New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): India on Tuesday termed the evacuation operation from Afghanistan in the backdrop of the Taliban's takeover of the country last week as "Operation Devi Shakti".
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.
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's well-known pop artist Aryana Sayeed described her escape from Kabul as "very difficult and very challenging" after the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and Bharatiya Janata Party leader RP Singh on Tuesday received three Swaroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib brought from Kabul at the Delhi airport.
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's famous pop star, Aryana Sayeed, who escaped from the Taliban after the takeover of Kabul, has blamed Pakistan for empowering the terrorist outfit and expressed her utmost gratitude to India for helping Afghans during the ongoing crisis.
Lahore [Pakistan], August 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's three-match ODI series against Pakistan has been postponed due to "disruption of flight operations in Kabul", the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed.
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.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): Afghanistan's "acting" President Amrullah Saleh has highlighted the dire "humanitarian situation" in Andarab valley of the northern Baghlan province and accused the Taliban of committing human rights violations in the region.
Washington DC [US], August 24 (ANI): The United States is engaged in discussions with the Taliban regarding the future control of the Kabul international airport, US State Department informed on Monday.
Washington DC [US], August 24 (ANI): US airmen helped three Afghan women give birth to babies after going into labor during an evacuation flight from Kabul in the past week, US army General Stephen Lyons, said on Monday.
Washington DC [US], August 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on Monday about the ongoing evacuation operations in Kabul and planned to discuss a common approach to Afghanistan during the upcoming virtual meeting with G7 leaders.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): In its first "fatwa" after the siege of Kabul, the Taliban in Herat province have ordered all government and private universities to end co-education in their centres, a media report said.