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New chapter of engagement with Afghanistan has begun: US

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As foreign forces concluded their drawdown from Kabul, the United States said that they have entered a "new chapter" of engagement with Afghanistan. The US completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan on August 30, ending one of its longest wars. In a matter of few weeks, US and Coalition forces evacuated more than 123,000 civilians out of Afghanistan and slightly more than 6,000 of them were US citizens. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t3KKoP September 01, 2021 at 10:06AM

US strands over 500 journalists in Afghanistan: Congressman

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zygSUb September 01, 2021 at 10:09AM

China's kids get schooled in 'Xi Jinping thought'

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yECsVW September 01, 2021 at 09:22AM

Post-Afghan withdrawal, India and US can together fight terrorism: Krishnamoorthi

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2YjjF65 September 01, 2021 at 08:44AM

Melbourne's Covid lockdown likely to remain until Sept 23

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gRNUHE September 01, 2021 at 08:58AM

Turning from Afghanistan, the US sets focus on China

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DDePjW September 01, 2021 at 08:13AM

Defensive, Biden says evacuation ‘extraordinary success’

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38wgGci September 01, 2021 at 08:08AM

How war, peace and travel shaped Taliban’s face of India outreach

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WF0jau September 01, 2021 at 08:02AM

Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’

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In the last call between US President Joe Biden and his Afghanistan counterpart before the Taliban seized control of the country, the leaders discussed military aid, political strategy and messaging tactics, but neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for the immediate danger of the entire country falling to insurgents, a transcript reviewed by Reuters shows. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jvK3S3 September 01, 2021 at 08:28AM

At least 29 killed in bus crash in Peru

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At least 29 people were killed and several injured early on Tuesday after a passenger bus crashed and plunged into a ravine in central Peru, the National Police said. The pre-dawn accident occurred around 4:00 a.m. local time (09:00 GMT) at kilometer 72 of the central highway linking the capital Lima with Huanuco, after the driver of the bus lost control and crashed into a hillside before plunging about 100 meters to the banks of the Rimac River. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zCnNvq September 01, 2021 at 08:18AM

US President Joe Biden defends handling of US’s Afghan withdrawal

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In remarks at the White House on Tuesday, Biden said the US government had reached out 19 times since March — prior to his public announcement that he was going to end the US war to encourage all American citizens in Afghanistan to leave. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jstDtL September 01, 2021 at 01:38AM

After US troops leave, focus on how Taliban will face challenges ahead

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In 2001, the American-led Western forces had come to Afghanistan to oust the then Taliban government and to hunt down Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, his comrades and fighters, who they accused of suicide attacks against targets in the US. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BwicHw September 01, 2021 at 12:12AM

UN chief warns of 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Afghanistan

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"I urge all member states to dig deep for the people of Afghanistan in their darkest hour of need. I urge them to provide timely, flexible and comprehensive funding," the secretary-general said in a statement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WGelsh August 31, 2021 at 11:45PM

EU says it has reached target of vaccinating 70% of adult population

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DxlImR August 31, 2021 at 03:18PM

Afghan govt to be formed in days: Pakistan foreign minister

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AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-PAKISTAN-Afghan government to be formed in days, says Pakistan foreign minister from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jBtOmR August 31, 2021 at 03:11PM

Thousands face weeks without power in Ida's aftermath

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DrmFgJ August 31, 2021 at 03:14PM

Britain denies pushing to leave Kabul airport gate open before blast

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gP1R9f August 31, 2021 at 02:48PM

Israel registers record daily coronavirus cases

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Israel on Tuesday recorded its highly daily coronavirus case tally of nearly 11,000 new infections, amid a surge caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant as schools prepare to re-open. The previous high came on January 18, with 10,118 cases. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mMdqSh August 31, 2021 at 02:50PM

Kazakh defence minister resigns after 15 die in arms depot blasts

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KAZAKHSTAN-BLAST/MINISTER-RESIGNATION (PIX)Kazakh defence minister resigns after 15 die in arms depot blasts from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yABNo5 August 31, 2021 at 02:55PM

'Rocket came, hit car full of kids': US drone strike wiped out Kabul family

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V28nSn August 31, 2021 at 12:39PM

What next for Kabul's airport?

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t2UTC9 August 31, 2021 at 11:49AM

Thousands face weeks without power in Ida's aftermath

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zvJNYR August 31, 2021 at 11:20AM

NZ Covid cases drop for second day amid lockdowns

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3t0qULb August 31, 2021 at 10:20AM

Major General Donahue: Last US soldier to leave Afg

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America's 20-year war in Afghanistan has finally come to an end. A giant C-17 transport laden with troops and the US ambassador flew out of Kabul airport a minute before midnight local time on August 31, the deadline set by President Joe Biden. Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the Kabul airport. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sYh9gJ August 31, 2021 at 10:15AM

Taliban control now-quiet Kabul airport after US withdrawal

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The Taliban held full control of Kabul's international airport Tuesday after the last US plane left its runway, marking the end of America's longest war and leaving behind a now-quiet airfield and Afghans outside it still hoping to flee the insurgents' rule. Vehicles raced back and forth along the Hamid Karzai International Airport's sole runway on the northern military side of the airfield. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zvLlCp August 31, 2021 at 09:52AM

'This victory belongs to us all': Taliban spokesman after US withdrawal

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Y2M3Jg August 31, 2021 at 09:58AM

Japan PM Suga's party ally to step down ahead of election: Report

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kCtN18 August 31, 2021 at 09:13AM

At Kabul airport, a sense of calm & resignation

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2V4wwaW August 31, 2021 at 08:59AM

Australia's Canberra extends Covid-19 lockdown

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gMfLJ2 August 31, 2021 at 08:44AM

Hate crimes hit 12-year high in United States in 2020: FBI

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The 2020 FBI data identified 7,759 hate-crimes in 2020, a 6% increase over 2019 and the highest tally since 2008. The number of offenses targeting Blacks rose to 2,755 from 1,930 and incidents against Asians jumped to 274 from 158. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WwTQyU August 31, 2021 at 08:42AM

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid

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Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks brought hundreds of people trapped by Hurricane Ida's floodwaters to safety Monday and utility repair crews rushed in, after the furious storm swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the stifling, late-summer heat. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38tmXWa August 31, 2021 at 08:40AM

California lawmakers vote to limit secret settlements

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jsPvoL August 31, 2021 at 08:36AM

America's longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan

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America's longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan. A giant C-17 transport laden with troops and the US ambassador flew out of Kabul airport a minute before midnight local time on August 31, the deadline set by President Joe Biden. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Wws3yz August 31, 2021 at 08:19AM

US troops pull out of Afghanistan, ending 20-year war

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The United States has pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, ending its longest war to cries of shame at home and celebratory gunfire from its victorious Taliban enemies in Kabul. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WytBrQ August 31, 2021 at 08:15AM

Taliban takeover spurs old fears among ex-Soviet neighbours

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The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has brought back bad memories to the country's ex-Soviet neighbours, who fear a jihadist threat and a refugee crisis. While the Islamist militants have never vied for territory beyond Afghanistan, their reign some two decades ago still wrought uncertainty in neighbouring Central Asia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38qUujF August 31, 2021 at 08:03AM

Taliban consider governance models, oppose Pak fence on Durand Line

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jpV0om August 31, 2021 at 12:23AM

EU takes US off safe-travel list; backs travel restrictions

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sXwj5I August 30, 2021 at 10:08PM

China limits children's online gaming to three hours a week

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WCv93Y August 30, 2021 at 09:31PM

New Orleans blacked out as Ida floods Louisiana, Mississippi

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jsjsFB August 30, 2021 at 04:52PM

US will keep striking Afghan Isis targets, Biden aide says

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mHNqrh August 30, 2021 at 04:00PM

'All parties' should establish contact with Taliban: China to US

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China has told the US that the Afghanistan situation has undergone fundamental changes and it is necessary for "all parties" to make contact with the Taliban and "guide it actively", reiterating that America's troop withdrawal may provide an opportunity for the resurgence of terrorist groups. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ywkO6q August 30, 2021 at 02:16PM

US evacuation ops uninterrupted at Kabul airport: White House

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kAdvG7 August 30, 2021 at 02:37PM

Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kDThem August 30, 2021 at 02:05PM

Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UZfxqv August 30, 2021 at 02:39PM

Malaysia's new PM self-isolates, misses cabinet swearing-in

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from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3sXHjQx August 30, 2021 at 02:26PM

Joe Biden’s rushed Afghan exit adds strains to US-Pakistan ties

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Islamabad has long tried to balance its relationship with the US and its support for the Taliban, stoking frustration in Washington and a sense now that the militant group’s triumph has a lot to do with its base of support in Pakistan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38nYhOB August 30, 2021 at 12:59PM

‘Enemies’ of Taliban begin to vanish in Afghanistan

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When Taliban fighters seized control of Kabul two weeks ago, the invading units made a beeline for two critical targets: the headquarters of the National Security Directorate and the ministry of communications. Their aim — recounted by two Afghan officials — was to secure the files of intelligence officers and their informers, and to obtain the means of tracking the phone numbers of Afghan citizens. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DuvztJ August 30, 2021 at 12:25PM

Rockets hit neighborhood near Kabul airport amid US pullout

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Rockets struck a neighborhood near Kabul's international airport on Monday amid the ongoing US withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn't immediately clear who launched them. The rockets struck Monday morning in Kabul's Salim Karwan neighborhood, witnesses said. Gunfire immediately followed the explosions but it wasn't immediately clear who was firing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mXVN2b August 30, 2021 at 11:24AM

Afghans killed outside airport were seeking new lives abroad

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Mohammed Jan Sultani had clutched his national Taekwondo championship certificates as he waded through the multitudes pushing to get into Kabul airport late last week. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BtIwlX August 30, 2021 at 11:00AM

Renewed activity at North Korea nuclear reactor 'deeply troubling': IAEA

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North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting the isolated nation's efforts to expand its arsenal. The signs of operation at the 5-megawatt (MW) reactor, which is seen as capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, were the first to be spotted since late 2018, the IAEA said in the report, dated Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WvpZH4 August 30, 2021 at 10:49AM

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