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  Rockets fired at Kabul airport amid US troops pullout; Biden says another terror attack 'likely'

  World | August 30, 2021 15:41 IST

  On Sunday, a US drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying 'multiple suicide bombers' from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul airport.

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  Afghanistan Crisis: Several rockets heard flying over Afghan capital Kabul

  News | August 30, 2021 10:00 IST

  Several rockets were fired at Kabul's airport Monday, witnesses and security sources said, less than 48 hours before the US is due to complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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  Afghanistan: US drone strike kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport

  News | August 29, 2021 22:01 IST

  A U.S. drone strike Sunday struck a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul’s international airport, American officials said.

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  Kabul: 2, including kid, killed in rocket attack on residential building

  World | August 30, 2021 17:16 IST

  KABUL BLAST: Earlier on Saturday, United States president Joe Biden had warned that a new terror attack was likely at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan in less than two days, as he put the timeframe for the predicted attack to "the next 24 to 36 hours".

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  Afghanistan crisis: Journalists among Kabul airport explosion victims

  World | August 29, 2021 17:28 IST

  Nearly 200 people, including 13 US soldiers, were killed and hundreds others wounded in the suicide blast that hit an eastern airport gate, when huge crowds were waiting for evacuation flights.  

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  Taliban seals off Kabul airport, stops people as evacuation process nears end

  World | August 29, 2021 13:17 IST

  Although most of its allies had finished their evacuation flights, the U.S. planned to keep its round-the-clock flights going until the deadline, saying 113,500 people had been evacuated since Aug. 14, the day before the Taliban claimed Kabul.

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  Political uncertainty may force 500,000 Afghans to leave country in next 4 months: UNHCR

  World | August 29, 2021 8:48 IST

  The UNHCR asked neighbouring countries to keep their borders open to Afghan refugees.

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  Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan

  World | August 29, 2021 7:54 IST

  U.S. and its allies wound down a chaotic airlift that will end their troops’ two decades in Afghanistan.

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  US warns of credible threat at Kabul airport, urges Americans to leave vicinity

  World | August 29, 2021 7:41 IST

  The warning early Sunday morning says US citizens should avoid traveling to the airport and avoid all airport gates at this time.

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  Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home

  World | August 29, 2021 7:04 IST

  The UK govt said late Saturday that about 1,000 troops who ran an airlift of British nationals and Afghan civilians had departed from Kabul airport, hours after the final evacuation flight for civilians. 

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  Afghanistan: Taliban to form 'inclusive caretaker govt', group member claims

  World | August 29, 2021 7:00 IST

  At present, a dozen names are being considered to be appointed as new government officials, said Taliban member.

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  Afghanistan crisis: Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds down

  World | August 28, 2021 19:44 IST

  New layers of checkpoints sprang up on roads leading to the airport, some manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with Humvees and night-vision goggles captured from Afghan security forces. Areas, where large crowds of people have gathered over the past two weeks in hopes of fleeing the country following the Taliban takeover, were largely empty.

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  Afghanistan crisis: Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home

  World | August 28, 2021 19:20 IST

  Britain’s defense ministry said the final flight for Afghan citizens had left Kabul and further flights over the weekend will bring home British troops and diplomats, though they may also carry a few remaining U.K. or Afghan civilians.

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  Firing at Kabul airport continues

  News | August 28, 2021 17:10 IST

  Kabul Airport which recently had become a danger zone, on Saturday witnessing attacks again. While the US administration launched an airstrike against IS-K, media reports suggest that attacks and firing near Kabul Airport will continue.

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  Two days after deadly serial blasts, gun shots fired at Kabul airport again

  World | August 28, 2021 16:50 IST

  Thousands of Afghans are still gathering outside the airport in Kabul hoping to leave the country, even after a devastating suicide attack on Thursday killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members and amid warnings of more attacks.

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  2 UK nationals among dead in Kabul airport attack: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab

  World | August 28, 2021 12:38 IST

  2 suicide bomb attacks rocked Kabul airport in Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 103 people, including 13 US service members, and injuring 158 others.

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  ISKP 'clever creation' of Pak intelligence agency to shed Afghan crisis responsibility: Think tank

  World | August 28, 2021 9:29 IST

  On Thursday, a suicide bomber and multiple ISIS-K gunmen killed 13 US service members and at least 169 Afghan civilians in the attack at the Kabul airport.

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  Security agencies apprehend terror threat in India after Kabul attack

  India | August 28, 2021 7:54 IST

  A former research associate of MPIDSA and teacher of International Relation in DU Prof Sanjeev Srivastava also opined that with the entry of IS-KP in Afghanistan was an alarm bell for Indian agencies which needed to revisit the strategies in view of changed scenario.

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  France ends evacuations at Kabul airport

  World | August 28, 2021 7:16 IST

  “The team at France's embassy in Kabul reached Abu Dhabi before returning to France,” the statement said, suggesting that Ambassador David Martinon was returning home, too. 

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  We killed the target: US on drone strike against Islamic State following Kabul airport attack

  World | August 28, 2021 15:56 IST

  The airstrike fulfilled a vow President Joe Biden made to the nation Thursday when he said the perpetrators of the attack would not be able to hide.