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President Kovind holds virtual ceremony with new envoys to India

Aug 18, 2021

New Delhi [India] August 18 : President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday congratulated the envoys of the Holy See, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of Austria, and the Republic of Korea for their appointment in India and accepted credentials from them.

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Afghanistan acting Defense Minister General Bismillah Mohammadi (Photo Credit: Twitter)

Afghan Defence Minister urges Interpol to arrest Ghani for treason

Aug 18, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan] August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi called on Interpol on Wednesday to arrest President Ashraf Ghani, who abdicated and fled from Afghanistan, for "selling out the motherland."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

UK to double humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan: PM Johnson

Aug 18, 2021
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Evacuation of Dutch citizens from Kabul fails due to limited US-allotted time: Amsterdam

Aug 18, 2021

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Earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hits Vanuatu's Port Vila

Aug 18, 2021

Port Vila [Vanuatu] August 18 : An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Vanuatu's capital...
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Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine shows 93.5 pc efficacy in Paraguay

Aug 18, 2021

Moscow [Russia], August 18 : The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Wednesday announced the data from Paraguay...
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TikTok not to lift ban on content promoting Taliban

Aug 18, 2021

California [US] August 18 : California [US] August 18 : Video-sharing app TikTok has informed that it will...
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UNHRC to hold special session on Afghanistan next week, backed by prominent countries including India

Aug 18, 2021
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Taliban open fire on people rallying in support of national flag in Nangarhar: Report

Aug 18, 2021
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Philippines logs 11,085 new COVID-19 cases, total rises to 1,776,495

Aug 18, 2021
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Pakistan govt ignores COVID healthcare professionals for civil awards

Aug 18, 2021
Taliban uses gunfire, whips, sticks and sharp objects to maintain crowd at Kabul airport. (Twitter)

Taliban use gunfire, whips, sticks to control crowd at Kabul airport

Aug 18, 2021
A visual of a mob of men attacking a woman in Pakistan (Photo credit: Twitter@qiranbutt)

'I was stripped and my clothes were torn apart': Pakistan woman TikToker on "brutal assault" by hundreds of men

Aug 18, 2021
US President Joe Biden

Biden administration freezes USD 9.5 bn of Afghan reserves to block Taliban access to funds

Aug 18, 2021
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EASA recommends commercial operators to suspend flights in Kabul airspace

Aug 18, 2021
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China wakes up to border threat issues after Afghanistan falls to Taliban

Aug 18, 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga

PM Suga urges Japan's largest business lobby to promote 'telework' amid hikes in COVID cases

Aug 18, 2021
Taliban riding bumper cars at an amusement park in Herat. (Photo credit: NYT)

Taliban frolic at amusement park in Afghanistan's Herat

Aug 18, 2021
Conservation officials burning tonnes of seized ivory horn (Photo Credit - Reuters)

China illegally trafficking wildlife from Africa

Aug 18, 2021