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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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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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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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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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What is ISIS-K? The group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack
ISIS-K was officially founded in January 2015. Within a short period of time, it managed to consolidate territorial control in several rural districts in north and northeast Afghanistan
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Afghan crisis: New urgency to airlift after blast in Kabul kills over 100
Despite repeated warnings of more attacks, crowds throng airport to flee
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Kabul blasts show security situation in Afghanistan 'complex, grave': China
China on Friday expressed shock at deadly suicide attacks at Kabul airport, saying security situation in Afghanistan remained "complex and grave" and offered to work with the international community
China shocked at Kabul suicide attacks, says will work to curb terror
China on Friday expressed shock at the deadly suicide attacks at Kabul airport
Evacuations resume after Kabul bombings as toll now over 100
A day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover
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Afghanistan: Evacuation flights resume in Kabul after deadly bombings
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan have resumed with new urgency a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover.
Kabul attacks reinforce need for unity against terrorism: India to UNSC
India has told the UNSC that these attacks reinforce the need for the world to stand unitedly against terrorism and all those who provide sanctuaries to terrorists
We will hunt you down, make you pay: Biden warns Kabul airport attackers
President Joe Biden has vowed to 'hunt' down the terrorists and make them 'pay' for the deadly attacks outside the Kabul airport in which 13 US service members were killed and 18 others wounded
Top headlines: Tax notices flummox FPIs; Kabul airport attack kills dozens
Business Standard brings the top headlines of the day
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Blasts strike Kabul airport; kill at least 13, including children
ISIS role suspected behind attack; foreigners, US troops injured
Pentagon says there were two explosions near Kabul airport, with casualties
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said one blast occurred near the airport's Abbey Gate and the other close to the nearby Baron Hotel
Blast outside Kabul airport, no word on casualties, says Pentagon
The Pentagon says there was an explosion outside Kabul airport
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'Overwhelming majority' airlifted from Afghanistan, says British PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the "overwhelming majority" of people eligible for evacuation from Kabul airport have now left Afghanistan
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