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No more, say Austria and Greece to more war-weary migrants from Afghanistan
With a huge Afghan migration issue staring at Europe in the face, the countries are tightening their belts. Austria has already said that it would prefer to have deportation centres in Afghanistan's neighbourhood. It has also suggested providing aid close to Afghanistan to stem a possible flood of refugees.
Biden to nominate Nicholas Burns as Ambassador to China
Burns, 65, currently is an international relations professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Xinhua news agency quoted the White House as saying on Friday. He previously held senior positions in both Democratic and Republican administrations in his 27 years of government service and capped his career by serving as under secretary of state for political affairs from 2005 to 2008, the third-ranking official in the State Department.
Biden again defends handling of Afghan drawdown
"This is one of the largest, most difficult air lifts in history, and the only country in the world capable of projecting this much power on the far side of the world with this degree of precision is the United States of America," Biden, who has been widely criticised on the botched pullout, said in a televised speech from the White House on Friday.
UK will work with Taliban 'if necessary', says PM Johnson
"What I want to assure people is that our political and diplomatic efforts to find a solution for Afghanistan, working with the Taliban, of course, if necessary, will go on," Johnson told reporters here on Friday. He said the situation at the Kabul airport, where thousands of Afghans gathered in hopes of boarding an evacuation flight, was getting "slightly better" and he saw "stabilisation".
Ismail Sabri appointed as Malaysia's new PM
In a statement on Friday, the national palace said Sabri had received the backing of 114 out of the 220 MPs in the lower house of Parliament, a simple majority to form the government, hence Sultan Abdullah agreed to appoint him as the Prime Minister in accordance with the Constitution, reports Xinhua news agency.
Attack on US forces by Taliban would invite 'swift and forceful' response: Joe Biden
Biden’s warning to the Taliban has come amidst the evacuation operation being carried out by the US army in Afghanistan. The US president also said that his administration is keeping a “laser focus on the counterterrorism mission.”
Anis Haqqani, dreaded terrorist from Haqqani network, is Kabul's security chief now
According to reports from the Afghan capital, nearly 6,000 cadre of the Haqqani Network have taken control of the capital city, led by Anas Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani the founder of network and brother of Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the terrorist group and one of three deputy leaders of the Taliban.
US Covid-19 hospitalisation rate for children hits highest level
As for adults, every age group under 50 has also surpassed its previous record of hospitalisation, said a media report, adding that "the biggest increase was in adults ages 30 to 39 and children under 18, both of which were more than 30 per cent higher than their previous peak", the Xinhua news agency reported.
2 children killed in blast near Chinese vehicle in Gwadar
The blast occurred on Gwadar's Expressway near a Chinese vehicle, killing two children and injuring others, including a Chinese national, sources said. The injured have been rushed to a local hospital where they are receiving treatment. The police and other law enforcement agencies have reached the blast site and cordoned off the area for further investigation.
Pro-NATO Afghan officials on Taliban hit list, says UN secret report
The document prepared by the RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, which provides intelligence to the UN, states that Taliban militants have been going door-to-door to find targets and threatening their family members, the BBC has revealed."It is in writing that, unless they give themselves in, the Taliban will arrest and prosecute, interrogate and punish family members on behalf of those individuals."
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