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Taliban takeover worries dry fruit traders in India, to impact bilateral trade

Afghan exports to India include dried raisins, walnut, almond, fig, pine nut, pistachios, dried apricot, and fresh fruits such as apricot, cherry, watermelon, and medicinal herbs, which will be heavily impacted after the takeover of Taliban

Aug 18, 2021

No plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan legitimate govt, says Canada; EU begs to differ

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government cannot recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan, while EU says Taliban won the war and should be engaged in talks

Aug 18, 2021

Taliban Takeover: Orders not to fight came from above, reveals former Afghan central bank chief

Afghanistan's central bank governor, Ajmal Ahmady who also fled the country, said those who had taken up the cudgels against Taliban were silenced in a bigger cowardly plot and all the government and the ANDSF equipment were handed over to the Taliban as a result

Aug 18, 2021

"Our women are Muslims, happy to live under Sharia rules": Taliban

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid says women in Afghanistan will get equal opportunities but as Muslims they're happy to live under Sharia framework

Aug 18, 2021

Fact-check: Viral pic of packed C-17 is from 2013; unrelated to Kabul op or IAF [truth here]

Fact-check: Old pic of Philippines evacuation shared as Afghans rescued by Air Force [truth here]

A viral image with caption "IAF C-17 with 800 people airlifted" is actually an old photo from 2013, when US Air Force rescued 670 Tacloban residents after Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Aug 18, 2021

Amrullah Saleh emerges to declare himself Afghan 'legitimate caretaker President'

Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh declares himself the caretaker President, vows to fight Taliban

Amrullah Saleh is currently living in the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan. It is said to be the stronghold of Ahmed Shah Masood, a former commander of the Northern Alliance.

Aug 17, 2021

Reason behind burqa-clad American journalist reporting from Afghanistan; Clarissa Ward clarifies [details]

After the image of an American journalist wearing a burqa while reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan went viral, CNN's Clarissa Ward took to Twitter to douse the internet fire.

Aug 17, 2021

MEA safely evacuates 192 Indians out of Afghanistan.

Two Kashmiri professors stranded in Afghanistan; J&K LG speaks to MEA for evacuation [details]

J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has assured the families of two professors belonging to South Kashmir's Kulgam district that the two teachers are safe, and they will soon return to India.

Aug 17, 2021

As Taliban with Kalashnikovs roam Kabul, Afghans' dress code turns to salwar kameez [details]

The rush at the Kabul airport and the strong push to get out was one indicator of peoples anxiety about life under the Taliban. Another was a change in the dress code. Most of the men were dressed in salwar kameez.

Aug 17, 2021

Situation is grim, says Indian envoy after landing at Jamnagar from Kabul

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) successfully carried out a three-day evacuation mission to bring back 192 Indians stranded in what is now the Taliban controlled Afghanistan.

Aug 17, 2021

India introduces new category of visa to fast track Afghan applications

From Afghanistan to India: Centre fast-tracks e-visa applications, says no religion-based priority [details]

In view of the prevailing critical condition in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday announced a new category of electronic visas to fast-track applications of Afghans who are willing to come to India.

Aug 17, 2021

B'desh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.

Bangladesh refuses US request to host relocating Afghans

Bangladesh has brushed off a request from the US government to provide temporary relocation shelter to some Afghans who worked for the America-led entities in the war-torn nation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said.

Aug 17, 2021

Taliban 2.0 begins: Bridal ads covered in white paint; Dress code to salwar kameez returns

On the first day of Taliban control in Kabul, bridal dress advertisements that showed women with exposed strands of hair were covered in fresh white paint.

Aug 17, 2021

Rockets fired on Afghan presidential palace.

Taliban 2.0 kicks off with a call for all government employees to return to work

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that the situation in Kabul was completely under control and asked government employees, including women, to return to work

Aug 17, 2021

"If Taliban forms a govt of the people" then Bangladesh will accept it, says Minister

Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said his country will accept the government in Afghanistan formed by Taliban if "it's a government of the people".

Aug 17, 2021

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Search Results for: Taliban

Taliban takeover worries dry fruit traders in India, to impact bilateral trade

No plans to recognise Taliban as Afghan legitimate govt, says Canada; EU begs to differ

Taliban Takeover: Orders not to fight came from above, reveals former Afghan central bank chief

"Our women are Muslims, happy to live under Sharia rules": Taliban

Fact-check: Old pic of Philippines evacuation shared as Afghans rescued by Air Force [truth here]

Afghan VP Amrullah Saleh declares himself the caretaker President, vows to fight Taliban

Reason behind burqa-clad American journalist reporting from Afghanistan; Clarissa Ward clarifies [details]

Two Kashmiri professors stranded in Afghanistan; J&K LG speaks to MEA for evacuation [details]

As Taliban with Kalashnikovs roam Kabul, Afghans' dress code turns to salwar kameez [details]

Situation is grim, says Indian envoy after landing at Jamnagar from Kabul

From Afghanistan to India: Centre fast-tracks e-visa applications, says no religion-based priority [details]

Bangladesh refuses US request to host relocating Afghans

Taliban 2.0 begins: Bridal ads covered in white paint; Dress code to salwar kameez returns

Taliban 2.0 kicks off with a call for all government employees to return to work

"If Taliban forms a govt of the people" then Bangladesh will accept it, says Minister

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