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Taliban using US weaponry in Panjshir Valley

New Delhi: The Taliban is using advanced weaponry left behind by American troops to crush the last pockets of resistance to its takeover of Afghanistan, Daily Mail reported. Fighters led by the country’s former vice-president were…

FBI reports highest level of hates crime in US in 12 yrs

Washington: A recent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report has revealed that hate crimes in the US have increased to the highest level in 12 years, triggered largely by a surge in assaults on Black…

Afghan women demand inclusion in new Taliban govt

Kabul: A group of Afghan women staged a rally in Kabul demanding the inclusion of females in the country’s new government headed by the Taliban, according to a media report Friday’s rally came a day…

Ahmad Massoud says he’ll never give up anti-Taliban resistance

New Delhi: Leader of the anti-Taliban resistance forces in Panjshir province, Ahmad Massoud has said that he will never stop his resistance for the sake of God, justice, and freedom. Massoud said that the resistance in…

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China eyes Afghan air bases, concerns for India

New Delhi: China has been eyeing to take control of air bases, including the Bagram air force base, in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the war-torn country, which could be detrimental for India’s…

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Taliban not as strong as many believe: Ahmad Massoud

New Delhi: The Taliban are not as strong as many believe they are, Panjshir resistance leader Ahmad Massoud has said. In an interview with CNN, Massoud said the reason why they took over the country was…

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China influencing world using army of fake social media accounts, but why?

The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, at a recent meeting with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi (now appointed as the Minister of Transport), said Covid-19 is a matter of science and not to politicise…

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Defections from Myanmar military mount sharply

Champhai ( Mizoram): More than 2,000 soldiers and policemen have joined the country’s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), a nationwide boycott initiative by Myanmarese civil servants to oppose the Feb 1 military takeover in the country.A CDM  spokesman…

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20 years, $2.3 trillion spent, 2,400 US troops killed: America’s longest war, in numbers

New York: As the last of America’s C-17s flew into the night from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport just before the clock struck midnight in Afghanistan Monday, the costs of America’s longest war began sinking in…

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Taliban takes to celebratory firing Kabul as US completes withdrawal

Kabul/New Delhi: Aerial firing using different types of weapons, including machine guns, dominated the sky in Kabul after midnight, which frightened and awoke residents of the Afghan capital. It was later clarified that the firings, which…

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