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US troops abandoned weapons during clash with ISIS in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 10 (ANI): The Pentagon has acknowledged that U.S. troops abandoned equipment and weapons after they came under fire from ISIS fighters during recent operations in Afghanistan.
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President hosts 'At Home' for freedom fighters on 74th anniversa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hosted an 'At Home' reception for freedom fighters on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Quit India Movement at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Don't need reminders, haven't forgotten sacrifices of freedom fi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): The Congress downplayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Yaad Karo Kurbani' celebrations saying that the sacrifices of the freedom fighters were ingrained in every Indian citizen and nobody needed reminders to recall their great sacrifices.
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Govt. gears up to celebrate Quit India Movement anniversary
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 2 (ANI): Providing details of the NDA Government's ambitious plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that programs would be held across the nation to make youth aware of th
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Most IS men in Afghanistan are Pakistan Taliban fighters, says US Commande
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 1 (ANI): Commander of the US and the NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. John W. Nicholson has said almost 70 per cent of the fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban who joined IS after having been forced out of their country.
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Tasleema Nasreen, Amitav Ghosh, Mira Nair mourn Mahasweta Devi's demi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Litterateur Mahasweta Devi, one of the doughtiest fighters and a social activist who proved 'pen is mightier than sword' took her last breath today at the age of 90 in Kolkata's private hospital.
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Daesh fighters operating in Afghanistan are Pak nationals, say officials
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, July 17 (ANI): The local officials in Afghanistan's Koot district of eastern Nangarhar province have said that majority of Daesh fighters operating in the area are Pakistani nationals under the command of Pakistan's Intelligence Service (ISI).
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Seven Taliban fighters killed in Kunduz
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, July 13 (ANI): At least seven Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded in a military operation in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province.
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