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Ashraf Ghani removed from UN Heads of State List
Kabul: The names of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and former Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar have been removed from the UN Heads of State List. Meanwhile, Naseer Ahmad Faiq has been…
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Ashraf Ghani’s bodyguard saw him escape with millions of dollars
New Delhi: “I saw the Afghan President escape with millions,” claims Brigadier General Piraz Ata Sharifi, the bodyguard of former Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani, adding that the latter left him to hide…
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What does Taliban’s triumph mean for political Islam?
New Delhi: Over several months before the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, their spokespersons asserted that they were now a “new” Taliban–a Taliban who would be moderate in doctrine…
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One month after Taliban takeover, trade between Pakistan, Afghanistan resume
Islamabad: Trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan has resumed after more than three weeks of uncertainty in Kabul, according to media reports. The business was halted in major cities in Afghanistan after the…
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Qatar FM in Kabul, meets Taliban leadership
New Delhi: Visiting Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Muhammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani met the Taliban leadership team and cabinet members, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, upon his arrival in Kabul.…
- India
Despite financial woes, Afghans in India don’t want to go back home
New Delhi: Afghan nationals who arrived in India before the Taliban captured control over a majority of Afghanistan say they do not want to return despite facing financial hardships here. Many of…
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Russia not interested in Afghanistan’s disintegration, says Putin
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that Moscow is not interested in the disintegration of Afghanistan as there will be “no one to talk to”. Putin also stressed that many…
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No rush for US to recognise Taliban: White House
Washington: There is no rush to recognise the Taliban either by the United States or many of the countries that it has spoken to, the White House said asserting that such a…
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Republicans alarmed over reports that Ghani left with $169 mn in cash
New Delhi: Afghanistan’s exiled President Ashraf Ghani must be brought to justice and face criminal charges of embezzlement if he indeed fled the besieged country with duffle bags full of cash intended…
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Former Afghan cabinet minister now delivers pizza in Germany
Hyderabad: Once surrounded by security personnel, former Afghanistan cabinet minister Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat is now delivering pizza on a bicycle. The former communications and technology minister in Ashraf Ghani’s government, came into…
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Taliban say religious scholars will lead govt in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban have said that religious scholars will lead the upcoming government in Afghanistan as the country’s government collapsed over a week ago when the terror group seized Kabul, a media…
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CAA is necessary: Hardeep Singh on India evacuating Afghans
New Delhi: After a special Indian Air Force (IAF) repatriation flight ferrying 168 people from Kabul landed at Ghaziabad Hindon air base on Sunday, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that developments…
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Afghan VP flew to Dubai with $51mn in cash
New Delhi: A string of official reports, many deleted last week from US government sites due, apparently, to “ongoing security concerns”, showed how a corrupt elite in Afghanistan ran the government for…
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Ashraf Ghani says he left Kabul to avoid bloodshed, backs Taliban-Karzai talks
Abu Dhabi: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who left the country on Sunday as the Taliban entered Kabul, said in a video message on Wednesday that he left the country in an attempt…
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UAE welcomes Ashraf Ghani, family into country on ‘humanitarian grounds’
Dubai: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in UAE has confirmed that the Arab nation has welcomed Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds. “The…
