Tue 31 August 2021: The coronavirus disease may have entered Wuhan via frozen food imported from another country, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The first cases were recorded in Wuhan in December 2019, with the original patients being linked in some manner to regional seafood markets. The location of the […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: The United States declared on Monday that it has completed its efforts to remove all of its forces from Afghanistan, bringing an end to the country’s longest war. The pullout and military efforts to evacuate Americans and at-risk Afghans from the war-torn country have come to an end, according to US […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: Turkey may consider operating the airport servicing Afghanistan’s capital Kabul if the conditions are suitable and it is requested to do so, the Turkish minister of national defense said on Monday. Speaking during a visit to the State Cemetery in Turkey’s capital Ankara to mark the country’s annual Victory Day, Hulusi […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Afghanistan, Herve De Lys, said on Monday at least seven children were killed in the Afghan capital of Kabul during a drone strike, yet the agency is unaware who carried out the attack. On Sunday, the US has reported carrying out drone strikes against The […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: Multiple rockets were fired at Kabul’s international airport but were intercepted by a missile defense system, a US official told Reuters citing initial information. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said as many as five rockets were fired, though it was not clear if all were brought down by […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: Turkey is prepared to provide all kinds of support to Afghanistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday. “Turkey is ready to provide all kinds of support for Afghanistan’s recovery if it adopts a similar attitude,” the president told reporters on a plane trip as they were returning from an official visit […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: According to the Taliban’s acting higher education minister, Afghan women would be allowed to attend university, but mixed classes will be prohibited under their rule. The Islamist group that swept to power in mid-August after deposing the Western-backed government has promised to govern differently than they did in the 1990s, when […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: Jai Shri Ram bolne main kya hai (What’s the harm in saying Jai Shri Ram?)” “Meri Baat Suno (Listen To Me)” “Jai Shri Ram bolna padega, bol Jai Shri Ram (You will have to chant Jai Shri Ram)” “Chalo theek hai, Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram, ab khush (Okay, Jai Shri Ram. You are Happy now)”. WATCH […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: The US carried out a military strike on Sunday in Kabul, two US officials told Reuters. The Taliban spokesman says the strike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to attack Kabul airport. Zabihullah Mujahid said in a message to journalists that the strike happened Sunday. US military officials […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: A priest and three other men have been charged with the gang rape and murder of a low-caste nine-year-old girl, Indian police said, in a case that sparked days of protests in New Delhi. The girl was allegedly assaulted by the priest, 53, and three workers on August 1 after she […]
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