Taliban has hailed the departure of US troops from Afghanistan, terming it a “historic moment” while declaring that the country is now a “free and sovereign nation”. Speaking to reporters from Hamid Karzai International Airport on Tuesday hours after the US troops left the country, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the victory of his group “belongs to us all”, Al Jazeera […]
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Afghanistan: Nearly 10 million children in desperate need of humanitarian aid, says UNICEF
There are nearly 10 million children in Afghanistan “in desperate need of humanitarian aid”, said UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Herve Ludovic De Lys, adding that these children are deprived of their right to a healthy and protected childhood. “Those least responsible for this crisis, are paying the highest price — including […]
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Moscow calls on UN to return to Afghanistan as influx of refugees possible
Moscow believes that the influx of Afghan refugees to other countries is possible and calls on the United Nations to return to the country, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Monday. “We can expect it, surely,” Kabulov told the Rossiya 24 broadcaster when asked if the influx of refugees to Europe is […]
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Indian Americans hold candlelight vigil across US to honor soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Indian Americans across the US held a candlelight vigil to honour the 13 US troops killed in the suicide attack near the Kabul airport as their remains arrived at Dover Air Force Base on Sunday morning. Eleven Marines, one Navy sailor who was assigned to a Marine Corps unit, and an Army […]
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Taliban rule won’t last long in Afghanistan, says Amrullah Saleh
The former Afghan government first Vice President and self-proclaimed acting President Amrullah Saleh on Saturday told that the Taliban rule won’t last long in Afghanistan. In an interview with Euronews, speaking from the Panjshir Valley he said, “The law of the Taliban is Islamic Emirate, unacceptable to the people of Afghanistan and the election of a leader by a […]
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Afghanistan to run out of medical supplies soon , says WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that war-ravaged Afghanistan has only a few days of medical supplies left to meet the health needs of millions of people in the country, according to a media report. The WHO said that health kits containing essential supplies, medicine for hospitals, nutritional food […]
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ISIS-K in Afghanistan trying to turn US exit into bloody spectacle
ISIS-Khorasan, the Islamic State’s Afghanistan and Pakistan arm, the group behind the Kabul airport attack is trying to turn the Biden administration’s exit into a bloody spectacle. Hannah Allam and Souad Mekhennet, writing in The Washington Post said that for months, terrorism analysts warned that Islamic State-linked terrorists in Afghanistan would try to turn the […]
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US Drone Strikes targets ISIS ‘planner’ in Afghanistan post Kabul blast
The US has conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State “planner” in Afghanistan, striking back at the terror outfit in less than 48 hours after a suicide bombing claimed by the group killed 169 Afghans and 13 American soldiers at the Kabul airport. “US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon […]
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Sikhs evacuated from Afghanistan reach Punjab’s Ludhiana
Afghan Sikhs who reached Ludhiana in Punjab thanked the Government of India for their safe evacuation from war-torn Afghanistan. One of them, Gurdit Singh used to run a grocery shop in Kabul. His family has been living in Afghanistan for sixty years. They are among the Sikh families that have been brought to India from Afghanistan. Speaking to ANI, Singh […]
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Israel expresses concern over crisis in Afghanistan, worried over treatment of women, girls
The fast-changing scenario in Afghanistan is being seen as a serious humanitarian crisis, especially for women and girls, by Israel. Rony Yedidia Clein, Charge D’ Affaires at the Embassy of Israel in India expressed concern about the situation in Afghanistan which has been taken over by the Taliban and the […]
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UK’s evacuation into ‘final hours’ in Afghanistan: UK Defence Secretary
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Friday (local time) said that its evacuation mission is in ‘final hours’ in Afghanistan, four days prior to the August 31 deadline by the Taliban. Wallace told Sky News the effort was into its “final hours” after the closure of the main processing center in Kabul at the Baron Hotel near the airport. […]
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Russia will not interfere in Afghanistan’s domestic affairs, says Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that Moscow will not interfere in Afghanistan’s domestic affairs after the Taliban took over the war-torn country last week. “Naturally, we will not interfere in Afghanistan’s domestic affairs, neither will our armed forces be drawn into this all-against-all conflict. I think this is what is going on there,” said Putin, reported Tass. […]
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Taliban say religious scholars will lead govt in Afghanistan
The Taliban have said that religious scholars will lead the upcoming government in Afghanistan as the country’s government collapsed over a week ago when the terror group seized Kabul, a media report said. At a gathering in Kabul, the Taliban said that their 20 years of struggle should not go in vain and religious scholars should […]
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PM Modi speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin over Afghanistan situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and discussed the unfolding situation in Afghanistan. PM Modi spoke to Putin for over 45 minutes on the phone and had a detailed conversation over Afghanistan. Earlier on Monday, PM Modi held a telephonic conversation with his German counterpart Angela Merkel in which the […]
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Asaduddin Owaisi to attend MEA briefing on Afghanistan for Parliamentary floor leaders
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday informed that he has received an invitation for the meeting of floor leaders of political parties in Parliament for a briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs on the situation of Afghanistan. Owaisi informed about the development in a telephonic […]