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Evacuation chaos gripping Afghanistan a week after Taliban takeover
Aug 22, 2021 04:31The United States and Germany have advised their nationals in Afghanistan to avoid traveling to the Kabul airport as chaos and insecurity persist in the capital with Afghans still scrambling to catch evacuation flights out of the country a week after the Taliban swept to power following a lightning military blitz.
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Ministry: Iran expanding radius of defense beyond its borders
Aug 22, 2021 02:32The Iranian Defense Ministry says Iran is expanding its defense efforts beyond the borders of the country, in an apparent message of deterrence to Israel and the West.
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Taliban pledge accountability, probe of reprisals across Afghanistan
Aug 21, 2021 09:49A Taliban official has vowed accountability for the conduct of its members across Afghanistan, insisting that the group will probe reports of any reprisals or atrocities by its forces.
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Pentagon chief: Americans ‘beaten’ by the Taliban
Aug 21, 2021 03:06US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has told congressional lawmakers that Americans who are trying to leave Afghanistan have been beaten by Taliban fighters, according to several people who participated in the meeting.
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Putin slams policy of imposing 'outside values' on Afghanistan
Aug 21, 2021 01:35Russian President Vladimir Putin has decried the policy of imposing "outside values" on Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban amid a messy US-led withdrawal from the South Asian country.
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Iran beefs up security along Afghan border amid refugee flow
Aug 21, 2021 01:18Since the conflict erupted in Afghanistan, Iran's border police have deployed more forces to its eastern borders to beef up security.
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British FM Raab faces calls to resign over mishandling of Afghanistan crisis
Aug 21, 2021 01:05UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure from British political parties to resign due to the “unforgivable failure” of the government in handling the Afghanistan crisis.
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Congress seeks to block Taliban from accessing billions of dollars
Aug 21, 2021 00:57A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US Congress aimed at blocking the Taliban in Afghanistan from accessing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has frozen $450 of funds that were scheduled to be dispersed to the country next week.
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Afghans who guarded British embassy ditched by UK government: Report
Aug 20, 2021 12:00Some 125 Afghans who had been hired to guard the British embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, have been reportedly informed that they are not eligible for a British scheme designed to help people who worked for the UK resettle abroad, amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban militants.
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Erdogan says Turkey not ‘Europe's migrant storage unit’ as EU guards against Afghan refugees
Aug 20, 2021 10:40Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on European governments to take responsibility for refugees coming from Afghanistan, insisting that his country has no intention of becoming "Europe's migrant storage unit" after the Taliban’s takeover triggered a new wave of refugee outflow.