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  Republican senators seek accountability for US military equipment in Taliban's hands

  World | August 20, 2021 8:01 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 | August 20, 2021 6:54 IST

  US 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 | August 20, 2021 6:53 IST

  Wardak, 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 | August 19, 2021 12:08 IST

  Speaking 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 | August 19, 2021 8:22 IST

  According 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 | August 19, 2021 7:43 IST

  He 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 | August 19, 2021 7:00 IST

  McGroarty 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 | August 19, 2021 6:53 IST

  The 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 | August 19, 2021 6:36 IST

  Afghans 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 | August 19, 2021 13:41 IST

  IndiaTV 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 | August 18, 2021 15:56 IST

  An 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 | August 18, 2021 9:23 IST

  Elsewhere 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 | August 18, 2021 9:10 IST

  While 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 | August 18, 2021 7:44 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 | August 18, 2021 10:47 IST

  The 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 | August 17, 2021 12:38 IST

  On 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 | August 17, 2021 10:49 IST

  The 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 | August 17, 2021 9:19 IST

  The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday announced a new category of visa to fast-tack the applications of Afghans who want to come to India.

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  'Response will be swift, forceful if US interests attacked', President Joe Biden warns Taliban

  World | August 18, 2021 18:50 IST

  Joe Biden warned the Taliban and promised that "response will be swift and forceful" if the terror group attacks US interests.

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  Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani fled with 4 cars and a helicopter filled with cash: Report

  World | August 16, 2021 17:54 IST

  "Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac," Nikita Ishchenko, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Kabul, was quoted as saying by RIA news agency.