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Aug 16, 2021 4:46 PM

Twitter account hacked, says Afghan embassy official

Abdulhaq Azad, the press secretary of the Afghan embassy in India, tweeted that he has lost control of the mission's official Twitter handle, along with a screenshot of one of the messages slamming…

Aug 16, 2021 4:39 PM

Russia says Taliban does not pose threat to Central Asia: Report

Russia does not view the Taliban in Afghanistan as a threat to Central Asia, President Vladimir Putin's special representative on Afghanistan was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on August 16.

The Afghan government collapsed on August 15 as the Taliban entered Kabul virtually unopposed. The official, Zamir Kabulov, said Moscow had prepared the ground in advance to establish contact with the Taliban.

Aug 16, 2021 4:17 PM

Afghanistan crisis: India makes contingency plans to evacuate diplomatic staff

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Aug 16, 2021 4:09 PM

Germany says no flights leaving Kabul as desperate people crowd tarmac

No evacuation flights are leaving Kabul airport at the moment because desperate people trying to flee the country are blocking the tarmac, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said.

"I understand there is no air traffic at the moment because a large number of desperate people are crowding the tarmac," the spokesperson told journalists in Berlin.

Forty staff from the German embassy were flown out to Doha overnight, he said, adding a small team of less than ten staff would remain at Kabul airport to coordinate evacuations.

Aug 16, 2021 3:55 PM

Sweden evacuates embassy employees from Afghanistan

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Monday that 19 embassy employees had been evacuated from Kabul to Doha, Qatar and they'll eventually flown to Sweden. Earlier Monday, Norway and Denmark said that the bulk of the embassy staff were out of Afghanistan.

Norway Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said for the sake of the Norwegians it was done overnight. Denmark's Defense Minister Trine Bramsen told Danish broadcaster DR that while most Danish diplomats had been evacuated, there are still Danes", and others in the country still to be flown out.

Aug 16, 2021 3:46 PM

'Deeply worried' for women, minorities as Taliban control Afghanistan: Malala

Shocked at the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, Pakistani activist and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has said she is "deeply worried" for women, minorities and human rights advocates living in the strife-torn country. The 24-year-old rights activist, who was shot in the head by Taliban militants in 2012 in Pakistan's Swat region for her campaign for the education of girls, urged global and regional powers to call for an immediate ceasefire and provide help to civilians in Afghanistan.

"We watch in complete shock as Taliban takes control of Afghanistan. I am deeply worried about women, minorities and human rights advocates," she tweeted on Sunday. "Global, regional and local powers must call for an immediate ceasefire, provide urgent humanitarian aid and protect refugees and civilians," wrote Malala, who now lives in the UK.

Aug 16, 2021 3:33 PM

Afghanistan crisis LIVE Updates: US troops fire in air to scatter Afghan civilians at Kabul airport

US forces fired in the air at Kabul's airport on Monday to prevent hundreds of civilians running onto the tarmac, a US official said. "The crowd was out of control," the official told Reuters by phone. "The firing was only done to defuse the chaos." Hundreds of Afghans have jammed the airport trying to get out of the country after Taliban insurgents entered the capital on Sunday. U.S. troops are in charge at the airport, helping in the evacuation of embassy staff and other civilians. The below video shows shows US forces' presence at Kabul airport as Afghans gathered at the airport to flee the country.

Aug 16, 2021 2:40 PM

Air India cancels its only Kabul flight, diverts 2 US-Delhi flights to avoid 'uncontrolled' Afghan airspace

Air India cancelled its Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flight that was scheduled to operate on August 16 to avoid Afghanistan airspace after it was declared "uncontrolled" by authorities at the Kabul airport, senior officials said. It was the only commercial flight scheduled to operate between India and Afghanistan on August 16, and Air India is the only carrier that has been operating flights between the two countries.

Moreover, the carrier on Monday diverted its two flights coming to Delhi from the US toward Sharjah in the UAE for the same reason, they said. The airline's San Francisco-Delhi flight as well as Chicago-Delhi flight were diverted towards Sharjah on August 16.

Both the flights will land in Sharjah for refuelling purposes, the officials said. The flights will then leave for Delhi again while avoiding the Afghan airspace. Afghanistan stares at an uncertain future as President Ashraf Ghani left the country just before Kabul fell into the hands of the Taliban on August 15.

Aug 16, 2021 1:36 PM

5 killed at Kabul airport

At least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital, witnesses told Reuters.

One witness said he had seen the bodies of five people being taken to a vehicle. Another witness said it was not clear whether the victims were killed by gunshots or in a stampede.

US troops, who are in charge of the airport, earlier fired in the air to scatter the crowd, a U.S. official said.

Officials were not immediately available to comment on the deaths.

Aug 16, 2021 1:24 PM

UN Security Council to meet to discuss Afghan situation

With Kabul falling into the hands of the Taliban, the UN Security Council under India's current Presidency will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on August 16, the second time in just over a week. The longstanding war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on August 15 when the Taliban insurgents closed in on Afghanistan's capital Kabul and entered the city and took over the presidential palace, forcing embattled President Ashraf Ghani to join fellow citizens and foreigners to leave the country.

Aug 16, 2021 1:17 PM

US exits Afghanistan: The long history of 'graveyard of empires'

Afghanistan, which the British attempted to annex between 19th-20th century to protect its neighbouring Indian empire from Russia, became an independent nation in 1921. The country has seen almost…

Aug 16, 2021 12:37 PM

Temporarily closed embassy in Kabul: South Korea Foreign Ministry

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said it has temporarily closed its embassy in Kabul and evacuated most of its staff to an unspecified third country in the Middle East. The ministry said a few diplomats, including Ambassador Choi Taeho, remain at a safe location in Afghanistan to support the evacuation of a South Korean national in the country and that the Seoul government is closely working with the United States and other countries to ensure their safe evacuation.

Aug 16, 2021 12:14 PM

US troops fire in air to scatter Afghan civilians at Kabul airport

Hundreds of Afghans have jammed the airport trying to get out of the country after Taliban insurgents entered the capital on Sunday. US troops are in charge at the airport, helping in the evacuation of embassy staff and other civilians.

Aug 16, 2021 11:56 AM

Who are the Taliban and what are their goals?

Taliban is a military and religious movement that was founded in Afghanistan in response to the Soviet invasion of the country. The group wants to control Afghanistan and impose law and order by following their rigorous brand of Sharia law.

Aug 16, 2021 11:24 AM

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