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  Air India diverts Chicago-Delhi flight to avoid 'uncontrolled' Afghan airspace

  India | August 16, 2021 13:31 IST

  The Chicago-Delhi flight will land in Sharjah for refuelling purposes, they said. The flight will then leave for Delhi again while avoiding the Afghan airspace.  

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  Chaotic scenes in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover; UN urges world to unite | The Latest

  World | August 16, 2021 23:53 IST

  At least 7 people were killed and several others were injured in firing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday. The incident took place when hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghanistan capital. | IN PICS

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  Desperate scenes at Kabul airport as hundreds try to board plane after Taliban takeover | VIDEO

  World | August 16, 2021 11:43 IST

  The present situation in the country was well-defined in a video showing hundreds of people jostling to get into an airplane parked at the Kabul airport.

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  Govt keeps two Air India aircraft on standby for emergency evacuation from Kabul

  India | August 16, 2021 11:02 IST

  Two Air India aircraft have been put on standby for emergency evacuations from Kabul.

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  Taliban sweep into Afghanistan after Kabul fall; President Ashraf Ghani flees country

  World | August 16, 2021 9:14 IST

  Taliban fighters deployed across Kabul, taking over abandoned police posts and pledging to maintain law and order during the transition.

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  Who is Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban's political bureau head, likely to be next Afghanistan President

  World | August 15, 2021 23:24 IST

  There is uncertainty about the future of leadership in Afghanistan, once again, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

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  Taliban to declare Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Official

  World | August 15, 2021 22:41 IST

  Afghanistan's embattled president left the country Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

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  $88 billion spent on Afghan forces which surrendered without a fight to Taliban

  World | August 15, 2021 22:40 IST

  It is a tale of two armies, one poorly equipped but highly motivated ideologically, and the other nominally well-equipped, but dependent on NATO support, poorly led and riddled with corruption, Guardian reported.

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  An Afghan woman in Kabul's dashed hopes amid Taliban blitz

  India | August 15, 2021 22:17 IST

  Life in the capital of 6 million people rapidly deteriorated Sunday, just as it had across much of the country over the past several weeks amid a Taliban blitz that saw the group capture one provincial capital after another. Already, Kabul's parks were filling with internally displaced people — families who'd fled their homes as the Taliban seized control of their towns and targeted people.  

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  Afghanistan: Kabul residents flee city, country on fears of Taliban rule

  World | August 15, 2021 22:02 IST

  The fear and panic gripping Kabul are palpable as the Taliban militant group marches on the capital following a devastating, months-long military offensive during which it has seized large swaths of the war-torn country.  

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  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country

  News | August 15, 2021 22:50 IST

  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the country, TOLO News quoted sources saying on Sunday as the security situation worsens in Kabul with the advancing of Taliban in the city.

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  Air India flight hovers over Kabul for nearly an hour before ATC gives permission for landing

  India | August 15, 2021 21:10 IST

  Officials said AI-243 departed from Delhi at around 12.45 PM (Indian Standard Time) and had to hover for around one hour above the Kabul airport as it did not get permission to land from the air traffic control (ATC). They stated it was not clear what was the reason for the delay in the permission for landing of AI-243.    

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  Air India flight with 129 passengers takes off from Kabul

  News | August 15, 2021 22:51 IST

  As crisis deepens in Afghanistan, an Air India flight will return from Kabul to Delhi tonight with a full load of passengers.

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  Afghanistan President Ghani flees to Tajikistan, lawmakers to Islamabad as Taliban enters Kabul

  World | August 16, 2021 0:12 IST

  Reports say that Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left it on the political leadership of the country to solve the current crisis as Taliban advances in Kabul.

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  Afghanistan-Taliban crisis: Air India plane carrying 129 passengers from Kabul lands in Delhi

  India | August 15, 2021 20:11 IST

  The Indian government is keeping a close watch as the situation in Kabul is unfolding in the blink of an eye. This comes as the Taliban have seized almost full control in Kabul, awaiting transfer of power from President Ashraf Ghani, who sources say has left the country for Tajikistan.

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  Afghanistan: We have contingency plans, say Govt sources on evacuation of Indian staff from embassy

  World | August 15, 2021 18:45 IST

  Specifically asked when the Indian staffers and citizens in Kabul will be evacuated, they said decisions will depend on the ground situation. It is learnt that a fleet of the C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force is kept on standby to undertake evacuation missions.

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  Afghanistan's 4th largest city Mazar-e-Sharif falls to Taliban

  India | August 14, 2021 23:46 IST

  The Taliban have captured a large, heavily defended city in northern Afghanistan in a major setback for the government, and the insurgents are approaching the capital less than three weeks before the US hopes to complete its troop withdrawal.

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  Afghanistan: Taliban approach Kabul's outskirts, attack north Afghan city

  World | August 14, 2021 22:52 IST

  The insurgents have captured much of northern, western and southern Afghanistan in a breakneck offensive less than three weeks before the U.S. is set to withdraw its last troops, raising fears of a full militant takeover or another Afghan civil war.

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  Afghanistan: As Taliban tighten their grip, Kabul airport only way out

  World | August 14, 2021 20:49 IST

  For now, commercial flights continue at the airport. Air India, Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai, Pakistan International Airlines and Turkish Airlines all either have flights en route or planned to Kabul for the next days. Local Afghan airlines continue to fly as well.

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  Afghanistan President Ghani vows not to give up 'achievements' as Taliban gains ground

  World | August 14, 2021 15:26 IST

  The Taliban completed their sweep of Afghanistan's south on Friday, taking four more provincial capitals in a lightning offensive that brought them closer to Kabul just weeks before the US is set to officially end its two-decade war.