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Congressmen draw flak for Kabul airport visit amid US evacuation effort
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 25 (ANI): Two US congressmen made an unannounced trip to Kabul on Tuesday to "provide oversight" to the mission to evacuate Americans and its allies and to pressure President Joe Biden to extend the August 31 deadline for US military drawdown.
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US airlifts 19,000 people from Afghanistan in last 24 hours, total number
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): The United States has evacuated 19,000 people from Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, said the White House on Wednesday morning.
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Rescue at-risk Afghans, evacuation needs more time: Human Rights Watch
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 25 (ANI): As the US is about to conclude large-scale airlift operations from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans fearing persecution are waiting outside Kabul airport, hoping to be evacuated from the war-ravaged country.
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Blinken speaks to German FM, discusses evacuation of people from Afghanist
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday (local time) and discussed coordinating efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last week.
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PM Modi ensuring every citizen is evacuated safely from Afghanistan: MoS D
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ensuring that all Indian citizens are safely brought back to the country from war-torn Afghanistan after its takeover by the Taliban.
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US stands by its commitment to evacuate vulnerable Afghans: Biden
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he stands by the commitment to evacuate people and this includes vulnerable Afghans, such as women leaders and journalists after the Taliban's hostile takeover of Afghanistan.
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14 day quarantine mandatory for Afghan evacuees at ITBP's Delhi camp: Heal
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has mandated a compulsory 14-day institutional quarantine for those who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in Delhi, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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626 Afghan nationals including 228 Indian citizens evacuated so far: Harde
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday informed that a total of 626 people including 228 Indian citizens have been evacuated from Afghanistan till now. He also informed out of them, 77 were Afghan Sikhs.
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Ukraine evacuation plane hijacked from Afghanistan, diverted to Iran: Repo
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], August 24 (ANI): A Ukrainian plane that arrived in Afghanistan to evacuate Ukrainians was hijacked by unidentified people who flew it into Iran, Russia's TASS news agency quoted Ukraine's deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin as saying on Tuesday.
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US aims to complete evacuation from Afghanistan by August 31
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): The Biden administration on Monday (local time) said that it is aiming to evacuate all Americans from Afghanistan by August 31.
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US evacuates 10,900 more people from Kabul: White House
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): The United States has evacuated another 10,900 individuals from Kabul, Afghanistan, since Monday morning, a White House official informed on Monday.
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France evacuated almost 2,000 people from Kabul since Taliban takeover
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 23 (ANI): France has evacuated nearly 2,000 people, including French nationals and Afghan asylum seekers, from Afghanistan since the Taliban seized the capital of Kabul on August 15, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday.
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