Page 38 - Latest Updates on Taliban
Facebook bans Taliban and supporting content on platform: Report
Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to media report
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Situation grim in Afghanistan, says Indian envoy after returning from Kabul
The Indian Air Force (IAF) plane C-17, Globemaster, carried more than 150 Indian nationals from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul to Jamnagar on Tuesday.
 "Situation grim in Afghanistan, says Indian envoy after returning from Kabul")
Evacuation flights resume at Kabul airport as Biden defends US withdrawal
Afghan politicians to meet Taliban in Doha; Kabul's streets are calm
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Vijayan seeks urgent steps to repatriate Keralites stranded in Kabul
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday requested the Centre to take urgent steps to repatriate Malayalis stranded in Kabul in view of the Taliban capturing power in Afghanistan
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Amid crisis, India announces new category of visa for Afghans
All Afghans, irrespective of their religion, can apply for the 'e-Emergency X-Misc Visa' online and the applications will be processed in New Delhi.
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Afghanistan: Taliban announces 'amnesty', urges women to join government
he Taliban announced an amnesty across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a nervous capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport
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IAF plane carrying 120 Indians from Afghanistan lands at Jamnagar airbase
An Indian Air Force plane with 120 people onboard landed on Tuesday at Jamnagar in Gujarat from Kabul in Afghanistan, an official said
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Biden skirts US failures in Afghan mayhem as Taliban gains control
Joe Biden ignored his own administration's failures when he tried to explain why civilians in Afghanistan's capital have been left stranded and in danger from the Taliban because of US departure
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Taliban 2.0 & its discontents
India should not be rushed into a response
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Biden right to close Afghan war, but there was no need to leave in chaos
His administration could and should have taken more care to protect those who risked everything in pursuit of a different future.
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As Taliban return, 20 years of Afghan women's progress looks set to vanish
Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all foreign military personnel and declining international aid
Taliban mullahs promise softer approach to win over sceptical world
It remains to be seen if Afghanistan's new rulers will allow women in government and respect basic freedoms, say experts.
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Explaining the Taliban's lightning victory in Afghanistan
If anyone believed that the Taliban would halt at the gates of Kabul, they displayed a considerable ignorance of Afghan realpolitik
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Joe Biden says he stands 'squarely' behind Afghanistan withdrawal
Biden defends Afghanistan decision, blames Afghan army's unwillingness to fight
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Afghans have broken 'shackles of slavery': Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday seemed to endorse the Taliban taking over Kabul by saying that Afghanistan has broken the "shackles of slavery" in the neighbouring war-torn country
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Afghans throng Kabul's international airport to flee Taliban: Report
While there were no major reports of abuses, many stayed home and remained fearful as the insurgents' advance saw prisons emptied and armories looted
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Taliban takeover: Afghan military jet shot down by Uzbek air defences
The jet crashed late on Sunday in Uzbekistan's southernmost Surxondaryo province adjacent to Afghanistan
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Afghanistan crisis: China ready for 'friendly relations' with Taliban
Beijing has sought to maintain unofficial ties with the Taliban throughout the US' withdrawal from Afghanistan, which spurred an advance by the Islamist hardliners across the country
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US-India flights to take longer after Afghanistan's airspace shuts
AI stops commercial flights; MEA waits for services to resume to begin repatriation
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Afghanistan crisis: Embassy staff among 200 Indians stuck in Kabul
India on Monday said it was constantly monitoring the situation
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