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Washington: The United States has announced that it will be taking over air traffic control at Kabul airport and will expand the country's security presence to nearly 6,000 troops to facilitate the safe departure of the American and allied personnel from...
PARIS: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had a telephonic conversation with his US counterpart Antony Blinken on the "dramatic situation" in Kabul. "Today in the evening, I phoned my counterpart, Secretary of State Blinken to discuss the dramatic...
KABUL: Taliban deputy leader Mullah Baradar on Sunday said that the terror group's victory, which saw all of the country's major cities fall in a week, was unexpectedly swift and had no match in the world. In a short video message, he said the real test...
New York: Expressing "deep concerns" on the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on the Taliban and all other parties to exercise "utmost restraint" in order to protect lives and ensure that...
Dushanbe: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said he left the country in order to avoid "bloodshed" as Kabul fell to the Taliban and terrorists entered the Afghanistan presidential palace. In his first comments after he left Afghanistan, Ghani, in...
Islamabad: Pakistan has closed the Torkham border point with Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the Afghan border facility, the interior minister said Sunday. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the decision to close the Torkhan border was taken due to...
WASHINGTON: In a briefing for senators on Sunday morning, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said terrorist groups like al Qaeda could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than the two years defense officials had previously estimated...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is clear there will be a new government in place in Afghanistan "very shortly." “It’s clear there is going to be very shortly a new government in Kabul, or a new political dispensation, however you...
KABUL: Issuing a security alert, the US Embassy in Afghanistan said on Sunday that the security situation in Kabul is changing quickly, including at the Kabul airport. US citizens wanting assistance in departing the country should register for any option...
New Delhi: After the Delhi-bound Air India flight landed here on Sunday, Jamil Karzai, Afghanistan's former Member of Parliament, said that Kabul was occupied by the Taliban when he left the city and accused Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani of betraying...
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting New York during India's Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and will be presiding over two high-level signature events on August 18 and 19. The first event on August...
Pope Francis said Sunday that he shares 'the unanimous concern for the situation in Afghanistan" as Taliban fighters sweep across the war-torn country. He spoke as the Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul, the Afghan capital, and said they were awaiting...