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Afghanistan's 'acting' President Amrullah Saleh has highlighted the dire 'humanitarian situation' in Andarab valley. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

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India has always stood for peaceful, prosperous, and progressive Afghanistan: India at UNHRC

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At-risk Afghans fearing Taliban hunker down, wait to leave

A knock at the door could spell doom. Every passing hour seems endless. That's the new reality for many Afghans who feel they have most to fear from the Taliban and have gone into hiding or are staying off the streets since the fighters swept to power this month, AP reported.

 

Those hunkering down include employees of the collapsed government, civil society activists and women. They are desperate for news that they might be granted asylum somewhere else.

 

They fear a massive rollback of women's rights, or they are distrustful of the Taliban's promises that they won't seek revenge on former adversaries and that they want to form an inclusive government as the U.S. ends its 20-year war.

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Had a detailed exchange of views with President Putin on Afghanistan: Modi

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Taliban will be judged by deeds, not words: Johnson ahead of G7 meet on Afghan crisis

The Taliban will be judged by its deeds rather than words, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said ahead of chairing an emergency G7 virtual meet to coordinate international response to the Afghan crisis, PTI reported.

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war. This forced Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to flee the country to the UAE.

Downing Street on Monday said that during the meeting on Tuesday, Johnson will call on the Group of Seven leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US to continue to stand by the Afghan people and step-up support for refugees and humanitarian aid.

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Afghan refugees in Indonesia call for expedited resettlement

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Special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Afghanistan underway in Geneva

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Modi, Putin hold 45-min 'detailed conversation' on Afghan situation

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UK PM Johnson to call on G7 leaders to step up support for Afghan people

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be calling on G7 leaders to step up support for Afghan people after the war-torn country fell into the hands of the Taliban last week, said British High Commission in India on Tuesday through an official statement, ANI reported.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a G7 Leaders' meeting this afternoon to continue to stand by the Afghan people and step up support for refugees and increase humanitarian aid.

Chairing the meeting, he is expected to urge international partners to match the UK's commitments on aid and the resettlement of those who need it the most, in order to protect human rights and contribute to the stability of the region.

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India's evacuation mission from Afghanistan named "Operation Devi Shakti"

India's complex mission to evacuate its citizens and Afghan partners from Kabul after its swift takeover by the Taliban last week has been named as "Operation Devi Shakti", PTI reported.

The name of the operation was known when External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar mentioned it in a tweet on Tuesday while referring to the arrival of a fresh batch of 78 evacuees in Delhi.

"Op Devi Shakti continues. 78 evacuees from Kabul arrive via Dushanbe. Salute @IAF_MCC, @AirIndiain and #TeamMEA for their untiring efforts. #DeviShakti," he said.

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Three militants killed in Kashmir's Sopore

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UN rights boss says has credible reports of Taliban executions

The top U.N. human rights official Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including summary executions of civilians and restrictions on women and on protests against their rule, Reuters reported.
 

Bachelet urged the U.N. Human Rights Council, holding an emergency session at the request of Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to set up a mechanism to closely monitor Taliban actions.
 

"A fundamental red line will be the Taliban's treatment of women and girls," she told the Geneva forum.

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Kiev denies hijacking any Ukrainian evacuation plane in Afghanistan: report

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CCEA, Cabinet meetings from Wednesday

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'Ukraine's evacuation plane hijacked in Afghanistan, taken to Iran'

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Beijing continues to coerce, intimidate in South China Sea: US VP Kamala Harris

Disputed claims in the South China Sea

 

China claims almost the entire resource-rich sea, through which trillions of dollars in shipping trade passes annually, with overlapping claims from Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam