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US-allied Afghan force personnel being hunted by Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): While thousands of Afghan security force members have managed to flee from Afghanistan to other countries such as Iran and Uzbekistan as the Taliban seized the country but tens of thousands of Afghan soldiers and commandos are still on the run and being hunt
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Taliban's silence on ties with terror groups raises global security concer
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 21 (ANI): The Taliban have been attempting hard to convince the world that they will sever ties with terror groups like al-Qaeda after they they are back in power in Afghanistan after 20 years and need the world's recognition and approbation, a media report sai
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Al Qaeda-linked group praises Taliban 'victory' in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Aleppo [Syria], August 20 (ANI): An al Qaeda-linked group in Syria has lauded the Taliban "victory" in Afghanistan, and compared the terror group's control of the majority of the country with the early Muslim conquests.
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Taliban ask imams to urge Afghans not to leave nation
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): The Taliban have asked the imams to urge the Afghans to not leave the country during Friday's sermon as the collapse of government and takeover by the terror group have forced people in Afghanistan to leave the nation, a media report said.
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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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Taliban guaranteeing safe passage to Kabul airport for our citizens: US
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): Pentagon on Wednesday said that the Taliban are not interfering with evacuation operations by US troops and said the terror group is guaranteeing safe passage to the airport for American citizens.
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There have been no 'hostile interactions' with Taliban: US Defence Secreta
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 19 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said that US service members have not had any "hostile interactions" with the Taliban as the terror group takes control of Afghanistan and America is frantically evacuating its personnel.
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Ashraf Ghani says he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed, backs Taliban-Karzai t
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 19 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who left the country on Sunday as the Taliban entered Kabul, said in a video message on Wednesday that he left the country in an attempt to avoid bloodshed and backed the recent talks between the terror group and former Afgh
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US deeply concerned for Afghan women, says NSA Jake Sullivan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): The US is deeply concerned for Afghan women and girls under the Taliban control, National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday as the terror group has been blamed for committing barbaric atrocities against women.
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Canada has no plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan govt, says PM Justin Tr
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 18 (ANI): Canada on Tuesday said that it has no plans to accept the Taliban as the new government of Afghanistan as the terror group entered the presidential palace on Sunday and seized the Afghan capital declaring its victory over the Afghanistan government.
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Afghanistan: Taliban leader Mullah Baradar says our 'victory was unexpecte
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], August 16 (ANI): Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar on Sunday said that the terror group's victory, which saw all of the country's major cities fall in a week, was unexpectedly swift and had no match in the world.
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Afghanistan likely to plunge into civil war after Taliban's victory: Exper
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): A Taliban's victory does not mean a "better future" for Afghanistan as there could be local outbreaks of civil war and insurgencies against the terror group, said political commentator Harlan Ullman.
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