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Blinken discusses Afghanistan situation with Jens Stoltenberg
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 25 (ANI): Secretary of State Antony J Blinken has spoken to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and discussed the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, said Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson on Tuesday (local time).
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UNHCR urges Afghanistan's neighbors to keep borders open for potential ref
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is calling upon countries neighboring Afghanistan to be ready to accept refugees as the security situation in the Central Asian country remains precarious, UNHCR Regional Spokesperson for Asia and the Pacific, Cathe
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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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Afghan baby at Kabul airport handed back to father after receiving treatme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A viral video of an Afghan baby being handed over the walled perimeter of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul showed US Marines taking the baby to be treated at a hospital at the facility, Defense Department Spokesperson John Kirby said on
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Telangana Congress leader Sravan calls Rajiv Gandhi 'modern architect' of
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 20 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson and Telangana Congress leader Dasoju Sravan on Friday called former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi a "modern architect" of the country on his 77th birth anniversary.
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6,000 people at Kabul airport processed for evacuation, will soon board pl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 20 (ANI): As many as 6,000 are at the Kabul airport right now who have been fully processed by the United States councillor team for evacuation and will soon board a flight, said a US State Department spokesperson.
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Whatever is happening in Afghanistan is due to lapse by govt, internationa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India] August 18 (ANI): Tibetan government-in-exile spokesperson Tenzin Lekshey on Wednesday expressed concern at the situation in Afghanistan and said that whatever is happening in the country is due to a lapse by the government and the international communit
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Uttarakhand: No longer mention of 'East Pakistan' in caste certificates of
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 17 (ANI): Uttarkhand Cabinet on Monday took the decision that the word "Poorvi Pakistan" (East Pakistan) will no longer be mentioned on the caste certificate issued to the Bengali community who were rehabilitated in Udham Singh Nagar district, said Utt
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MEA sets up helpline number to coordinate repatriation from war-torn Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs has set up a special Afghanistan cell to coordinate repatriation and other requests from the war-ravaged country, where the security situation deteriorates after Kabul fell to the Taliban.
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Sonia Gandhi has not received any letter from Sushmita Dev: Randeep Surjew
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Referring to former Congress MP Sushmita Dev resignation from the primary membership of the party, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Monday said that Sonia Gandhi has not received any letter from her adding that he cannot comment until he speaks w
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Switzerland begins evacuating diplomatic staff from Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], August 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has started to prepare for the evacuation of its diplomatic personnel from Afghanistan amid a deteriorating security situation in the capital, Kabul, spokesperson of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Elisa Raggi
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Taliban terrorists asked to enter Kabul: Taliban spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 15 (ANI): Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Sunday said that Taliban terrorists have been asked to enter the capital city of Kabul.
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