REUTERS JOURNALIST DANISH SIDDIQUI KILLED AMID AFGHAN-TALIBAN CONFLICT, US MOURNS HIS DEATH

The United State government and lawmakers are mourning the death of Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui, who lost his life in Afghanistan while he was covering the conflict between Afghan troops and Taliban militants.
A Pulitzer winner journalist was working for Reuters news agency and was k...

FEARING VIOLENCE FROM TALIBAN, SOUTH KOREANS IN AFGHANISTAN ASKED TO LEAVE COUNTRY BY MONTH END

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• Meanwhile the Taliban on Sunday captured an important district in the Kandahar region after violent skirmish with Afghan forces

As the US continues its troop withdrawal from the war-torn country of Afghanistan, the insurgent group Taliban is once again wreaki...

AS US WITHDRAWS TROOPS, TALIBAN TAKES CONTROL OF AN IMPORTANT DISTRICT IN KANDAHAR

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• According to a report by Geo News, Taliban was successful in taking over district of Panjwai following a fierce combat with the Afghan forces

• The American troops had handed over the critical Bagram Air field to the Afghan security forces

Insu...

TALIBAN SAYS IF US KEEPS ITS TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN, IT HAS A RIGHT TO REACT

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• This statement Taliban came in response to America’s decision of keeping 650 troops in Afghanistan after September 11

In response to the US' decision of keeping nearly 650 of American military troops in Afghanistan ever after withdrawal of troops by...

TALIBAN WARNS NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AGAINST ALLOWING THE US TO OPERATE MILITARY BASES

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• Ever since the US announced withdrawal of troops from the war-torn country of Afghanistan, several countries including India have expressed their concern

Immediately after the reports of the United States planning to set up military bases in Pakistan, terrori...

AMID THREATS FROM TALIBAN, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLANNING TO EVACUATE AFGHANS WHO WORKED WITH US

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• Debating on the issue, several meetings have been held by White House national security aides

• There are thousands of Afghans intend to leave Afghanistan as they fear that once US forces are gone, the Taliban will take over the country and target them a...

AFGHANS WORKING WITH U.S. BEG FOR VISAS AS THEY SAY TALIBAN WILL SLAUGHTER THEM

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• Omid Mahmoodi, who worked as a linguist for a US Army brigade in Kabul said “You will see the dead bodies in every street.” 

• There are thousands of Afghans intend to leave Afghanistan as they fear that once US forces are gone, the Tali...

AFGHAN-TALIBAN CLASH LEFT OVER 100 INSURGENTS DEAD

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• The Camp Antonik in the southern Helmand province was handed over by the US military to Afghan forces as it started the withdrawal process on May 1

• All foreign troops were being taken to Bagram and from there they would leave to their respective countr...

US GEN. MARK MILLEY SAID POST TROOP WITHDRAWAL, AFGHAN FORCES COULD FACE ADVERSE OUTCOMES

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• In an interview with Associated Press and CNN reporters, Milley was asked whether he believes the Afghan forces can hold up under increased strain

• Milley said “On the one hand you get some really dramatic, bad possible outcomes. On the other hand...

U.S. ALL GEARED UP FOR POSSIBLE TALIBAN ATTACKS AS TROOP WITHDRAWAL BEGINS

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• Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said “We have to assume that this drawdown will be opposed.”

• Recently two B-52 bombers were deployed by the US in the war-torn country in order to facilitate smooth withdrawal of troops

• T...

US SPY AGENCIES ARE SAYING THAT TALIBAN TAKEOVER OF AFGHANISTAN IS LIKELY

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• Quoting anonymous US officials, the New York Times reported that such kind of takeover potentially would allow al Qaeda rebuild the war-torn country

• President Biden on Thursday at a White House press conference said “It is gonna be hard to meet t...

‘WE KNOW AFGHAN TALIBAN HAVE HAD SANCTUARY IN PAKISTAN' SAYS EX-TOP US GENERAL

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• The Afghan Taliban have had sanctuary in Pakistan and it originated from the madrassas in that country said a former top US military official while talking to the lawmakers

• Responding to a question, he said the Taliban is a Sunni terrorist organisation...

US & ITS NATO ALLIES CONDEMN CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN BY TALIBAN

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• The United States and its NATO allies have said that these attacks directly harm the Afghani people and undermine the institutions of the state

• These attacks target civil society, judicial, media, religious, medical, and civilian government representat...

UNITED STATES WILL REVIEW ITS PEACE DEAL WITH TALIBAN: WHITE HOUSE

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• United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has informed his Afghan counterpart that President Joe Biden’s administration will review Washington’s peace deal with the Taliban

• Sullivan has expressed the US' desire that all Afgh...

U.S. CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF YOUSUF RASHEED, CEO OF FEFA

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• According to his brother, Rasheed was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Kabul city on Wednesday morning

• We join the Afghan people in condemning this barbaric and senseless assassination of Yousuf Rasheed, who was a tireless advocate for democracy said ...

AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS DRINKING BEER FROM DEAD MAN’S LEG BROUGHT WAR ETHICS UNDER SCANNER

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• Senior Australian officers drank brew from the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban warrior at an unapproved bar in Afghanistan – with a photo of the demonstration uncovered unexpectedly by Guardian Australia

Two photos- one showin...

FRANCE ASKED AFGHANISTAN, NOT TO FREE TALIBAN PRISONERS WHO WERE CONVICTED FOR KILLING FRENCH CITIZENS

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• The government of Afghanistan has agreed to release 400 Taliban prisoners towards peace talks with the Taliban Militants
• France have asked the government of Afghanistan for not releasing the group of prisoners of Taliban who killed the Fre...

INTEL AGENCIES WARNS OF POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACKS IN J&K AND AYODHYA

The Indian intelligence agencies have warned that some forces in Pakistan are planning a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir and the ground-breaking ceremony of Lord Ram Temple at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh scheduled on August 5. The day of August 5 will not only see the start of construction of th...

US INTELLIGENCE CERTAIN THAT RUSSIA OFFERED TALIBANS BOUNTY TO KILL COALITION TROOPS, US SOLDIERS INCLUDED

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• Post US intelligence’s certainty that Russia had instigated killings of coalition troops, the President, Vice President and White House National Security adviser informed 
• Trump plays down the information as he seeks a second term as the P...

AFGHANISTAN & TAILIBAN HAD VIRTUAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS

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• Afghanistan and the Taliban discuss prisoner release
• The US says the coronavirus situation makes the discussion all the more important

The Doha agreement that the US signed with Afghanistan and the Taliban had one major point that co...