Mon 16 August 2021: Commenting on the Taliban’s conquest of the Afghan capital Kabul, member of Hamas’ Political Bureau Musa Abu Marzouq said that occupied nations should not be deceived by fake slogans handed to them by occupying powers. Taking to Twitter, Abu Marzouq wrote: “The Taliban are victorious today after being accused of backwardness […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not plan any changes in its ground operations in Afghanistan and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to all sides of the conflict in the country, the organization’s spokeswoman told Sputnik on Monday. “The ICRC has been in Afghanistan for more than […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on all Afghan parties to provide humanitarian workers with access in order to deliver life-saving aid in a timely manner. “I call on all parties to provide humanitarians with unimpeded access to deliver timely and life-saving services and aid,” Guterres told the UN Security […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: At least five people were killed at Kabul’s airport on Monday as some Afghans raced to flee the country while the Taliban consolidated its grip on the country, according to witnesses cited by Reuters. US troops are in charge at the airport, helping in the evacuation of embassy staff and other […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet have resigned after just 17 months in power amid infighting within his coalition and a resurgent wave of COVID-19. Muhyiddin held a last cabinet meeting on Monday morning before going to the palace to tender his resignation to the king. In a television […]
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Sun 15 August 2021: Pakistan has a vital duty to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan, where conflicts have intensified recently, the Turkish president said on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. Speaking at a ship launching ceremony as part of the Pakistan MILGEM Corvette Project in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Pakistan on its 75th day of […]
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Sun 15 August 2021: The Taliban have ordered their fighters to enter parts of Kabul to prevent looting, their spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said, according to Afghan TV network Tolo. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the capital Kabul for Tajikistan, a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official said on Sunday. Asked for comment, the president’s […]
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Sun 15 August 2021: The Taliban will face a “swift and decisive response” if it interferes with US personnel in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Blinken told CNN. Blinken was keen to stress that the US exit from Afghanistan “is not Saigon,” citing the country’s disastrous pullout from the Vietnam War in 1975. Images from […]
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Sun 15 August 2021: According to a minister, Malaysia’s embattled leader will offer his resignation to the king on Monday. His resignation would bring an end to his 17-month government and a new round of turbulence in the country. Muhyiddin Yassin has come under pressure to step down since losing his parliamentary majority and also […]
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Sun 15 August 2021: Pope Francis called on Sunday for dialog to end the conflict in Afghanistan so that its people can live in peace, security and reciprocal respect. Francis made the appeal in his noon address as the Taliban entered the capital Kabul and the US evacuated diplomats from its embassy by helicopter. “I […]
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