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Taliban gains control over 3 gates of Kabul Airport as US soldiers leave
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 29 (ANI): The Taliban said on Saturday that they have gained control over the three gates of Kabul Airport as the US forces wound down evacuations ahead of its August 31 deadline, Tolo News reported.
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Boris Johnson says Kabul bombings underscore urgency of getting Brits out
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 28 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the suicide attacks in Kabul, which killed two Brits and a child of a British national, showed how urgent it was for evacuations to conclude.
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German Defence Head meets Troops who assisted Kabul evacuations during Tas
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany] August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer arrived in the Uzbek capital Tashkent to meet and thank German soldiers, who assisted in the evacuation from Afghanistan.
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Biden meets top officials as twin blasts rock Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): US President Joe Biden met with top officials of his administration on Thursday as two explosions rocked Kabul amid evacuations that reportedly killed at least 35 and injured over 70 including three US troops.
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French President says situation in Afghanistan extremely dangerous, coordi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], August 26 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the situation in Kabul has seriously deteriorated and his country is coordinating with US allies to evacuate a maximum number of people.
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Canada ends evacuations from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 26 (ANI): Canada has ended airlifts from war-ravaged Afghanistan on Thursday, said acting chief of the defence staff General Wayne Eyre .
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Belgium ends Afghan evacuation over suicide bomb threat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium] August 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Belgian federal government made a decision on Wednesday evening to end all evacuations from Kabul airport over suicide bomb threat, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said.
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Islamic State may attack UK, US soldiers at Kabul airport: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 23 (ANI): Top UK military officials believe that the Islamic State (IS) can target British and US soldiers helping evacuations at the Kabul airport, Sputnik reported citing The Times' sources 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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Biden describes scenes of 'desperate people' in Afghanistan as 'gut wrench
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday described the images emerging out of Afghanistan as "gut-wrenching", showing people "acting out of sheer desperation," hoping to get out of the country following the Taliban's siege of Kabul.
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US troops arrive in Kabul to assist with evacuations
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): The first group of US troops arrived at Kabul airport to help evacuate thousands of embassy personnel and other civilians from the capital of Afghanistan, TOLO News reported citing a US official.
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Nearly 29,000 people ordered to evacuate in Japan as typhoon Mirinae looms
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 29,000 people in the Japanese prefecture of Chiba near Tokyo have received evacuation orders due to typhoon Mirinae approaching the country's eastern coast, national media reported on Sunday.
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