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Baby passed over a wall at Kabul airport reunited with family
World | Aug 22, 2021, 07:40 AM ISTOne 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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Uttarakhand govt sends names of 110 natives stuck in Afghanistan to Centre
India | Aug 20, 2021, 01:43 PM ISTMinistry of External Affairs on Friday recieved a list of names from the Uttarakhand govt of people stuck in Afghanistan.
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Republican senators seek accountability for US military equipment in Taliban's hands
World | Aug 20, 2021, 08:01 AM IST"As we watched the images coming out of Afghanistan as the Taliban retook the country, we were horrified to see US equipment including UH-60 Black Hawks in the hands of the Taliban," Republican Senators wrote in a letter to Defense Secy Lloyd Austin.
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US Embassy officials in Kabul warned of Taliban takeover in July
World | Aug 20, 2021, 06:54 AM ISTUS officials' classified information had told the State Department that the Taliban's aggressive advance might not be stopped by Afghanistan's government forces.
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Afghan officer who fought with US forces rescued from Kabul
World | Aug 20, 2021, 06:53 AM ISTWardak, a high-profile Afghan national police officer, was being hunted by the Taliban because of his years working with the American military.
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Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul with $169 million in cash
India | Aug 19, 2021, 12:08 PM ISTSpeaking at a news conference in Dushanbe on Wednesday, Agbar called Ghani's escape a "betrayal of the state and the nation" and claimed that he had "taken $169 million with him".
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Over threefold rise in trauma cases in Afghanistan: WHO
World | Aug 19, 2021, 08:22 AM ISTAccording to the UN health agency, 70 WHO-supported medical facilities across Afghanistan treated nearly 14,000 conflict-related cases last month, which compares with 4,057 cases seen a year ago.
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US troops could stay longer in Afghan to evacuate Americans: Biden
World | Aug 19, 2021, 07:43 AM ISTHe also pushed back against criticism that the U.S. should have done more to plan for the evacuation and withdrawal, which has been marked by scenes of violence and chaos as thousands attempted to flee while the Taliban advanced.
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Food agency warns of hunger in Afghan conflict
World | Aug 19, 2021, 07:00 AM ISTMcGroarty said over 40 pc of crops have been lost and livestock devastated by the drought, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced as the Taliban advanced, and winter is fast approaching.
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US evacuates its around 5,000 citizens from Afghanistan, says Taliban guaranteeing safe passage
World | Aug 19, 2021, 06:53 AM ISTThe US has so far evacuated "approximately 5,000 people" from Afghanistan and its military intends to increase the number of evacuees.
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American troops can't escort Afghans to Kabul airport: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
World | Aug 19, 2021, 06:36 AM ISTAfghans and aid organisations have said that citizens are having a hard time getting past the Taliban and into the airport, in a mass exodus triggered by the insurgents' rapid takeover of the country and its capital on Sunday.
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Afghan students appeal PM Modi to extend visa, give them citizenship
Education | Aug 19, 2021, 01:41 PM ISTIndiaTV spoke to three Afghan students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Here's what they said.
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Taliban denied access to $9.5 billion of Afghan money
World | Aug 18, 2021, 03:56 PM ISTAn official said that any central bank assets that the Afghan government has in the US will not be available to the Taliban, which remains on the Treasury Department's sanctions designation list.
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Uncertainty looms for Afghanistan women despite Taliban outreach
World | Aug 18, 2021, 09:23 AM ISTElsewhere in the country's 3rd largest city, Herat, girls joined boys in returning to school, against expectations, but Taliban fighters handed out hijabs and headscarves at the door.
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India completes 'complicated' evacuation of Kabul mission staff, focus now to bring back Indians
India | Aug 18, 2021, 09:10 AM ISTWhile the 1st C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF evacuated over 40 staffers on Monday, 2nd one brought back around 150 people including the ambassador, other diplomats, security officials and a number of journalists and stranded Indians on Tuesday afternoon.
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No plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan legitimate government: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
World | Aug 18, 2021, 07:44 AM IST"Our focus right now is on getting people out of Afghanistan and the Taliban need to ensure free access to people to get to the airport," he said on Tuesday.
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Human remains found on wheel well of US Air Force C-17 plane that took off from Kabul
World | Aug 18, 2021, 10:47 AM ISTThe Air Force did not say how many people died. It said human remains were found in the plane's wheel well after it landed at al-Udeid Air Base in the Gulf state of Qatar.
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Taliban announces ‘amnesty,’ urges women to join government
World | Aug 17, 2021, 12:38 PM ISTOn Monday, the U.S. military and officials focus was on Kabul’s airport, where thousands of Afghans trapped by the sudden Taliban takeover rushed the tarmac and clung to U.S. military planes deployed to fly out staffers of the U.S. Embassy, which shut down Sunday, and others.
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Afghan students in Pune worry about safety of kin back home; some seek visa extension
India | Aug 17, 2021, 10:49 AM ISTThe Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
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Home Ministry announces new visa category to fast-track applications of Afghans coming to India
India | Aug 17, 2021, 09:19 AM ISTThe Union Home Ministry on Tuesday announced a new category of visa to fast-tack the applications of Afghans who want to come to India.