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Amid US withdrawal, China ramping up its involvement in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 7 (ANI): China appears to be preparing to ramp up its involvement in Afghanistan amid US troops withdrawal -- with Beijing eyeing the war-torn nation for investment and influence opportunities.
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Pakistan to emulate Iran model to contain refugees coming from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): Pakistan may emulate the Iran model to contain refugees coming from Afghanistan by closing the border as the US, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops withdrawal progresses amid the rise in violence by the Taliban.
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Foreign Secy assures Afghan envoy of India's long-term commitment to Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay on Tuesday briefed Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on the security situation in Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of US troops from the war-torn country and escalating violence by the Taliban.
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Tajikistan strengthens security on Afghanistan border, as Taliban launch o
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan) July 6 (ANI): Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday has ordered strengthening the security at its border, in response to Taliban capturing large areas in northern Afghanistan leading to over 1,000 members of the Afghan security force fleeing the country, amid exi
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Russia warns US against transforming withdrawal from Afghanistan into relo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 6 (ANI): Russian Special envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has warned the United States that the process of withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan should not turn into a redeployment of the US and NATO infrastructure to the countries of Central Asia.
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Over 1,000 Afghan soldiers retreat to Tajikistan after clashes with Taliba
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], July 5 (ANI/Sputnik): As many as 1,037 Afghan troops retreated to Tajikistan following clashes with the Taliban militants, the Tajik State Committee for National Security (SCNS) told Sputnik.
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US pull-out puts Afghanistan at risk of turning into next Cambodia
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chiang Mai [Thailand] July 05 (ANI): Former Ambassador John Gunther Dean had described April 12, 1975, as the day when the U.S. "abandoned Cambodia and handed it over to the butcher", there are apprehensions that Afghanistan may be in a similar situation following the US troop pullout from t
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Taliban takes control of key district in Kandahar amid US troop withdrawal
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], July 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar.
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US in talks with 3 Central Asian states to provide refuge to 50,000 at-ris
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): Amid US troops withdrawal, thousands of Afghan translators and interpreters face threats from the Taliban as they assisted American troops for two decades during its war against terror in Afghanistan.
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US exit from Afghanistan won't be finished in next few days, says Biden
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington (US) July 3 (ANI): The US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan would not be completed in the next few days, said US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time).
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Afghan advisor, Russian security council chief discuss Afghanistan situati
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 2 (ANI): Afghanistan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib held talks with Secretary of the Security Council (SCS) of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow on Friday and discussed the security situation in light of the withdrawal of troops in Afg
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Last US troops to leave Afghan's Bagram Air Base today as withdrawal nears
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): The last contingent of US troops are expected to leave the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Friday, said a senior defense official, marking the end of the American presence at the compound that became the centre of military power in the country.
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