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  UK PM Boris Johnson calls G7 meeting for urgent talks on Afghanistan situation

  News | August 24, 2021 6:47 IST

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday announced that he will convene a G7 leaders meeting for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. Taking to Twitter, Boris Johnson said, "I will convene G7 leaders on Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. It is vital that the international community works together to ensure safe evacuations, prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people to secure the gains of the last 20 years."

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  Afghanistan crisis: Kabul airport suspends operations till further notice

  World | August 23, 2021 22:46 IST

  The statement also stresses that the Afghan aviation authorities "are working hard for domestic and international flights to and from the Kabul airport to resume as soon as possible."  

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  Afghan crisis: India brings back 146 of its evacuated nationals from Doha

  India | August 23, 2021 12:04 IST

  India on Monday brought back 146 of its nationals in four different flights from Qatar's capital Doha.

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  Afghan security force member killed as gunfight erupts at Kabul airport

  World | August 23, 2021 11:42 IST

  Anti-Taliban fighters claimed to have seized three mountainous districts, and a prominent militia commander in the only province not yet under Taliban control pledged to fight back if attacked.

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  Pakistan intelligence agency played key role in Taliban takeover of Afghanistan: US Congressman

  World | August 23, 2021 9:05 IST

  A Republican lawmaker has alleged that Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban.

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  Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Kabul Gurudwara need help in evacuation, says US Sikh body

  World | August 23, 2021 8:18 IST

  So far, only India has helped evacuation of Afghan Sikhs after the takeover of the country by the Taliban.

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  US President Joe Biden to update on Afghanistan situation

  World | August 22, 2021 23:11 IST

  At the one-week mark since the Taliban completed its takeover of the country, U.S. officials expressed growing concern about the threat to the evacuation from the Islamic State group. That worry comes on top of obstacles to that mission from the Taliban, as well as U.S. government bureaucratic problems.

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  Situation at Kabul airport ‘incredibly volatile’: Antony Blinken

  World | August 22, 2021 22:16 IST

  Thousands of Afghan nationals and foreigners are fleeing the country to escape the new Taliban regime and to seek asylum in different nations, including the US and many European nations, resulting in total chaos at Kabul airport and reportedly seven fresh deaths.

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  'All roads deserted in Kabul except one leading to airport'

  India | August 22, 2021 21:31 IST

  India on Sunday evacuated 168 passengers including 107 Indian nationals through Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft that landed at IAF's Hindon Air Base.

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  Breaking News | Firing at Kabul Airport causes stampede, claims seven lives

  News | August 22, 2021 13:40 IST

  While the atrocities of Taliban continues in Afghanistan, a stampede at Kabul Airport took the lives of seven Afghan nationals.

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  Seven Afghan nations killed in a stampede at Kabul Airport

  News | August 22, 2021 13:00 IST

  While the atrocities of Taliban continues in Afghanistan, a stampede at Kabul Airport took the lives of seven Afghan nationals.

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  British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

  World | August 22, 2021 12:49 IST

  Another seven Afghan civilian were killed in crowds showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

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  Thousands of people gathered at Kabul Airport hoping for help

  News | August 22, 2021 11:40 IST

  Thousands of people are gathered at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, which is currently in the clutches of Taliban. While they hope for help and evacuation, Taliban's firing and atrocities towards seems never-ending.

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  Baby passed over a wall at Kabul airport reunited with family

  World | August 22, 2021 7:40 IST

  One video showed an American serviceman reaching over a barbed wire-fitted wall to grab a baby with one hand and haul it into the protected compound.

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  India evacuates nearly 400 people, including 329 Indians from Kabul

  India | August 24, 2021 13:46 IST

  India has already evacuated 200 people including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy in Kabul in two C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF after the Taliban seized control of Kabul.

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  ISIS threat forces US to release security advisory for its citizens in Kabul

  World | August 22, 2021 6:49 IST

  The US has evacuated some 17,000 people from Afghanistan since August 14, Pentagon informed on Saturday.

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  IAF plane with 90 Indian evacuees from Kabul to land in Delhi today

  India | August 22, 2021 0:18 IST

  The sources said that the IAF's C-130J transport plane landed in Tajikistan for refuelling and is likely to arrive at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Sunday.

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  Avoid travelling to Kabul airport unless instructed individually: US embassy tells its citizens

  World | August 21, 2021 18:59 IST

  US embassy in Kabul in a security alert to its citizens over evacuation concerns said, "because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so."

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  Afghanistan: Reports of 150 Indians Being Kidnapped by Taliban Near Kabul Airport False

  News | August 21, 2021 16:20 IST

  Reports stating that around 150 Indians have been kidnapped by Taliban near Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport are false, says government sources.

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  Uttarakhand govt sends names of 110 natives stuck in Afghanistan to Centre

  India | August 20, 2021 13:43 IST

  Ministry of External Affairs on Friday recieved a list of names from the Uttarakhand govt of people stuck in Afghanistan.