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Britain ends 20-year military campaign in Afghanistan as troops fly back
It has been the UK's largest military evacuation since World War II.
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No existence of Taliban in Bangladesh, says Home Minister Kamal
The Bangladesh government has repeatedly denied the existence of any foreign terrorist groups in the country.
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Changes in Afghanistan challenge for us, made us rethink strategy: Rajnath
Defence Ministry is very seriously considering the formation of Integrated Battle Groups amid these developments, said Singh.
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Taliban restricts bank withdrawals in Afghanistan to $200 per week
The directive reads that the decision is made after financial difficulties arose in Afghanistan and will be temporary.
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Taliban seals off Kabul airport, stops people as evacuation nears end
The Taliban on Saturday sealed off Kabul airport in order to prevent large crowds from leaving the war-torn country as final NATO evacuation flights left Afghanistan.New layers of checkpoints sprang up on roads leading to the airport, some manned by uniformed Taliban fighters with Humvees and night-vision goggles captured from Afghan security forces, reported Euronews.The massive US-led airlift wound down ahead of an August 31 deadline of the Taliban. Britain too began bringing its troops home from Afghanistan, as a Royal Air Force plane carrying soldiers landed at the RAF Brize Norton airbase northwest of London.The troops are part of a contingent of 1,000 that has been based in Kabul to help run the airlift, reported Euronews.Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised Friday to "shift heaven and earth" to get more people from Afghanistan to Britain by other means, though no concrete details have been offered.Italy's final evacuation flight of refugees from Afghanistan also landed at ...
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How Instagram influencer helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan
Dozens of desperate Afghans who had been trying to flee the Taliban before Tuesday's deadline for the US withdrawal from Kabul made it to safety with help from an unexpected place
US evacuates about 2,000 people from Kabul in the last 24 hours
The US has evacuated approximately 2,000 people from the Kabul airport in the last 24 hours, the White House has said, as the countdown for the end of America's longest military mission begins
Afghanistan: Panjshir resistance forces reject Taliban's claim of advances
The resistance forces in the Panjshir province on Saturday rejected the Taliban claims that their forces entered Panjshir province from various directions.Ahmad Massoud supporters rejected the claims of a Taliban advance toward Panjshir and say no one has entered the province, reported Tolo News."There is no fight in Panjshir and no one has entered the province," said Mohammad Almas Zahid, head of the Resistance Front delegation.Earlier, the Taliban claimed that their forces entered Panjshir province."No fighting occurred, but the mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan advanced from various directions without facing any resistance. The Islamic Emirate forces have entered Panjshir from different directions," said Anaamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban's Cultural Commission, reported Tolo News.Ahmad Massoud (the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and one of the leaders of the resistance against the Taliban) and Amrullah Saleh (former Afghan government ...
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Antony Blinken and Jaishankar discuss Afghan situation over phone
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the current situation in Afghanistan with his Indian counterpart External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday
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US Embassy urges Americans to leave vicinity of Kabul airport due to threat
The US Embassy in Afghanistan is urging Americans to leave the Kabul airport area because of a specific threat in Afghanistan
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Finland's evacuation ops in Afghanistan ends with 413 people flown out
Finland's evacuation operation in Afghanistan ended late on Friday night
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Afghanistan: Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home
British troops have left Kabul, ending the UK's evacuation operation and its 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the heroic evacuation effort, even as the government acknowledged some eligible Afghan civilians had been left behind. The UK's top military officer conceded that we haven't been able to bring everybody out." The UK government said late Saturday that about 1,000 troops who ran an airlift of British nationals and Afghan civilians had departed from Kabul airport, hours after the final evacuation flight for civilians. Most countries apart from the United States had already left. Before departing, Britain's ambassador to Afghanistan, Laurie Bristow, said from Kabul airport that it was time to close this phase of the operation now. But we haven't forgotten the people who still need to leave, Bristow said in a video posted on Twitter. We'll continue to do everything we can to help them. Nor have we forgotten the brave, decent peopl
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Another attack likely in Kabul, says Biden; pledges more strikes on IS
President Joe Biden vowed to keep up airstrikes against the Islamic extremist group whose suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed scores of Afghans and 13 American service members
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Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds down
Taliban deployed extra forces around Kabul's airport to prevent large crowds from gathering after a devastating suicide attack two days earlier, as massive US-led airlift wound down ahead of Aug 31
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2 UK nationals among dead in Kabul airport attack: Foreign Secy
Two Britons and a child of another UK national were killed in the twin bombings at the Kabul airport, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.
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Afghanistan: US presses on with evacuations despite fears of more attacks
The United States pressed on with the monumental airlift from Afghanistan on Friday amid tighter security measures and fears of more bloodshed
US sticks to August 31 deadline to complete Afghanistan mission
US will go ahead with its plan to conclude its mission by August 31, even as the evacuation effort, which is now in its 'retrograde period', is facing an 'threat' from ISIS-K
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US wants 'deeds, not words' from Taliban to recognise it diplomatically
The US has said it expects "deeds, not words" and "follow through" on pledges by the Taliban to recognise the group diplomatically.
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US drone strike targets ISIS-K 'planner' in Afghanistan after Kabul blast
US conducted a drone strike against Islamic State 'planner' in Afghanistan, striking back at the terror outfit after a suicide bombing killed 169 Afghans and 13 American soldiers at the Kabul airport
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Focusing on bringing back remaining Indians from Afghanistan: India
India on Friday said its primary focus is to bring back the remaining Indians from the Afghan capital even as it indicated adopting a cautious approach in recognising any new regime
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