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Shops close, security guards flee in Afghan capital
Video posted social media showed hundreds of people scampering with their luggage toward the safety of the airport
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Passengers fly to UAE after Rapid PCR tests
Testing facility can determine a coronavirus case even before a person becomes infectious
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Taliban raise flag at Pak-Afghan border
Security personnel at Ghulam Khan Zero Point had evacuated the Afghan check post in the dark of night
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Civil-military huddle today to discuss Kabul takeover
Pakistan to mull recognising Taliban rule if they come to power through peaceful transition
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'This is not Saigon': US says Afghanistan is different from Vietnam
US secretary of state defends Washington’s drawdown of personnel from Afghan capital amid rapid advance by Taliban
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Ghani says he left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed
Taliban have won judgement of sword and guns and are responsible for protecting countrymen's honour, says president
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Pakistan has vital role to bring peace, stability to Afghanistan: Erdogan
We will continue efforts to enable return of stability in the region, says Erdogan speaking alongside President Alvi
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Britain says Taliban should not be recognised as Afghan government
We don't want anybody bilaterally recognising the Taliban, says PM Johnson
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'Coordination council' to oversee peaceful transfer of power in Afghanistan: Karzai
Council calls on govt forces and Taliban fighters to curb chaos while maintaining restraint, says former president
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Ghani administration refused transfer of power to interim govt: Hekmatyar
Afghan government refused to give up the war with the Taliban, says Leader of Hezb-e-Islami
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Emirates flight to Kabul diverts to Dubai, flydubai suspends services
We are working closely with all the relevant authorities to ensure the safe operation, says airline spokesperson
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Afghan Taliban enter Kabul two decades after US-led ouster
Insurgents spokesperson says group would protect the rights of women, as well as freedoms for media workers, diplomats
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Afghan warlords give up to the Taliban with surprising ease
Despite Ghani's chequered history with warlords, the beleaguered president was hoping they could help turn the tide
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Death toll from northern Turkey floods rises to 58
Torrents of water tossed cars and heaps of debris, destroyed buildings, bridges
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Quake kills hundreds in Haiti, worsening Caribbean nation's plight
The 7.2-magnitude quake, followed by a series of aftershocks, had a depth of 10 km
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No plans to shut down embassy in Kabul yet: FO
FO spokesperson says monitoring situation; Pakistani embassy active, assisting nationals in Afghanistan
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Taliban surge exposes failure of US efforts to build Afghan army
Some provincial governors asked forces to surrender in order to avoid bloodshed as defeat inevitable, say US officials
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Frontline of fear: Afghan teen press-ganged by the Taliban
17-year-old Abdullah was forced to ferry rocket-propelled grenades up a nearby hill
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Afghan women, girls fear return to 'dark days' as Taliban push closer to Kabul
For a whole generation of Afghan women who entered public life there's much to lose
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Timeline: the Taliban's sweeping offensive in Afghanistan
Taliban have taken more than a quarter of Afghanistan's 34 provincial capitals in less than a week
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Modi says India will soon unveil $1.35 trillion infrastructure plan
Indian PM says the plan will help boost productivity of industries and create 'thousands of jobs'
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Pandemic of inequality
The unequal rollout of Covid vaccines is creating a two-tier pandemic that is leaving developing nations behind
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Afghan government seeks to hold capital as Taliban takes Jalalabad
Fall of Jalalabad gives insurgents control of a road leading to Peshawar, one of the main highways into Afghanistan
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Ghani flies out of Afghanistan as Kabul falls to Taliban
President Ashraf Ghani's close aides also left the war-torn country after insurgents marched into capital Kabul
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Biden warns Taliban of 'swift' military response if US evacuation hindered
US president increases troops deployment to 5,000, says he will not 'pass this war' on to another US leader
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People rush to Afghan capital as Kabul airport only way out
Passengers fleeing war worry that Taliban could close the country’s airspace at any moment
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Major quake in Haiti kills several people, reduces buildings to rubble
7.2-magnitude quake struck 8 km from town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 150 km west of the capital Port-au-Prince
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Pakistan eases travel restrictions on India amid Covid downturn
NCOC keeps Iran, Bangladesh and several other countries on the list of 'Category-C' nations
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Qatar urges Taliban to ceasefire at meeting in Doha
Qatari FM urges insurgents to pull back their offensive in Afghanistan during a meeting between the top officials
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US issues new terrorism threat warning ahead of 9/11 anniversary
America faces ‘heightened threat environment from both domestic terrorists and those motivated by foreign terrorists’
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Iran orders travel ban and shutdown amid Covid surge
All non-essential businesses and offices will have to close under the nationwide lockdown from Monday
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Biden faces mounting blame for Afghan debacle
Biden had cast Afghanistan as a costly side issue
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At least 40 killed in Turkey flood as search for missing continues
In one collapsed building along the banks of the swollen river, 10 people were still believed buried
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Afghan President Ghani says 'remobilisation of armed forces top priority'
Ghani clings on to power, says 'consultations' are taking place to try and end the war
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UK vows not to turn back on Afghanistan despite embassy pullout
Britain is deploying around 600 troops to help evacuate its roughly 3,000 nationals from the country
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Taliban now 50km away from Kabul as US scrambles to evacuate
Britain, Germany, Denmark and Spain have announced the withdrawal of personnel from their respective embassies
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Three K-P cities to be twinned with Chinese, Uzbek cities
Cabinet okays shaheed package for families of 98 slain special police force constables
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In desperation, US scours for countries willing to house Afghan refugees
Biden administration exploring having Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan take in thousands of applicants
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Weapon seizures 'massive boon' for Taliban as cities fall
Biden administration says it will still equip Afghan military that appears on the verge of collapse.
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US directs Kabul embassy staff to destroy ‘sensitive materials’ amid Taliban march
Official notice asks staffers to reduce the amount of items which could be ‘misused in propaganda efforts’
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Taliban capture major northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, draw closer to Kabul
Afghan security forces in the major city are escaping towards the border, says provincial council
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Russian defence minister praises cooperation with China at joint wargames
Moscow pivoted to China in 2014 as its political ties with the West sank to post Cold-War lows
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Troika Plus seeks Afghan roadmap in 10 days
Tells Kabul, Taliban of going forward with peace talks amid war
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Afghan women forced from banking jobs as Taliban take control
Fighters from group walked into offices of Azizi Bank in Kandahar and ordered nine women working there to leave
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Pfizer, Moderna seen reaping billions from Covid-19 vaccine booster market
Pfizer and Moderna have together locked up over $60 billion in sales of the shots just in 2021 and 2022
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China says bringing Delta-driven Covid outbreak under control
China strengthens anti-virus controls for international flights, cargo shipments after latest outbreak
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UK says US pullout from Afghanistan a 'mistake'
'Huge tragedy for the people of Afghanistan'
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Japan issues highest risk alerts in Hiroshima due to torrential rains
Hundreds of thousands asked to evacuate Nagasaki, other parts of Kyushu to avoid floods, landslides
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UN Security Council discussing condemnation of Taliban
UN 'will not support the establishment of any government in Afghanistan imposed through military force'
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17 killed as flash floods sweep through northern Turkey
15 people were killed in the floods in Kastamonu province and two people died in Sinop














































