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US troops arrive in Kabul to assist in Embassy evacuations
The TOLO News report cited the official as saying that the troops' arrival will continue till Sunday. On Thursday, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price had announced that the country will deploy thousands of troops to the Kabul airport to support the American Embassy staff drawdown as the security situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate.
Tallest building in US to be lit in Indian tricolour on Aug 15
"This initiative commemorates the world's largest democracy, India entering its 75th year of Independence," the American Bazaar news outlet reported on Friday citing the South Asian Engagement Foundation (SAEF), a community organisation, as saying in a statement. As part of the celebrations, other installations of the Durst Organization in New York at One Bryant Park and One Five One,will also be lit up with the tricolours.
Taliban claims control over 2 more Afghan provincial capitals
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Friday posted on his social media account that the insurgents captured Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, and Firoz Koah, capital of Ghor province. He also said that most parts of Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province, has fallen to Taliban, adding that clashes continued at an intelligence agency office and two army bases in the city.
July 2021 officially the hottest month humans ever recorded
Extreme heat is also a reflection of the long-term changes outlined in a major report released this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "In this case, first place is the worst place to be. July is typically the world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and month ever recorded," said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad.
Migrant border arrests in US rise to highest level in 21 yrs
Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children crossed the border in July, almost equal to the record set this March, Xinhua news agency quoted the CBP data released on Friday as saying. Meanwhile, 76,000 parents and children crossed the border together as families, the second-highest total ever and a significant jump from June. The CBP data does not account for people who made it across the border.
US withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake: UK Def Secy
Speaking to Sky News on Friday, Wallace said the withdrawal agreement negotiated in Doha, Qatar, by the administration of former US President Donald Trump was a "rotten deal", reports Xinhua news agency. "At the time of the Trump deal with, obviously the Taliban, I felt that was a mistake to have done it that way. We will all, in the international community probably pay the consequences of that," Wallace said.
US Census 2020 highlights: Less white, more diverse, more Asians
Among other things, the shifts will straightaway underpin political redistricting ahead of high stakes elections for House control, up in 2022. The 2020 Census marked the 24th census in US history and the first time that households were invited to respond online. Here are 10 highlights: The share of the non-Hispanic white population fell from 63.7 per cent in 2010 to 57.8 per cent in 2020.
Taliban trying to isolate Kabul, situation 'deeply concerning': Pentagon
"We are certainly concerned by the speed with which the Taliban has been moving," Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told reporters on Friday in a press briefing. "It's deeply concerning." He said that the insurgent group is trying to isolate Kabul, while noting the capital city currently is not "in an imminent threat environment", Xinhua news agency reported.
Taliban set fire to house of ex-female police officer
The former officer had gone to visit a shrine when Taliban fighters set fire to her rented house. Meanwhile, piling on more human rights breaches, the Taliban killed the district police chief of Asmar in Kunar province. In Kandahar province, the Taliban have captured the central prison and hundreds of inmates have been released. The Taliban confirmed that they have released 1,900 inmates after taking over the prison.
Taliban demand unmarried women to become 'wives' for their fighters
In addition, they say, Taliban commanders have demanded that communities must hand over unmarried women to become "wives" for their fighters -- a form of sexual violence, human-rights groups say, the Wall Street Journal reported. The US Embassy in Kabul had said on Thursday that it had received reports of the Taliban executing members of the Afghan military who had surrendered.
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