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UK PM Boris Johnson calls G7 meeting for urgent talks on Afghanistan situation

News | August 24, 2021 6:47 IST

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday announced that he will convene a G7 leaders meeting for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. Taking to Twitter, Boris Johnson said, "I will convene G7 leaders on Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. It is vital that the international community works together to ensure safe evacuations, prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people to secure the gains of the last 20 years."

Afghanistan crisis: Kabul airport suspends operations till further notice

World | August 23, 2021 22:46 IST

The statement also stresses that the Afghan aviation authorities "are working hard for domestic and international flights to and from the Kabul airport to resume as soon as possible."

evacuated afghans brought to india from doha

Afghan crisis: India brings back 146 of its evacuated nationals from Doha

India | August 23, 2021 12:04 IST

India on Monday brought back 146 of its nationals in four different flights from Qatar's capital Doha.

Afghan security force member killed as gunfight erupts at Kabul airport

World | August 23, 2021 11:42 IST

Anti-Taliban fighters claimed to have seized three mountainous districts, and a prominent militia commander in the only province not yet under Taliban control pledged to fight back if attacked.

Pakistan intelligence agency played key role in Taliban takeover of Afghanistan: US Congressman

World | August 23, 2021 9:05 IST

A Republican lawmaker has alleged that Pakistan and its intelligence service have played a key role in fostering the Taliban.

Over 260 Afghan Sikhs in Kabul Gurudwara need help in evacuation, says US Sikh body

World | August 23, 2021 8:18 IST

So far, only India has helped evacuation of Afghan Sikhs after the takeover of the country by the Taliban.

US President Joe Biden, Afghanistan situation, US Commercial Airlines to help kabul evacuation

US President Joe Biden to update on Afghanistan situation

World | August 22, 2021 23:11 IST

At the one-week mark since the Taliban completed its takeover of the country, U.S. officials expressed growing concern about the threat to the evacuation from the Islamic State group. That worry comes on top of obstacles to that mission from the Taliban, as well as U.S. government bureaucratic problems.

Situation at Kabul airport ‘incredibly volatile’: Antony Blinken

World | August 22, 2021 22:16 IST

Thousands of Afghan nationals and foreigners are fleeing the country to escape the new Taliban regime and to seek asylum in different nations, including the US and many European nations, resulting in total chaos at Kabul airport and reportedly seven fresh deaths.

A Taliban fighter stands guard at a checkpoint in the Wazir

'All roads deserted in Kabul except one leading to airport'

India | August 22, 2021 21:31 IST

India on Sunday evacuated 168 passengers including 107 Indian nationals through Indian Air Force's C-17 aircraft that landed at IAF's Hindon Air Base.

Breaking News | Firing at Kabul Airport causes stampede, claims seven lives

News | August 22, 2021 13:40 IST

While the atrocities of Taliban continues in Afghanistan, a stampede at Kabul Airport took the lives of seven Afghan nationals.

Seven Afghan nations killed in a stampede at Kabul Airport

News | August 22, 2021 13:00 IST

While the atrocities of Taliban continues in Afghanistan, a stampede at Kabul Airport took the lives of seven Afghan nationals.

British military: 7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport

World | August 22, 2021 12:49 IST

Another seven Afghan civilian were killed in crowds showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

Thousands of people gathered at Kabul Airport hoping for help

News | August 22, 2021 11:40 IST

Thousands of people are gathered at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, which is currently in the clutches of Taliban. While they hope for help and evacuation, Taliban's firing and atrocities towards seems never-ending.

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Baby passed over a wall at Kabul airport reunited with family

World | August 22, 2021 7:40 IST

One video showed an American serviceman reaching over a barbed wire-fitted wall to grab a baby with one hand and haul it into the protected compound.

India evacuates nearly 400 people, including 329 Indians from Kabul

India | August 24, 2021 13:46 IST

India has already evacuated 200 people including the Indian envoy and other staffers of its embassy in Kabul in two C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF after the Taliban seized control of Kabul.

ISIS threat forces US to release security advisory for its citizens in Kabul

World | August 22, 2021 6:49 IST

The US has evacuated some 17,000 people from Afghanistan since August 14, Pentagon informed on Saturday.

A group of Afghan evacuees at Kabul airport.

IAF plane with 90 Indian evacuees from Kabul to land in Delhi today

India | August 22, 2021 0:18 IST

The sources said that the IAF's C-130J transport plane landed in Tajikistan for refuelling and is likely to arrive at the Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Sunday.

Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17

Avoid travelling to Kabul airport unless instructed individually: US embassy tells its citizens

World | August 21, 2021 18:59 IST

US embassy in Kabul in a security alert to its citizens over evacuation concerns said, "because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so."

Afghanistan: Reports of 150 Indians Being Kidnapped by Taliban Near Kabul Airport False

News | August 21, 2021 16:20 IST

Reports stating that around 150 Indians have been kidnapped by Taliban near Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport are false, says government sources.