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Taliban harassing press at all levels: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government is raising with Taliban officials whom it engages "at all levels" the growing number of reports that the Islamist movement (banned in Russia) is harassing the press following its occupation of the Afghan capital Kabul, State Departm
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Americans' security our top priority in Afghanistan: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): The safety of the US citizens is the top priority of the Biden administration in Afghanistan, US State Department said on Monday.
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US to send three battalions - two Marines, one Army to help evacuate embas
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): The US Department of Defense on Thursday (local time) announced that it will be sending more than three battalions - two Marine, one Army -- currently in the US Central Command area of responsibility within two days to Afghanistan.
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China's nuclear arsenal becoming difficult to hide: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 11 (ANI): Underlining China's rapidly building nuclear arsenal, the United States on Tuesday said that Beijing should participate in consultations on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons.
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US condemns Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel, says Ned Price
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 7 (ANI): State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday condemned Hezbollah's recent rocket attacks on Israel.
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Taliban's intentional attacks against civilians violate law of war, human
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday (local time) termed the assassination of the director of the Afghanistan government media information centre as horrifying and said that the Taliban's intentional attacks against civilians violate the law o
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Blinken urges ASEAN members to address Myanmar military coup
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) took part in the Friends of the Mekong ministerial meeting and called upon ASEAN members to quickly hold the military regime in Myanmar accountable to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AS
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US, Israeli officials discuss concerns over Gulf of Oman tanker attack: St
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 4 (ANI/Sputnik): US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman discussed a shared concern about the recent attack on the oil tanker MV Mercer Street during a meeting with Israeli National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Shimrit Meir, State D
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Blinken, Ghani condemn Taliban attacks, pledge to remain in close contact
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday condemned the ongoing attacks by the Taliban, and pledged to remain in close contact going forward, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.
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Alignment of interest in what US-China seek in Afghanistan, says Ned Price
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Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Monday (local time) has said that People's Republic of China (PRC) interest in Afghanistan could be "an alignment of interest" when it comes to what the United States and China seek in Afghanistan.
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Blinken to discuss South China Sea, Myanmar during ASEAN meetings this wee
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during ministerial meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week will discuss a range of mutual issues concerning the South China Sea, Myanmar, and COVID-19 pandemic, State Department spokesperso
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Blinken announces US refugee admissions program Priority 2 designation for
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Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): As the US is weeks away from completing military withdrawal from Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) announced a US refugee admissions program Priority 2 designation for Afghan nationals.
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