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Announces amnesty, urges women to join government

He described the images coming out of Afghanistan as "gut-wrenching" but said: "I've learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces.

Sources said Indian Air Force's transport aircraft C-17 with 150 passengers has left the Kabul airport for India

In the morning, some schools were open due to the ongoing examinations, but were advised to close until the situation gets better

Hyderabad: Expressing concern over the crisis in Afghanistan, Industries Minister KT Rama Rao questioned the United Nations over its lack of intervention. The Minister tweeted: “Where is the United Nations. Aren’t you supposed to intervene when situations become horrendous! Truly disturbing visuals from Afghan crisis.” Where is the UN? Aren’t you @UN supposed to intervene […]

With the fall of Afghanistan, China and Pakistan will try to minimise Indian engagement with the Taliban

We cannot absolve the US and Pakistan of the mess, and the erstwhile Soviet Union too

"Since the borders of India are very strong, I don't see the any impact of the takeover by Taliban across the border on the Indian side," he said.

It appears that desperate Afghans were clinging on to either the undercarriage of the C-17 or the landing gear of the transport plane when they got flung out due to the huge G-force exerted during take-off.

Accordingly, a NOTAM (notice to airmen) was issued advising incoming and transiting civilian aircraft to reroute before entering the Kabul airspace.

"All commercial flights are suspended at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, a statement reads. The statement calls on the people to avoid crowds at the airport," TOLO News said in a Tweet.

"The crowd was out of control. The firing was only done to defuse the chaos," the official was quoted as saying.

Failure of Istanbul conference reflects Pak’s inability to persuade Taliban

In addition, they say, Taliban commanders have demanded that communities must hand over unmarried women to become "wives" for their fighters a form of sexual violence, human-rights groups say, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Marco Mendicino, Canadian Immigration Minister said Friday the program will welcome 20,000 Afghans, targeting those who belong to groups vulnerable to persecution by the Taliban.

Talks with the Taliban will mean that India has begun to distinguish between good and bad terrorists

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday that India is closely monitoring developments and is concerned about deteriorating security situation.

The Pentagon's massive task of removing service members and equipment out of Afghanistan is nearly complete and the US military mission is slated to end by August 31.

To date, 31 students including nine for PhD and 22 for Master’s programmes – 13 girls and 18 boys - have already accepted to join the UoH, and some more were expected to accept

While the US and China are hopeful that Islamabad would be able to rein in the Taliban, India does not share such optimism