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Armed men start leaving Syria's Daraa under new deal
A total of 45 armed men and some of their family members left by buses for northern Syria on Thursday after they refused to reconcile with the Syrian authorities in Daraa, Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying. The evacuation is part of a deal to restore security in Daraa, the report said. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the armed men who were evacuated on Thursday were the second batch.
4 dead, dozens injured in Kazakhstan ammunition depot blast
At a press briefing here, Defence Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev said that several people were also reported missing, reports Xinhua news agency. There are no civilians among the dead and injured, he noted. The depot of the engineering and sapper brigade of the Ministry is located in the village of Kainar.
Gunman killed by police after injuring 2 in California
The incident occurred on Wednesday night at the Redondo Beach Pier in Redondo Beach, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, said the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in a statement on Thursday.
Detectives learned that officers assigned to the Redondo Beach Police Department responded to the location regarding a gunshot victim call and an active shooter.
Pak, India should sit together to resolve outstanding issues: Taliban
Mujahid made the remarks during a wide-ranging interview with Pakistani TV channel ARY News. On Jammu and Kashmir, Zabihullah said New Delhi needs to have a "positive attitude towards the disputed territory", ARY News reported. About ties with countries, particularly India, Mujahid said the Taliban desires good ties with all nations, including India that is an important part of the region.
Kabul airport gates closed after deadly bombings, crowds cleared
"I drove a group of people to the airport early morning. We failed to reach the airport as Taliban soldiers did not allow vehicles to approach the airport, I drove them back to their home," a cab driver Mohammad Quraishi told Xinhua news agency. On Thursday evening, a suicide bombing rocked a gate of the airport where a crashing crowd was waiting for evacuation flights, and later another explosion hit the nearby Baron Camp, a former coalition base.
Khalil Haqqani, with close ties to Pak ISI, is head of Kabul security & designated terrorist
In 2011, Adm. Mike Mullen, then the top US military officer, told Congress that the Haqqani Network was a "veritable arm" of the ISI, Pakistan's main intelligence service, NBC reported. The Taliban itself was never designated by the US government as a terrorist organisation, but the Haqqani Network, which has close ties to Al Qaeda and Pakistani intelligence, has long held that distinction.
Kabul airport terror attacks leaves 90 dead, alert for rockets, vehicle borne attacks
A Taliban official says at least 28 of the Afghans killed were Taliban members. Evacuation of civilians have now been accelerated after the attacks, a Western security official told a global news wire, adding that flights are taking off regularly US President Joe Biden has sworn revenge on the attackers, saying he would "hunt them down". This, as the US warned that more attacks could come, with US commanders saying they were on alert for possible rockets or vehicle-borne bombs targeting the airport, BBC said.
Situation in Afghanistan is a crisis in a crisis: ICRC official
Florian Seriex, spokesman of the ICRC, told Xinhua news agency on Thursday that the situation of many Afghan people was tragic before, and it remains so. "There are no fights in Kabul fortunately, but there were fights in other regions, in other cities, and as we work in the whole country we were very concerned by the issues of fights," he said.
Merkel cancels Israel visit amid Afghan crisis
According to the authorities, Merkel told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that she needs to call off the visit in order to stay in Germany for the evacuation of German soldiers from Afghanistan, reports Xinhua news agency. Bennett, who is currently in the US, spoke with Merkel from his hotel in Washington and expressed hope that the Afghanistan withdrawal will be successful, according to his office.
US withdrawal from Afghanistan leaves situation no more under control: Macron
Macron made the remarks on Thursday at a joint press conference with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin during his one-day working visit to Dublin, reports Xinhua news agency. Asked if the US and its allies have betrayed their moral responsibility following Washington's decision, Macron said that he would rather not use the word of "betrayal". He said that it is not safe for other countries to continue to carry out evacuations due to the US decision.
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