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US lawmaker presses Blinken on whether drone strike hit US aid worker or I
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday dodged questions on whether the Afghanistan drone strike targeted a worker for an American aid organisation and members of his family instead of an ISIS bomber.
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US lawmakers demand action against Pak for 'double dealing in Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): For the second day, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday confronted a barrage of questions from US lawmakers about last month's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the attempts to rescue people and deal with a future Taliban government.
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American citizens, Afghan allies stuck at Mazar-i-Sharif airport: US lawma
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): American citizens and Afghan allies are stuck at Mazar-i-Sharif airport in Afghanistan as the Taliban are not clearing six airplanes to depart, a US lawmaker said.
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US lawmakers urge Biden to ensure Taliban does not destabilise Pakistan, a
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): Amid the US withdrawal from Afghanistan which will have many geopolitical and strategic consequences, a group of 68 Congress lawmakers asked President Joe Biden to "outline" his plan to "move America forward", and urged him to make sure that the Taliban do n
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US lawmakers urge Biden to extend August 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadlin
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): As US President Joe Biden decided to stick with the August 31 deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, several lawmakers including Democrats and Republicans have called Biden to push back the deadline as the move risked leaving US allies behind.
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US lawmakers create bipartisan Uyghur Caucus to raise awareness about righ
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): US lawmakers Tom Suozzi and Chris Smith on Thursday (local time) announced the creation of the Congressional Uyghur Caucus that they said would raise awareness of the Chinese Community Party's (CCP) "systemic human rights violations against the Uyghur people i
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US lawmakers press corporate sponsors to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers on Tuesday (local time) urged corporate sponsors to back out of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, over human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
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Postpone, relocate 2022 Winter Olympics if China does not end abuses: US l
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 25 (ANI): A group of US lawmakers has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to postpone the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and relocate the games unless China ends the ongoing "genocide" against Uyghurs and other minority groups.
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'Impossible for US to re-enter Afghanistan after troops withdrawal'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): US lawmaker Adam Kinzinger has deemed it will be "impossible" for the United States forces to re-enter Afghanistan if the security situation collapses in the war-torn country after a complete drawdown.
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US lawmakers, advocates question Biden's plan to evacuate Afghans who assi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): As US President Joe Biden moves ahead with his plan to withdraw Afghans from Kabul who have assisted US military efforts in the country, lawmakers and advocates have raised several questions as the deadline for the plan draws near.
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US lawmakers introduce resolution condemning human rights abuses by China
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Ahead of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) centenary anniversary next week, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers have submitted a resolution condemning China's human rights abuses over the last 100 years.
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US lawmakers introduce bills to curb powers of big tech companies
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives on Friday introduced a package of bills aimed at curbing the power of tech giants.
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