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  2021 Notebook: United States withdrawal and Afghanistan's next chapter

  World | December 29, 2021 11:38 IST

  4 months into Taliban rule, Afghanistan is facing a looming economic meltdown and humanitarian catastrophe. Billions of dollars’ worth of country’s assets abroad, mostly in US, have been frozen and international funding to the country has ceased.

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  Afghanistan: Millions of Afghans internally displaced amid growing humanitarian crisis

  World | November 03, 2021 8:06 IST

  The regime change has severely affected the private sector as a large majority of local enterprises and international organizations remain closed since the Taliban's takeover. 

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  World leaders reflect on Afghanistan at UN General Assembly

  World | September 25, 2021 14:13 IST

  In his address on Friday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the failure in Afghanistan shows military strength alone does not work, reports Xinhua news agency.

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  Taliban a ruthless group, don't know about its future: Senior US general Mark Milley

  World | September 02, 2021 7:04 IST

  Defense Secy Lloyd Austin said the US was working with Taliban on a "very narrow set of issues", and it was just to get as many people out as they possibly could.

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  United Kingdom in talks with Taliban over further evacuations

  World | September 01, 2021 11:45 IST

  It comes after Taliban pledge to allow further departures. As per an official statement by the UK govt, over 17,000 people had been evacuated by the UK from Afghanistan so far. 

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  2 UK nationals among dead in Kabul airport attack: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab

  World | August 28, 2021 12:38 IST

  2 suicide bomb attacks rocked Kabul airport in Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 103 people, including 13 US service members, and injuring 158 others.

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  Afghanistan-Taliban crisis: New Zealand completes Kabul evacuation

  World | August 27, 2021 13:55 IST

  Ardern said that no NZDF personnel were in Kabul at the time of explosions which occurred at the airport on Thursday as they had all safely departed on the final flight, reports Xinhua news agency.

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  'Will hunt you down & make you pay': Biden warns Kabul airport attackers

  World | August 27, 2021 12:37 IST

  2 suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport on Thursday, killing at least 60 Afghans and 13 US troops.

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  Canada to keep military in Afghanistan after August 31: PM Justin Trudeau

  World | August 25, 2021 7:05 IST

  "Our commitment to Afghanistan doesn't end when this current phase, this current deadline comes. We will continue to put pressure on the Taliban to allow people to leave the country," Trudeau said, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Afghan Taliban attacks kill 30 in five days

  World | September 06, 2013 9:35 IST

  Kabul: Nearly 30 people have been killed in Afghanistan in the past five days as the Afghan Taliban intensified its offensive across the war-torn country, Xinhua reported Thursday.Early Thursday morning, two armed militants were killed