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China objects to US diplomat's meeting with Dalai Lama's representative in New Delhi
The US should quit "meddling" in Chinese internal matters under the cover of the Tibetan issue, said the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy, Counsellor Wang Xiaojian.In a series of tweets, Wang Xiaojian slammed the US for holding the conversation, claiming that the Tibetan problem is a matter for China alone. Wang also asked the US to uphold its pledge.
US budget deficit hits $2.54tn
Federal revenue for the 10-month period till July rose to $3.3 trillion, while total outlays rose to nearly $5.9 trillion, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released late Wednesday. The report came a day after the US Senate approved a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, with $550 billion in new federal spending for roads, bridges, drinking water and other projects.
US has decided India is a strategic partner that's why Pakistan treated differently: PM Imran Khan
"I think that the Americans have decided that India is their strategic partner now, and I think that's why there's a different way of treating Pakistan now," Khan told foreign journalists at his home in Islamabd, a global news wire reported. A political settlement in Afghanistan was looking difficult under current conditions, he added. The Prime minister said he tried to persuade the Taliban leaders when they were visiting Pakistan to reach a settlement.
'Abused, assaulted, tortured': Afghan Ambassador's daughter reveals what happened to her after she was kidnapped in Pakistan
About a month after that incident, the Afghan ambassador has posted a tweet mentioning what his daughter has to say about the incident. In his tweet, the Afghan ambassador shared a link to Silsila Alikhil's Facebook page, where his daughter posted a video identifying herself and describing the event. Silsila also questioned the investigative and medical assessment procedures that followed the incident.
Taliban allow safe passage to Ghazni Guv after province falls
The bodyguards of Governor Daoud Laghmani, were reportedly disarmed and were escorted until Kabul based on the agreement between the two sides, media reports said. The Afghan government though has not confirmed the collapse of Ghazni province, but sources have said that the fighters have entered all government facilities. If confirmed, Ghazni will be 10th province to be seized by the taliban in just seven days.
US judge narrows subpoena seeking Trump's financial records
On Wednesday, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in his 53-page decision that the objectives identified in the House Oversight and Reform Committee's subpoena, first issued in April 2019 and renewed by Chair Carolyn Maloney in March this year after the previous one expired, "present only a limited need for President Trump's financial records".
Afghanistan replaces Army chief after Taliban surge
The fired army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, had only been appointed by Ghani in June. Since then, much of Afghanistan's regular military surrendered to the Taliban or melted away, allowing the insurgents to seize nine of the country's 34 provincial capitals and most of the countryside.
Afghanistan: First Army corps falls to Taliban in two decades
The fighters in broadcasted video claim to have taken a chopper of Afghan army which seems to be out of work, media reports said. Video clips from Kunduz province show that tens of Afghan forces also surrendered to the Taliban along with rangers and Humvees. Meanwhile, the fighters have also taken control of another airport in Sheberghan city of Jawzjan province.
Kabul could fall to Taliban as early as a month: US intelligence
The officials on the condition of anonymity told The Washington Post that they had predicted the collapse of Kabul from six to 12 months after the foreign troops' withdrawal but everything has changed and the time has come to be three months now, as per Afghan media reports. The pace at which the Taliban are gaining territories is surprising and some predict that the capital could even by collapsed in a span of one month.
Speed of Taliban advance revives worries about value of US commitments
India closed a consulate and sent a plane to retrieve its citizens this week. The US military and State Department this week accelerated plans to evacuate the well-staffed American embassy if the situation in Kabul dictates it, US officials said. The latest US intelligence assessment said, Kabul could fall to militants in as soon as a month.
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