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India evacuates Kabul embassy
Date: 2021-08-17 07:56:54 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:9115452
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (MENA) - India evacuated its embassy in Kabul on Tuesday morning amid an escalating humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, NDTV reported. A special Air Force flight brought back the envoy, along with other staff members and ITBP ....
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Bulgaria reports 1,301 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-17 07:54:54 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:15 - ID:9115451
SOFIA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Bulgaria registered 1,301 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 434,535, Sofia News Agency reported Tuesday. According to health officials, 32 new deaths related ....
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Kazakhstan reports 6,569 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-08-17 07:48:21 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:14 - ID:9115447
NUR-SULTAN, Aug 17 (MENA) - Kazakhstan recorded 6,569 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the total COVID-19 tally to 701,345, state news agency Kazinform reported Tuesday. The Kazakh health ministry said 5,848 more recoveries ....
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Russia says Taliban takeover of Afghanistan "natural result" of US pullout
Date: 2021-08-17 07:30:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:9115389
MOSCOW, Aug 17 (MENA) - The developments in Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of US and NATO troops are a natural result, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik news agency on Tuesday. "A natural result. Yugoslavia and now ....
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25,166 fresh Covid cases reported in India
Date: 2021-08-17 07:00:41 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:9115362
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (MENA) - India on Tuesday reported 25,166 fresh COVID-19 cases, 23.5% lower than yesterday, taking the total number of infections to 32,250,679. Also 437 new fatalities were confirmed in the last 24 hours taking the total death ....
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Blinken discusses Afghanistan with India, Pakistan FMs
Date: 2021-08-17 06:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9115329
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has spoken over the telephone with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about Afghanistan, the Department of State said on its website. Blinken, in another telephone ....
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Biden allocates $500m to help refugees from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-17 06:22:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9115328
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has decided to allocate up to 500 million dollars to help refugees from Afghanistan, the White House said in a statement. "I hereby determine... that it is important to the national interest to ....
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EU, int’l community demand 'those in positions of power' facilitate evacuations from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-16 23:01:43 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:124 - ID:9115233
BRUSSELS, Aug 16 (MENA) – More than 70 countries worldwide including European Union member states on Sunday evening called on all parties currently involved in Afghanistan to "respect and facilitate" the departure of foreign nationals and Afghans ....
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Taliban will be defeated, sooner or later -- Commander of Afghan special forces
Date: 2021-08-16 22:09:01 GMT - France - World - SN:123 - ID:9115144
PARIS, Aug 16 (MENA) - Commander of the Afghan army's special forces Gen. Sami Sadat stressed that the Taliban will be defeated, sooner or later. In a statement reported by France 24 on Monday, the 36-year old general said that the city of ....
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Biden says US mission in Afghanistan is to fight terrorism
Date: 2021-08-16 22:08:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:122 - ID:9115184
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said on Monday the mission of the United States in Afghanistan was never supposed to be nation building as he defended his decision to pull out US troops from the country, Business Standard ....
