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Blinken discusses Afghanistan with India, Pakistan FMs
Date: 2021-08-17 06:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:9115329
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has spoken over the telephone with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about Afghanistan, the Department of State said on its website. Blinken, in another telephone ....
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Biden allocates $500m to help refugees from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-17 06:22:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:9115328
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has decided to allocate up to 500 million dollars to help refugees from Afghanistan, the White House said in a statement. "I hereby determine... that it is important to the national interest to ....
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EU, int’l community demand 'those in positions of power' facilitate evacuations from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-16 23:01:43 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:124 - ID:9115233
BRUSSELS, Aug 16 (MENA) – More than 70 countries worldwide including European Union member states on Sunday evening called on all parties currently involved in Afghanistan to "respect and facilitate" the departure of foreign nationals and Afghans ....
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Taliban will be defeated, sooner or later -- Commander of Afghan special forces
Date: 2021-08-16 22:09:01 GMT - France - World - SN:123 - ID:9115144
PARIS, Aug 16 (MENA) - Commander of the Afghan army's special forces Gen. Sami Sadat stressed that the Taliban will be defeated, sooner or later. In a statement reported by France 24 on Monday, the 36-year old general said that the city of ....
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Biden says US mission in Afghanistan is to fight terrorism
Date: 2021-08-16 22:08:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:122 - ID:9115184
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said on Monday the mission of the United States in Afghanistan was never supposed to be nation building as he defended his decision to pull out US troops from the country, Business Standard ....
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US to send 1,000 more troops to Kabul as chaos reigns at airport
Date: 2021-08-16 21:47:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:121 - ID:9115145
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) – The Pentagon will send another 1,000 US troops to Afghanistan to help secure Kabul’s airport following a mad rush on the runway as thousands of Afghan civilians attempted to flee the nation, The Hill reported. US ....
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More British troops sent to Kabul as Afghanistan crisis deepens
Date: 2021-08-16 21:42:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:119 - ID:9115211
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) – A further 200 UK troops are to be sent to Kabul to evacuate British citizens and local allies from Afghanistan as Dominic Raab said he would not rule out sanctions if the Taliban did not honor its commitments over human ....
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Cuba reports 9,169 Covid-19 cases and 65 deaths
Date: 2021-08-16 20:20:39 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:116 - ID:9115095
HAVANA, Aug 16 (MENA) – Cuba on Monday reported 9,169 new Covid-19 cases and 65 deaths due to complications related to the disease over the last 24 hours, Prensa Latina reported. In his usual television press conference, the national director of ....
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Bangladesh records 6,959 new Covid-19 cases, 174 deaths
Date: 2021-08-16 19:14:12 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:113 - ID:9115045
DHAKA, Aug 16 (MENA) – Bangladesh recorded 174 more deaths from Covid-19 and 6,959 new cases in the past 24 hours, Dhaka Tribune reported. During the same period, some 9,268 Covid-19 patients also made recovery across the nation, according to the ....
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Germany reports new 2,126 Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths
Date: 2021-08-16 19:01:57 GMT - Germany - World - SN:112 - ID:9115044
BERLIN, Aug 16 (MENA) – Germany's Robert Koch Institute on Monday reported a further 2,126 cases and four deaths, DW reported. The incidence rate continued to rise, albeit only slightly, to 36.2 cases per 100,000 people per week. Meanwhile, ....
