Tag: taliban
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No Quick Recognition of Taliban Govt by US or Allies, Says White House
[ad_1] Taliban fighters travel on a vehicle with the Taliban flag in the Karte Mamorin area of Kabul in Afghanistan on August 22, 2021. (AFP) After the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15, the remaining diplomats from the US embassy fled to the US-secured airport in the capital. AFP Last Updated:August 28, 2021, 07:51…
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Joe Biden humiliation: Taliban flag shop set up in Kabul outside evacuated US embassy | World | News
[ad_1] An Afghan vendor set up a stall selling Taliban flags outside the walls of the US’ evacuated embassy in Kabul today. Footage of the vendor selling the Taliban flags marks a new humiliating blow for US President Joe Biden. One viewer simply responded: “This is what the word humiliation looks like in a video.”…
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Taliban LIVE: UN issues dire migration warning as half a MILLION Afghans to flee regime | World | News
[ad_1] Defence secretary Ben Wallace has admitted up to 1,000 eligible vulnerable Afghans could be left behind as the British evacuation effort enters its “final hours”. Mr Wallace warned that the threat from terror groups will only “grow the closer we get to leaving” following the devastating bombings carried out by ISIS-K yesterday. Despite airlifting…
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Taliban LIVE: Shots fired at Italian military plane – Boris in new warning on Kabul chaos | World | News
[ad_1] Shots have been fired at an Italian military aircraft as it departs Taliban occupied Afghanistan, a source at Italy’s Defence Ministry said. An Italian journalist traveling on the flight told Sky 24 TG that the plane had been carrying almost 100 Afghan civilians when it came under fire minutes after take off. The plane was…
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Taliban LIVE: Merkel first to break ranks with Biden as she vows to extend Aug 31 deadline | World | News
[ad_1] The Liberal Democrats have claimed people trying to flee the Taliban and come to the UK have been ignored as their calls and emails have been ignored by the Government. Sarah Olney, Lib Dem MP for Richmond Park, said she had been approached by constituents who have family and loved ones stuck in Afghanistan. …
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UN Sees 80% Drop In Vaccinations In Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover
[ad_1] Gavi said Covax programme has so far delivered over 4 million Covid vaccine doses to Afghanistan. (File) Brussels: In the first week following the Taliban conquest of Kabul, COVID-19 vaccinations in Afghanistan have dropped by 80%, the UN agency UNICEF said, warning that half of the few doses delivered to the country so far…
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China Eyes Afghanistan’s $1 Trillion Minerals With Risky Bet On Taliban
[ad_1] Afghanistan is sitting on deposits estimated to be worth $1 trillion or more. When the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the global economy looked a lot different: Tesla Inc. wasn’t a company, the iPhone didn’t exist and artificial intelligence was best known as a Steven Spielberg film. Now all three are at the cutting…
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Taliban Wont Allow Extension Of US Evacuation Deadline: Report
[ad_1] Kabul airport witnessed chaotic evacuations after Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. (File) Kabul: A Taliban spokesman on Tuesday said the United States should stop evacuating skilled Afghans, and warned Western forces against extending the August 31 deadline for airlifts out of the country. The hardline Islamist group said Americans were taking “Afghan experts” such…
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Taliban will ‘seek revenge’ as ‘they hold more grudges’, warns ex-Afghanistan minister | World | News
[ad_1] Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Munera Yousufzada, Afghanistan’s former deputy defence minister, shared concerns for the women in the nation. “The Taliban have not changed, in fact they hold even more grudges,” she said. “They will start to seek revenge and will continue to police women even more. “The sacrifices of the international community and Afghan…
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Biden faces calls for Afghan inquiry over Taliban debacle – ‘Far worse than Saigon’ | World | News
[ad_1] Anthony Sabatini, a pro-Trump state house representative from central Florida, has described the unfolding crisis as “far worse” than Saigon and accused the President of creating an “avoidable” disaster. The Taliban’s lightening capture of Kabul has led to scenes reminiscent of the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam war. Thousands of terrified Afghans have…