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Afghan Crisis: Indian Government To Ensure Complete Evacuation, Says S Jaishankar

We have a strong national position on Afghanistan and the situation is being approached with the spirit of National unity. Speaking to the media on the discussions at an all-party meeting, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed the same on Thursday.

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  • Thursday, 26 August 2021
Republicans Alarmed Over Reports That Ashraf Ghani Left With $169 Mn In Cash
Republicans Alarmed Over Reports That Ashraf Ghani Left With $169 Mn In Cash

In a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, the lawmakers cite reports that "Ghani in fact had so much looted money with him when he fled Afghanistan that not all of it would fit in his helicopter and that he was forced to leave money lying on the tarmac."

  • Thursday, 26 August 2021
Vladimir Putin
Putin rules out sending troops inside Afghanistan, citing Soviet debacle

Vladimir Putin clarified that Russia was closely monitoring the conflict but will not let its armed forces be drawn into an all-against-all conflict

  • Wednesday, 25 August 2021
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Taliban Takes Kabul: Former Mayor Zarifa Gaffari Talks About Taliban Usurping Afghanistan

Zarifa Ghafari, who was the first female and one of the youngest mayors of Afghanistan before the Taliban regime, talks about her resistance towards the barbaric rule prevalent in Afghanistan currently.

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  • Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Afghan Sikhs
Watch: Union Ministers Carry Sikh Scriptures From Afghanistan On Turban

On Tuesday, Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan received at least three copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib and 44 Afghan Sikhs that landed in India from Kabul on a special Air India flight via Dushanbe in Tajikistan.

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  • Wednesday, 25 August 2021
PM Modi Speaks To Putin Over Deteriorating Afghanistan Situation; Russian Prez Criticises US Departu
PM Modi Speaks To Putin Over Deteriorating Afghanistan Situation; Russian Prez Criticises US Departure

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States and its allies for leaving Afghanistan in chaos that raises potential security threats for Russia and its allies in Central Asia.

  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
CIA Chief Meets Top Taliban Leader Secretly In Kabul On Evacuation Of US Citizens
CIA Chief Meets Top Taliban Leader Secretly In Kabul On Evacuation Of US Citizens

Amidst the rush to evacuate its citizens from war-torn Kabul, Spain has issued a warning saying that it will not be able to evacuate all Afghans who served in Spanish missions or worked with its government.

  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Ukraine Plane hijacked
Ukrainian Plane Sent For Evacuation Hijacked In Kabul

According to Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin, the hijackers were armed.

  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
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Afghan Female Pop-Star & Activist Narrates About Her Escape From Afghanistan

Afghan Pop-star Aryana Sayeed, who is a human rights activist in addition to being an empowered woman, was forced to flee her own country and take shelter in the United States to save herself, after Taliban took over Afghanistan.

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  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
UK PM Boris Johnson
UK PM To Urge G-7 Leaders To Step Up Support For Afghans

The British Prime Minister would also ask the US President Joe Biden to extend the 31 August deadline for withdrawing the troops from the war-weary country.

  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Afghan Polictician
Afghan MP Of Indian Origin Describes Horrors Meted Out By Taliban In Afghanistan

Taliban's recent takeover of Afghanistan has left Afghan people in distress and despair. Meanwhile, many people of Indian origin have returned back home to take shelter and save themselves.

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  • Tuesday, 24 August 2021
Afghanistan
SOS From Afghanistan: Attempts To Flee From The Barbaric Rule Of Taliban

After Taliban took over Kabul, all eyes are currently on Afghanistan's inhabitants trying to save themselves from doom. Here are some of the images of people who escaped from Taliban in hopes to retain their freedom and identity.

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  • Monday, 23 August 2021
Sense Of Fear Prevails Across Kabul; Persecuted Afghans Finding Solace In India
Sense Of Fear Prevails Across Kabul; Persecuted Afghans Finding Solace In India

A contingent of over 150 Indians from Kabul returned safely at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Sunday Morning. Amid the ongoing tension and unrest in Afghanistan, the passengers were in happy state of mind after they safely came home.

  • Sunday, 22 August 2021
IAF flight carrying stranded people lands at Hinda
India Evacuates 168 People From Kabul

Indians evacuated to Doha from Kabul were employees of a number of foreign companies that were operating in Afghanistan.

  • Sunday, 22 August 2021
Afghanistan
WATCH: US, Turkish Soldiers Extend Helping Hand To Afghan Children

Several heart wrenching scenes are emerging on social media since the Taliban captured power in Afghanistan. Afghan women, out of desperation, hoisting their children, infants into the hands of American soldiers on the other side of a security wall.

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  • Saturday, 21 August 2021
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