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  Taliban seize province near Kabul, launch multi-pronged attack on Mazar-e-Sharif

  World | August 14, 2021 12:53 IST

  Homa Ahmadi, a lawmaker from Logar, says the Taliban control the entire province, including its capital, and reached a district in the neighboring Kabul province on Saturday.

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  Taliban appreciates India's development efforts in Afghanistan, assures not to target any embassy

  World | August 14, 2021 11:58 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.

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  Taliban trying to isolate Kabul, situation 'deeply concerning': Pentagon

  World | August 14, 2021 8:43 IST

  He said that the insurgent group is trying to isolate Kabul, while noting the capital city currently is not "in an imminent threat environment", Xinhua news agency reported.

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  US, India and China among 12 nations decide not to recognise any Afghanistan govt imposed by force

  World | August 13, 2021 14:27 IST

  Representatives from US and Qatar, the UN, China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, the UK, the EU, Germany, India, Norway, Tajikistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan joined a regional conclave on Thursday to discuss ways to contain the escalating security situation in Afghanistan.

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  Afghanistan: Ghazni Governor arrested for handing over province to Taliban

  World | August 13, 2021 12:31 IST

  The Ministry of Interior Affairs said that the Guv along with his deputy and chief of staff have been arrested and disarmed in Wardak province, according to media reports.

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  Taliban captures Afghanistan's second-largest city Kandahar

  World | August 13, 2021 8:02 IST

  The seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals as part of a week-long blitz.

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  Afghanistan: Taliban captures third-largest city in the country

  World | August 13, 2021 7:04 IST

  While Kabul itself isn't directly under threat yet, the losses and the battles elsewhere further tighten the grip of a resurgent Taliban estimated to now hold some two-thirds of the nation.

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  Afghanistan: Kabul could fall to Taliban as early as a month, claims US intelligence

  World | August 12, 2021 16:09 IST

  The Taliban managed to collapse nine provinces only in six days which shows the speed of their territorial gains.

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  Afghanistan: Taliban capture Ghazni, city just 150 km away from capital Kabul

  World | August 12, 2021 12:24 IST

  "The Taliban took control of the key areas of the city- the governor's office, the police headquarters and the prison," AFP reported quoting Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, head of the provincial council. 

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  Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as more cities fall

  World | August 11, 2021 18:57 IST

  While the capital of Kabul itself has not been directly threatened in the advance, the stunning speed of the offensive raises questions of how long the Afghan government can maintain control of its countryside.

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  Taliban captures Afghan city linking Kabul to north

  World | August 11, 2021 17:05 IST

  A Taliban spokesperson on Twitter also claimed the capture of the city, the capital of Baghlan province. Images on social media showed the Taliban's flag at city gates and insurgent fighters inside the city.  

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  India asks its nationals to leave Afghanistan on special flight from Mazar-e-Sharif today

  India | August 10, 2021 14:51 IST

  India has asked its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country by a special flight which is scheduled to take off today evening from Mazar-e-Sharif.

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  11 civilians killed, 64 wounded in Afghanistan in a day

  India | August 08, 2021 11:19 IST

  In Kunduz city, capital of northern Kunduz province, 10 civilians were killed and 42 others wounded following early Saturday's clashes, hsanullah Fazli, director of Kunduz Public Health Directorate, told Xinhua news agency.

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  Afghanistan situation turning dangerous, over 100,000 citizens internally displaced

  World | August 07, 2021 16:57 IST

  On Saturday, At least 11 people were killed and 39 others were wounded in the ongoing clashes in Kunduz city of Afghanistan, head of Kunduz Public Health Directorate, Ehsanullah Fazli said.

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  Afghanistan at dangerous turning point: UN

  World | August 06, 2021 23:34 IST

  Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan in a UNSC briefing chaired by India said that half of the Afghan population is in need of humanitarian assistance. The world has not seen a reduction in violence, there's been a 50% increase in civilian casualties.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: India TV reporting from Kabul, How Taliban is trying to scare Afghans by carrying out suicide attacks

  Aaj Ki Baat | August 05, 2021 6:57 IST

  How Taliban is trying to scare Afghans by carrying out suicide attacks? How Afghan army is repulsing Taliban advance by carrying out ground, air strikes? Watch India TV's exclusive report from Kabul.

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  Blast near Afghanistan's defence facility in Kabul, several civilians injured

  News | August 04, 2021 11:20 IST

  A massive blast rocked Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Tuesday evening. The blast was reportedly a suicide attack carried out using a car bomb around 8 pm (local time) in downtown Kabul, not far from the heavily fortified 'Green Zone'. This is the same area that houses the residences of Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, and the country's former vice president, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum.

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  Three rockets hit near Afghan presidential palace during Eid prayers

  World | July 20, 2021 11:13 IST

  At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid-a-Adha.

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  Afghanistan: 12 killed as bomb rips through Kabul mosque during Friday prayers

  World | May 14, 2021 17:28 IST

  The bomb exploded as prayers had begun. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, but initial police investigations suggest the Imam may have been the target

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  At least 25 killed, over 50 injured after bomb blast near school in Kabul

  India | May 08, 2021 20:06 IST

  At least 25 people have been killed and over 50 wounded after a bomb exploded near a school in western Kabul, AP reported quoting Afghanistan's Interior Ministry.