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Jaishankar, Blinken agree to continued coordination on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): Amid the fast unfolding situation in Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of state Antony Blinken discussed over the phone the crisis in the war-torn country. It was the second phone call between the two officials since the
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US Embassy officials in Kabul warned of Taliban takeover in July
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): US Embassy officials in Kabul had warned top officials in Washington of the Afghanistan government's collapse in July, a media report said on Thursday.
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Taliban victory could be a boost for extremists in Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] August 20 (ANI): The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely to boost the morale of various extremist groups in the Middle East, say experts.
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Cricketer Rashid Khan prays for 'peaceful, developed' Afghanistan on Indep
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Amid turmoil and chaos after the Taliban takeover, Rashid Khan, the Afghan cricketer on Thursday wished his countrymen on the occasion of Afghanistan's Independence Day.
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Biden administration suspends arms sales to Afghanistan post-Taliban takeo
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): The Biden administration on Wednesday (local time) suspended all arms sales to the government of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country.
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Brussels: Afghan diaspora protest Taliban takeover, seeks EU's interventio
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 19 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghans protested in front of the European Commission, European Council, and the European External Action Service (EEAS) against the Taliban takeover and urged the 27-nation bloc to save people of Afghanistan from the terror group's inhumane r
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Afghanistan: Anti-Taliban protests erupt, 3 demonstrators shot dead
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 19 (ANI): Raising slogans and furling Afghan flags, civilians across the war-ravaged country took to the streets to protest against Taliban takeover.
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Telangana man stranded in Kabul, family urges govt to bring him home
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mancherial (Telangana) [India], August 19 (ANI): Family of a 44-year-old man from Telangana's Mancherial district, who is stranded in Kabul after the Taliban takeover, has requested the Government of India to bring him home.
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UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan issue on August 24
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Afghanistan on August 24, to address the "serious human rights concerns" following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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Imran Khan urges global community to 'stay engaged' with Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan who has publically endorsed the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan said that his country is reaching out to all "Afghan leaders" and urged other countries to "stay engaged", to economically support people in the wa
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US intelligence predicted Afghan military collapse, despite Biden's assura
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): A classified assessment by American spy agencies had predicted the collapse of the Afghan military and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, despite US President Joe Biden's assurances that Kabul was unlikely to fall according to the New York Times.
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Qatar, Germany call for peaceful power transition in Afghanistan post-Tali
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], August 18 (ANI): During a phone talk between Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, the two sides called for stepping up necessary efforts to achieve national reconciliation and peaceful power transition in Afghanistan post-T
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