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Five rockets fired towards Kabul airport
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): At least five rockets were fired toward the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, a US official told ABC news.
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ISIS suicide bomber behind Kabul explosion
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): An ISIS suicide bomber was behind the explosion near Kabul airport that killed nearly 13 people and injured several including three US troops, Politico reported quoting an unnamed US official and another source on Thursday.
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'CIA chief secretly met with Taliban's deputy head'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): The Central Investigation Agency (CIA) chief held a secret meeting with Taliban's deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday citing anonymous US officials.
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US could get commercial airlines involved in Afghanistan evacuation: Repor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The administration of US President Joe Biden could activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) in order to have commercial aircraft help evacuate people from Afghanistan, US officials told The Wall Street Journal.
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US troops arrive in Kabul to assist with evacuations
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 14 (ANI): The first group of US troops arrived at Kabul airport to help evacuate thousands of embassy personnel and other civilians from the capital of Afghanistan, TOLO News reported citing a US official.
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Two arrested in US for plotting to kill Myanmar's UN envoy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [United States], August 7 (ANI): US officials have arrested two men for allegedly plotting to kill or injure Myanmar's permanent Ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun, the country's Attorney's Office said on Friday.
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US launches airstrikes to hit Taliban-seized equipment in Kandahar: US off
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 23 (ANI): US spokesperson John Kerby informed that the US has launched four airstrikes to target Taliban equipment seized by the Taliban in Kandahar.
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US officials consider COVID lab leak theory as credible as natural origins
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): US officials overseeing an intelligence review into the origins of COVID-19 consider the theory of virus accidentally escaping from a lab in Wuhan as equally plausible as the possibility that it emerged naturally in the wild.
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US, Central Asian foreign ministers hold C5+1 summit in Uzbekistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): US officials and Central Asian Foreign Ministers have concluded the C5+1 meeting, mainly focused on Afghanistan issues, in Uzbekistan's Tashkent on Friday.
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US likely to complete withdrawal from Afghanistan in days; 1,000 troops to
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): The United States could complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within days, according to US officials. This makes the current week a critical one for President Joe Biden's campaign to end America's longest war even as US military officials warn the cou
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US needs to fight against China's harmful influence in UN: Official
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): The United States needs to "fight" against Chinese harmful influence in the United Nations and needs to build an alliance to investigate the source of COVID-19 as well address human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a senior US official told Congress.
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French firm raises alarm over 'imminent radiological threat' after Chinese
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 15 (ANI): A French operator of a Chinese nuclear plant located in Guangdong province has warned US officials of an "imminent radiological threat" following a leak at the plant, according to multiple media reports.
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