Thu 12 August 2021: Saudi Arabia and India have started their first ever joint naval exercise just a week after tensions escalated in the Gulf of Oman following an attack on an Israeli-linked tanker. With Saudi Arabi being a vital source of oil for India — its second largest supplier after Iraq — the two […]
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Thu 12 August 2021: On Thursday, the Taliban took control of Ghazni, the ninth provincial capital in a week, Reuters reported. While US intelligence warned that the capital, Kabul, just 150 kilometers to the northeast, may fall to the insurgents within 90 days. A senior security official said the Taliban had captured Ghazni, which is […]
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Thu 12 August 2021: An Indian rocket carrying a powerful earth observation satellite failed to launch fully on Thursday, a setback for the country’s space program, according to the state-run space agency. “GSLV [Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle]-F10 launch took place on August 12, 2021 at 0543 Hrs IST as scheduled. Performance of first and second […]
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Wed 11 August 2021: On Wednesday, Afghan forces essentially collapsed in ninth provincial capital, adding to an already alarming drumbeat of Taliban victories across the country and effectively shutting off the key highway between Kabul with northern Afghanistan provinces. Taliban claim to have captured the Fayzabad city, the center of the northern Badakhshan province next […]
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Wed 11 August 2021: President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he had no regrets about withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, effectively ending America’s longest war, as the Taliban continue to seize territory from government forces. Biden maintained his plans to exit militarily have not changed despite the hardline group’s battlefield successes, emphasizing that Afghanistan’s […]
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Tue 10 August 2021: The Taliban have taken control of the province capital of Farah in southwest Afghanistan, making it the group’s seventh provincial capital since Friday. “This afternoon the Taliban entered the city of Farah after briefly fighting with the security forces. They have captured the governor’s office and police headquarters,” Shahla Abubar, a […]
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Tue 10 August 2021: According to the sixth assessment report of the International Group of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday, Kolkata, the second largest Indian city, Tehran, the Iranian capital, and Moscow, the Russian capital, topped the list of cities with the highest increase in average annual air temperature from 1950 to […]
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Tue 10 August 2021: India has asked its nationals to leave Afghanistan today on a “special flight” from Mazar-i-Sharif – the country’s fourth largest city – amid intense fighting with the Taliban. “A special flight is leaving from Mazar-e-Sharif to New Delhi. Any Indian nationals in and around Mazar-e-Sharif are requested to leave for India […]
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Tue 10 August 2021: Bangladesh began vaccinating thousands of Rohingya Muslims on Tuesday in the world’s largest refugee settlement amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in the country, officials said. Aid workers have long warned of a potential humanitarian disaster if there is a significant outbreak in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, the border […]
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Tue 10 August 2021: According to presidential office, Afghanistan decided on Monday to arm civilian militias in view of the onslaught of the Taliban across the country. Yesterday, President Ashraf Ghani met with prominent Afghan leaders to discuss the current situation in the country. “In this meeting, a decision was made on supporting the security […]
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