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Taliban actions to be mointored, says Biden as US to lead in supporting Af
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 25 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) that Taliban will be judged by their actions and G7 leaders, EU, NATO and United Nations would respond to the terror group's behaviour accordingly, while collectively agreeing to support refugees and evacuees
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Lockheed Martin bags USD 328 million Indian contract to support C-130J air
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Lockheed Martin has been awarded a 328.8 million US dollars, five-year contract from the Indian Air Force (IAF), to provide dedicated and comprehensive support for the IAF’s fleet of 12 C-130J-30 Super Hercules Aircraft. Lockheed Martin is the ori
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US could get commercial airlines involved in Afghanistan evacuation: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The administration of US President Joe Biden could activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) in order to have commercial aircraft help evacuate people from Afghanistan, US officials told The Wall Street Journal.
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Afghanistan: 7 killed at Kabul Airport as people try to flee country
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 22 (ANI): At least seven people were killed on Sunday near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul as people attempted to flee the Taliban-controlled country.
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US-allied Afghan force personnel being hunted by Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): While thousands of Afghan security force members have managed to flee from Afghanistan to other countries such as Iran and Uzbekistan as the Taliban seized the country but tens of thousands of Afghan soldiers and commandos are still on the run and being hunt
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Turkey won't become Europe's 'refugee warhouse', warns Erdogan as Afghans
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 20 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on other European countries to take responsibility for Afghans fleeing the Taliban, stating that Ankara has no obligation to be a "Europe refugee warehouse".
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UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees: Home Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], August 18 (ANI): UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said the United Kingdom would accept 20,000 Afghan refugees fleeing from the country, priority will be given to women and girls.
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10 killed at Kabul airport chaos
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 17 (ANI): At least 10 people were killed and several were injured at Kabul airport in last two days as thousands tried to catch flights in an attempt to flee the country soon after the Taliban captured Kabul, local media reported.
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US promises to resettle Afghans in America, urges other countries to provi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 16 (ANI): At a special session of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Afghanistan on Monday, the United States promised to be generous in the resettling of Afghans in America and urged its neighbours to give refuge - temporary or permanent to Afghans attempting to
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US military temporarily suspends air operations at Kabul airport
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): The US military has temporarily suspended air operations at Kabul airport on Monday as its troops attempted to clear Afghans who flooded onto the airfield, which resembled a chaotic bus station as hundreds of people jostled, pushed and shoved to get on t
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Pakistani soldiers clash with hundreds of Afghans at Chaman
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): Pakistani soldiers clashed with hundreds of stranded Afghans who were fleeing for safety amid a Taliban offensive at the Durand-Crossing in the Chaman area.
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Greece to modernize air firefighting fleet in aftermath of blazes: Prime M
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece will invest 1.7 billion euros ($2 billion) to modernize its aerial firefighting capabilities in the wake of massive wildfires that recently ripped through the country, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
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