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Dozens of security dogs await evacuation to complete US pullout from Afghanistan
Plans to evacuate the dogs specially trained for combat missions had fallen through just before the last C-17 military transport carrying Americans took off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport Tuesday.
Taliban 2.0: Rhetoric vs Reality!
The early meeting of China and Afghan was a result of the arrest of 10 Chinese spies who were caught spying in Afghanistan. Importantly, during his meetings with the NDS in Kabul, the Chinese State Security official cautioned his Afghan counterparts about the possibility of a Taliban takeover.
China rushes to fill in the vacuum in Afghanistan created by US withdrawal
As the dramatic scenes of the US and other Western nations' evacuation of their officials and citizens played out on TV screens and social media, China's propaganda machinery was quick to pounce, slamming the US for its ‘messy' handling of the Afghanistan situation.
Taliban initiates dialogue with India in Qatar
For the first time, India has made public a meeting held between the two sides. The ministry stated that Ambassador of India to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Head of Taliban's Political Office in Doha. "The meeting took place at the Embassy of India, Doha, on the request of the Taliban side," said the ministry. Discussions focused on safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan. The travel of Afghan nationals, especially minorities, who wish to visit to India also came up.
The conundrum of rights and entitlements: The South China Sea Issue
China's sweeping claims to the sea, which includes an estimated 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, have outraged competing claimants Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
After Bill Clinton, Hillary turns thriller writer, and an Indian American is central to the plot
'State of Terror' is Hillary Clinton's upcoming international political thriller, set in the "Byzantine" world of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. It takes off with a "baffling text from an anonymous source" received by an Indian American Foreign Service Officer (FSO), Anahita Dahir. Hillary, who was trumped in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has co-authored the book.
'Stop prescribing hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19'
In 2021, in the US alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure, and treatment of Covid-19. In 2020, the 890,000 prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine were nine-fold greater than the previous years. In addition to a lack of significant benefit, the new evidence shows some suggestion of harm.
25 Indians linked to ISIS-K under scanner in Afghanistan
Sources said that they are hiding near the hometown of Amin al Haq, the former security chief of Osama bin Laden. Haq, who was detained by Pakistan and then freed, returned to his hometown in Nangarhar with an armed Taliban escort. A video of Haq has surfaced where he can be seen triumphantly returning to his home, less than two weeks after the country fell to the Taliban.
Taliban initiates dialogue with India in Qatar
For the first time, India has made public a meeting held between the two sides. The ministry stated that Ambassador of India to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Head of Taliban's Political Office in Doha. Discussions focused on safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan. The travel of Afghan nationals, especially minorities, who wish to visit to India also came up.
All California national forests to be closed due to wildfires
A statement signed by California's Regional Forester, Jennifer M. Eberlien, said the authority had made the difficult decision "to better provide public and firefighter safety due to the ongoing California wildfire crisis".This closure was scheduled to start from Tuesday until September 17, the statement said. Last week, Forest Service's nine national forests in Northern California had been closed due to extreme fire.
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