Page 29 - Latest Updates on Taliban
Pak FM to visit regional countries to discuss Afghanistan crisis
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will travel to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran this week to discuss the evolving situation in Afghanistan, Foreign Office said on Tuesday
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Taliban had killed our kin; we have no hope from them: Afghans in India
On August 15, the capital city Kabul also fell to the Taliban, even as a large number of Afghans attempted in vain to flee the war-torn nation.
 "Taliban had killed our kin; we have no hope from them: Afghans in India")
PM Modi speaks to Russian President Putin over Afghanistan situation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, and the two leaders had a detailed discussion on the evolving situation in Afghanistan
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Ukraine, Iran deny hijacking of evacuation plane from Afghanistan: Report
Ukraine and Iran both have denied reports of hijacking of a Ukrainian evacuation plane from Afghanistan, reported The Jerusalem Post
Trade between Afghanistan, Pakistan increases by 50% after Taliban takeover
Trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan has risen by 50 per cent in the past week as the Taliban now hold control over Afghanistan's borders and dry ports.
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Afghan evacuation on 'war footing' as G7 meets on Taliban deadline
Widespread chaos punctuated by sporadic violence has gripped Kabul's airport, with Western troops and Afghan security guards driving back crowds
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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
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LIVE: Taliban ask US to stop evacuating skilled Afghans, says report
Afghanistan's 'acting' President Amrullah Saleh has highlighted the dire 'humanitarian situation' in Andarab valley. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
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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
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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Afghan crisis: Western forces must leave by Aug 31 deadline, says Taliban
'There will be consequences in case of delay in withdrawing troops'
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
'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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