Page 52 - Latest Updates on Taliban
Evacuation from Afghanistan: India brings back 78 people from Dushanbe
India on Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals from Dushanbe, a day after they were evacuated from Taliban-besieged Kabul to the Tajik city
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'We are not Taliban State'; Court junks bail application in hate speech
A Delhi court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a Hindu organisation's president who allegedly raised communal slogans, saying we are not a Taliban State.
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3 copies of Sikh scripture, 44 Afghan Sikhs flown in from Afghanistan
Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan received three copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib and 44 Afghan Sikhs who reached India from Kabul via Dushanbe on a special Air India flight
Afghanistan crisis: Air India flight en route to Delhi from Dushanbe
An Air India flight carrying 78 passengers, including 25 Indian citizens is en route to New Delhi from Tajikistan's Dushanbe in a safe evacuation from Afghanistan.
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Taliban have no self-doubt; they don't care if Afghanistan goes down
There is no meaningful evidence that the Taliban are feeling any existential crisis, much less that they care about making money or running an economy
 "Taliban have no self-doubt; they don't care if Afghanistan goes down")
Taliban name obscure official to lead central bank in economic crisis
Mohammad Idris, who headed the Taliban's economic commission, will 'address the looming banking issues and the problems of the people'
Biden to decide on extending Aug 31 Afghanistan evacuation deadline
US president expected to take call on Tuesday, had said before evacuation was going to be "hard and painful" and much could still go wrong.
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Afghanistan central banker sees currency drop, capital controls
The Afghani, as the tender is known, likely will see renewed weakness after it reached a record low last week, Ajmal Ahmady, governor of Da Afghanistan Bank, known as DAB, said in an interview
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Kabul airport curbs blocking medical, food supplies to Afghanistan: WHO
Aid agencies say it is critical that medical and food supplies reach some 300,000 people displaced in Afghanistan over the past two months amid advances by Islamist Taliban insurgents
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Afghanistan crisis: Centre calls all-party meeting on Thursday
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that representatives of her party, the Trinamool Congress, will attend the meeting
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Pak intel agency played key role in fostering Taliban: US Congressman
Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban and allowing it to eventually take over Afghanistan, a top Republican lawmaker has alleged
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Afghan crisis: Western forces must leave by Aug 31 deadline, says Taliban
'There will be consequences in case of delay in withdrawing troops'
 "Afghan crisis: Western forces must leave by Aug 31 deadline, says Taliban")
China hints at providing financial aid to Taliban controlled Afghanistan
China on Monday hinted at stepping up financial assistance to the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, saying it will play a positive role in helping the war-ravaged country
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Afghanistan LIVE: China hints at providing financial aid to Taliban
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the National Monetisation Pipeline today. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
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'Thought Taliban might kill us': Afghan returnee narrates horror
Jeet Bahadur Thapa shudders to recall how he and other Indians thought they might be killed by the Taliban gunmen any moment after they were made to sit on ground in an open area at Kabul airport.
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Govt calls all-party meet on Thursday to discuss Afghanistan crisis
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief parliamentary leaders of various political parties on August 26 on the developments in war-torn Afghanistan
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Troops deployment in Afghanistan beyond Aug 31 under discussion: Biden
US President Joe Biden said that extending the deployment of troops for the evacuation mission in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline has been under discussion.
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1 Afghan force member killed, 3 injured in gunfight at Kabul airport
A firefight broke out at the Kabul airport on Monday between unidentified gunmen, Afghan guards and foreign forces, said the German armed forces.
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Japan to send military planes to Kabul to evacuate Japanese
Japan will send three military aircraft to Afghanistan starting Monday to evacuate Japanese citizens and local staff as security deteriorates following the Taliban takeover, officials said
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Attackers kill Afghan soldier at Kabul airport, says German military
The German military says a firefight broke out at the Kabul airport's north gate early on Monday between Afghan security forces and unknown attackers.
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