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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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Taliban acting foreign minister meets Chinese ambassador in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 14 (ANI): Taliban government's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Mutaqi on Tuesday met Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu, Taliban spokesperson said.
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Blinken defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan, says staying would have 'r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Staunchly defending America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, US top diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday said that staying in the war-torn country would have "re-upped the war for another five, ten or twenty years."
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Taliban regime looks to China for major investments in coming six months:
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 13 (ANI): With the messy withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban regime is looking to China for major investments in the coming six months in the troubled country, according to media reports.
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US exit from Afghanistan 'absolutely inspired jihadists': Former CIA offic
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 12 (ANI): Post the messy withdrawal of American US and NATO troops from Afghanistan, former acting CIA Director Michael Morell said "jihadists" were "absolutely inspired" by the US's exit and Taliban's win in the troubled country.
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Chinese senior official mocks Washington, shares video of Taliban using US
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China] September 12 (ANI): China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao in a bid to mock the 'chaotic' US withdrawal from Afghanistan, recently shared a video of what appears to be members of the Taliban playing with an abandoned US military plane.
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Afghanistan should not become threat to neighbours: Putin at BRICS
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in his address at the 13th BRICS summit said that Afghanistan should not become a threat to its neighbouring countries and stressed that the US withdrawal has led to a new crisis in the region.
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Blinken to appear before Senate Foreign Relations Committee to testify Afg
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US] September 8 (ANI): US Secretary Antony Blinken will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 14 to testify country's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Pakistan: Police personnel baton charge protestors at Mangi Dam in Balochi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan] September 7 (ANI): Police personnel baton-charged Mangi Dam protestors in Balochistan on Sunday who were demonstrating for the withdrawal of Frontier Corps and armed forces from the district after three security personnel were killed in a roadside explosion.
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Top US General says 'civil war' likely to break out in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 5 (ANI): Top US General Mark Milley on Saturday (local time) said he believed it was likely that conditions for a future "civil war" could develop in Afghanistan following the US troops' withdrawal.
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China keen to fill vacuum in Afghanistan left by US withdrawal: Report
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 4 (ANI): As the US departed from Afghanistan after twenty years of its military presence, China is looking to fill the vacuum left in the war-ravaged country, which Beijing considers as a missing puzzle, for its dominance in Central Asia.
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Congress MLA says people in Afghanistan happy after Taliban takeover
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], September 3 (ANI): Terming American and British forces as "atrocious", Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari on Friday said that following their withdrawal from Afghanistan, the people are happy and the atmosphere is peaceful after the Taliban took control.
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