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Hundreds of Afghans protest outside White House as Taliban take control of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): People with ties to Afghanistan blamed President Joe Biden for betraying the people of the war-torn country and demand for sanctioning Pakistan as hundreds of people protested Sunday afternoon outside the White House.
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There will be a new government in Kabul 'very shortly,' says PM Boris John
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], August 16 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it is clear there would be a new government in place in Afghanistan "very shortly" as he called on UK allies to "work together" to make sure the war-torn country does not become the "breeding ground of terrorism".
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World Food Programme warns of growing hunger in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Afghan people are facing hunger in the war-torn country.
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Trump says Biden not following his Afghanistan plan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): Former US president Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden for his handling of the Afghanistan situation saying that the Democrat leader had not followed his plan of withdrawing US-led international troops from the war-torn country.
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Blinken speaks with Abdullah Abdullah, discusses need to reduce violence i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday spoke with top Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah and discussed ongoing developments in Afghanistan and the urgency to reduce violence in the war-torn country.
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Indian mission in Kabul working overtime to handle sudden spurt of visa ap
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): The Indian embassy in Kabul is working overtime to issue visas to Afghan nationals heading out of the war-torn country, sources told ANI amid a sudden spike in applicants for visas to India.
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Biden authorises deployment of 1,000 additional US troops in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Saturday authorised the deployment of additional 1,000 troops in Afghanistan, raising the number of American troops in the war-torn country to 5,000 to ensure a safe and orderly drawdown of personnel.
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With Taliban at Kabul's doorstep, US embassy officials rush to destroy cla
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 14 (ANI): As Taliban races to take control of Afghanistan and the terrorist group literally on the doorstep of Kabul, the US embassy in the capital city of the war-torn country is scrambling to destroy its classified documents and evacuate American citizens.
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'Vast bulk' of evacuation of UK embassy staff, officials from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], August 14 (ANI): Underlining that situation in Afghanistan has "deteriorated", British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday (local time) apprised that there would be the "vast bulk" of the evacuation of UK embassy staff and officials from the war-torn country in the next fe
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Australia tries to rescue Afghans previously involved with coalition: PM
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia] August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday that his government was engaged in a set of initiatives to save Afghans who helped Australian troops during the war in their homeland.
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Displaced Afghans 'lost everything' as Taliban escalates offences
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): As Taliban is capturing Afghanistan's territories, hundreds of war-affected people have been displaced due to the recent fights between the Afghan forces and the terrorist group in the northern region of the war-torn country.
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Iran temporarily shuts consulate general in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 (ANI): Iran on Thursday announced that it was temporarily closing its Consulate General in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan's Balkh province and moving it to Kabul amid the escalating violence between government forces and insurgent Taliban, which has
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