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Heavily armed Taliban take control of Kabul airport
The Taliban members walked through sheds on the military side. Subsequently, the movement's leaders celebrated their victory by walking across the runway, Pajhwok News reported. In a live stream, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said: "This is the enjoyable moment of victory."
Taliban cuts off telecom network to defiant Panjshir
Panjshir residents say that the lack of phone and internet networks is causing serious challenges, TOLO News reported. "They have cut off telecommunication services in Panjshir for the last two days. Panjshir people are facing challenges in this regard and cannot get in touch with their relatives living in other parts of the country," said Gul Haidar, a resident.
Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc across Louisiana
The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm over southwestern Mississippi on Monday, about 16 hours after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Have India and Nepal quietly started rechartering their bilateral ties?
The International Business Times -- an American online publication noted that the chief of BJP's foreign affairs department, Vijay Chauthaiwale's recent visit to Kathmandu and meetings with the top leaders might go unnoticed by the masses, but it is a crucial step in the direction of jump-starting bilateral ties between India and Nepal.
How a six-barrel gun helped US forces to exit Kabul safely
In what were extremely busy and horrific last few days for its forces in Kabul before its withdrawal from Afghanistan today, the US military relied on the Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System, or the C-RAM, to save itself from several rockets fired at them at the Kabul airport. According to the US Army, the C-RAM system, known to its Navy as the Phalanx, is "system of systems" which detects, warns and intercepts incoming rocket, artillery and mortar rounds at forward operating bases and significant targets in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Taliban attacks resistance in Panjshir
The sources claimed that the attacks which were conducted in different locations were repelled and the Taliban fighters retreated but the latter has not commented on the issue yet, Khaama News reported. In the meantime, people in Panjshir complained against the absence of telephonic services. They say that the Taliban has blocked telecommunication services which have subjected them to bigger problems.
Taliban takes to celebratory firing Kabul as US completes withdrawal
It was later clarified that the firings, which lasted about an hour, were part of the Taliban's celebrations for what its called the end of the occupation after the US announced that the withdrawal of troops was completed, Khaama News reported. Regarding the completion of the withdrawal, Mujahid added that "in this way, our country became completely free and independent".
'Never handled so badly or incompetently': Trump slams Biden over US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Trump further said that all US equipment in Afghanistan should be returned to the with immediate effect. If not handed back, America should either go in with “unequivocal force” or “bomb the hell out it”. "Never in history has a withdrawal from war been handled so badly or incompetently as the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan," Donald Trump said.
EU removes US from safe travel list due to Covid surge
The decision, which the Council announced through a statement on Monday, reversed a decision taken in June when the bloc put the US on the safe travel list just in time for the summer holidays, reports Xinhua news agency. In the past week, the US reported 977,947 confirmed cases and 7,394 deaths, the most severe in the world, according to the World Health Organization.
France sets conditions for recognition of Taliban govt
"We are working to form the largest possible international consensus on this subject in cooperation with our partners," Xinhua news agency quoted the spokesman as saying on Monday. The country's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian had set five conditions for the recognition of the Taliban government.
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