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Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill urges Jaishankar for evacuation of Hindus
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill on Monday urged the Centre for an immediate evacuation of Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan on special visas considering escalating violence by the Taliban.
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Iranian exports to Afghanistan dip 85 pc amid large scale violence
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], August 6 (ANI): Amid the escalating violence in Afghanistan, exports from Iran to the war-torn country have declined more than 85 per cent.
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'Alarmed by escalating violence against children in Afghanistan': UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 4 (ANI): UNICEF is alarmed by the escalating violence against children in Afghanistan, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative Herve Ludovic De Lys said on Wednesday.
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Amid escalating tensions, Pakistan shelves plan to host Afghan peace confe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): With tensions escalating between governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan over the latter's support to the Taliban, Islamabad has shelved its plan to host a peace conference involving Afghanistan's political leadership.
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