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World Bank pauses financial aid to Afghanistan: Spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Bank is halting all financial assistance for projects to Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban assuming power in the country, a World Bank spokesperson said Wednesday.
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Indo-Pacific, Afghan situation should'nt be looked at from same prism: CDS
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Amid rising security concerns in India over the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and Beijing's claims of sovereignty on the South China Sea, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that both the situations should not be viewed fr
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Jaishankar, UK counterpart discuss Afghanistan in second phone call since
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke to British counterpart Dominic Raab and discussed developments in Afghanistan.
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Taliban to reach peace deal with Panjshir resistance soon: Spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban will reach a peace deal with resistance forces in the Panjshir province in near future, the movement's spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Wednesday.
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Afghan nationals continue protest outside UNHRC office in Delhi, demand re
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghans protested outside United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) office here on Wednesday, demanding refugee cards.
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India anticipated Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, says CDS Bipin Rawat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): India had anticipated the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, everything that's happening now was anticipated only the timelines have changed, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday.
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Taliban search house-to-house for women, girls for marriage, says escaped
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): In a moving report a journalist, who escaped from Afghanistan, has described how life has taken a 180-degree turn for Afghan women after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.
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All Afghan nationals must travel to India only on e-Visa: MHA
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Owing to the prevailing security situation in Afghanistan and streamlining of the visa process by introduction of the e-Emergency X-Misc visa, it has been decided that all Afghan nationals henceforth must travel to India only on e-Visa.
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Taliban say religious scholars will lead govt in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): The Taliban have said that religious scholars will lead the upcoming government in Afghanistan as the country's government collapsed over a week ago when the terror group seized Kabul, a media report said.
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'Sankat Mochan' PM Modi always steps up to save humanity: Naqvi on Operati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Calling PM Narendra Modi "Sankat Mochan", Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said that the Prime Minister has always stepped up to save humanity, referring to the evacuation drive launched by India to bring back its citizens from the war-torn
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Maharashtra govt acting 'wilfully', they are like Taliban: BJP's Jagannath
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): After the arrest of Union Minister Narayan Rane for his alleged derogatory remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagannath Sarkar on Wednesday compared Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) gove
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Blinken speaks to German FM, discusses evacuation of people from Afghanist
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday (local time) and discussed coordinating efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last week.
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