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Flights suspended at Kabul airport

By Anadolu Agency Scores of stranded Afghans wait in anxiety at doors of Hamid Karzai International Airport Flights were suspended at Afghanistan’s main international airport in Kabul as crowds of people anxiously waited at its gates in hopes to leave the country. A day after Afghanistan’s capital fell to the Taliban, US and Afghan forces

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Taliban sweep into Afghan capital after government collapses

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi) By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his

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Taliban enter Afghan capital, president and diplomats flee

Taliban militants waving a Taliban flag on the back of a pickup truck drive past a crowded street at Pashtunistan Square area in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in this still image taken from social media video uploaded on August 15, 2021. Social media website/via REUTERS By Reuters KABUL, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents entered Kabul on

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U.S. is bombing Somalia repeatedly with zero accountability

President Joe Biden speaks about prescription drug prices and his “Build Back Better” agenda from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By CGTN, Maitreya Bhakal “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” as a popular saying goes. Perhaps nowhere does this apply more than

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Taliban enters Kabul, awaits ‘peaceful transfer’ of power

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered the outskirts

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US negotiating with Taliban to prevent group from attacking American troops-report

By Anadolu Agency The US is negotiating with the Taliban to prevent the group from attacking its troops during the evacuation of American personnel at the Kabul Embassy in the Afghan capital, according to the Washington Post on Saturday. A report by the newspaper covering the latest situation in Afghanistan said the US administration has

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President Edgar Lungu declares Zambian general elections ‘not free and fair’

Zambia’s incumbent president Edgar Lungu casts his vote at a polling station in Lusaka on August 12, 2021, as they country holds presidential and legislative elections: Credit AFP/Patrick Meinhardt By Daily Nation Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary election “not free and fair” after incidents of violence in three provinces. President

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Afghan president in urgent talks as Taliban take key town near Kabul

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Reuters KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, capturing a town south of the capital that is one of

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Qatari Emir’s Riviera Mansion Targeted In Gun Point Robbery

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaks in Doha, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo) By AFP Thieves, one of them armed, broke into the Qatari emir’s mansion near the French Mediterranean resort of Cannes, stealing watches and other luxury items, a source close to the case said Friday. The emir, Sheikh Tamim

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U.S. discusses urgent need for Tunisia prime minister-designate -White House

Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis: Credit Associated Press By Reuters The U.S. deputy national security adviser met Tunisia’s president on Friday and discussed the urgent need to appoint a prime minister designate to form a capable government, the White House said. The

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