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Washington, Aug 16 (UNI/Sputnik) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a phone call on Monday discussed the security situation in Afghanistan as well as efforts to evacuate US and Chinese citizens from…

Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNI) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Bangladesh on Monday said it considers itself as a potential development partner and a friend of Afghanistan. The country stands ready to share its best practices with…

Moscow, Aug 16 (UNI/Sputnik) Russia maintains contacts with all political forces in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. "Russia maintains contacts with all parties, with all forces in…

United Nations, Aug 16 (UNI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday told the UN Security Council, with India holding the month-long presidency, that the international community must unite to make sure that Afghanistan is never…

Moscow, Aug 16 (UNI/Sputnik) The Swedish government will revise its aid policy on Afghanistan after the Taliban (a terrorist organization, banned in Russia) captured Kabul, Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh…

Washington, Aug 16 (UNI) Fending off criticism over the decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden said that he stands firmly behind his decision, and that the US mission there was never meant to be for…

Karzai, Abdullah, Hekmatyar form coordination council for peaceful transition

Moscow, Aug 15 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is holding emergency talks with Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and senior NATO officials, media reported on Sunday. (more details are not…

Washington , August 15 (ANI): Underlining that he will not "pass" the Afghan war to another US leader, President Joe Biden on Saturday authorised the deployment of approximately 5,000 US troops to ensure "orderly and safe" drawdown…

Washington , August 15 : US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and discussed the urgency of ongoing diplomatic and political efforts to reduce the…

Moscow, Aug 15 (UNI/Sputnik) The Taliban Islamist movement (banned in Russia) controls 90 percent of the Afghan territory, Iranian media reported. According to the IRIB broadcaster, the militants have entered the northern city of…

United Nations, Aug 13 (UNI/Sputnik) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday the situation in Afghanistan is spinning out of control as the Taliban (banned in Russia) accelerates its offensive toward the capital of Kabul.…

MADURAI: The 77-year-old pontiff of the Madurai Aadheenam, Arunagirinatha Gnanasambantha Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, breathed his last at a private hospital here at 9.15 pm on Friday. He was undergoing treatment for respiratory illness.…

Moscow, Aug 13 (UNI/Sputnik) Belgium and France have once again urged their citizens in Afghanistan to leave as the Taliban (a terrorist organization, banned in Russia) continue to advance and seize territory. The latest call to the French…

Moscow, Aug 13 (UNI/Sputnik) The UK military began deployment in Afghanistan to support the evacuation of the country's nationals, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on Friday. "Operation Pitting, the military support to the drawdown of…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) A senior official from India is participating in the Afghan peace talks in Doha as the Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that it has evacuated all its staff from Mazar-e-Sharif amid a Taliban attack. The…

New Delhi, Aug 12 (UNI) India on Thursday appealed to its nationals in Afghanistan to leave the war-wracked country even as the Indian Embassy in Kabul issued a fresh advisory urging Indian nationals there to leave by available commercial…