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Afghanistan's fall to Taliban doesn't augur well for India: Punjab CM
"Afghanistan's fall to Taliban doesn't augur well for our country. It'll strengthen the Sino-Pak nexus against India (China has already sought militia's help on Uyghur). The signs are not at all good, we need to be extra vigilant now at all our borders," he tweeted. The Taliban has declared that the war in Afghanistan is over after its fighters swept into the capital, Kabul, and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday.
End of Afghan Republic, 1st night under Islamic Emirate
Afghan media reported the retreat of Afghan national police from their outposts around the capital left the city in chaos and allow the city to be looted and plundered easily. Though the Taliban earlier on Sunday had said that there is no plan to enter the Afghan capital militarily, the security vacuum in Kabul city made them decide to direct their fighters to enter Kabul and occupy the empty police outposts and police districts.
UK Parliament to be recalled over Afghan crisis
MPs will return to Westminster for a session from 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. over the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of US, British and NATO troops, reports Xinhua news agency. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also held an emergency COBRA meeting on Sunday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Downing Street has said.
Pak hopes Afghan stakeholders work to resolve political crisis
Pakistan is closely following the unfolding situation in Afghanistan, the statement issued on Sunday said, adding that the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul is extending necessary assistance to Pakistanis, Afghan nationals and diplomats and the international community for consular work, reports Xinhua news agency. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the situation is quickly evolving in Afghanistan.
Death toll from 7.2-magnitude quake in Haiti reaches 1,297
A breakdown of the fatalities in terms of departments shows that 1,054 people were killed in Sud, 122 in Nippes, 119 in Grand'Anse, and two in Nord-Ouest, the Haitian Civil Protection Service said in a tweet on Sunday. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said on Sunday that it was necessary to "work together" in the face of the "extremely serious situation" following the earthquake, which has also left some 5,700 injured, reports Xinhua news agency.
Uzbekistan temporarily accepts 84 Afghan servicemen who crossed border
Currently, Uzbekistan is in talks with the Afghan side on the return of Afghan citizens to their homeland, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying on Sunday. The Ministry added that the overnight amassing of Afghan government servicemen on the Termez-Hayraton bridge on the border over the Amudarya river was now defused.
Taliban confirms no danger to embassies, foreign nationals in Kabul
"We assure all embassies, diplomatic missions, institutions and residences of foreign nationals in Kabul that there is no danger to them," Xinhua news agency quoted Muhammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, as saying on Sunday evening. He stressed that the forces of the Taliban movement are tasked with maintaining security in Kabul and other cities in the country.
US withdrawal from Afghanistan accelerated things: Johnson
Johnson made the remarks after he chaired an emergency meeting on Sunday afternoon to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency reported. Taliban ordered its members to enter the Afghan capital city of Kabul on Sunday. The move aims to maintain order in the capital city, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement.
Taliban say they have taken over the Presidential Palace in Kabul
President Ashraf Ghani left the country earlier on Sunday - but the exact situation at the palace is still unclear. According to local journalist Bilal Sarwary who spoke to two Afghans involved in direct negotiations, part of the agreement was that Ghani would join the transition of power ceremony inside the palace - but instead he and his senior aides left the country.
Covid hospitalisation rates for young adults hits record in US
New Covid-19 hospital admissions for patients in their 30s reached an average of 1,113 per day for the week that ended Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That average daily hospitalisation rate had jumped 22.6 per cent from 908 in the previous seven days, according to the CDC.
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