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Is China locking up residents inside their homes in view of surging Covid-19 cases? These videos suggest so
The videos posted on different social media platforms such as Weibo, Twitter, and YouTube show employees in hazmat suits putting iron bars over the doors of people's homes and hammering them in place to prevent anybody from leaving. Chinese authorities are barricading citizens inside their houses as the country deals with a national outbreak of the Delta form of COVID-19.
China preparing to recognise Taliban as legitimate ruler of Afghanistan: Report
The recent US military departure from Afghanistan after a 20-year presence cleared the way for the Taliban to gain control of huge swaths of the country, posing a danger to the Kabul administration. Despite the increasing alliance, Beijing is concerned about the group's ties to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which poses a domestic security risk.
Taliban claim control over 2 more key Afghan cities
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on his social media account that they overran government offices, including provincial police headquarters, in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, on Thursday night, reports Xinhua news agency. Helmand has been regarded as a Taliban stronghold during the past two decades, but Afghan soldiers were holding control over Lashkar Gah and many of the suburban districts.
6 killed in shooting in UK's Plymouth
Devon and Cornwall Police said that the police were called to "a serious firearms incident" in the the city's Keyham area at around 6.10 p.m. on Thursday evening, reports Xinhua news agency. "Following attendance at the scene, two females and two males were deceased at the scene. A further male, believed to be the offender, was also deceased at the scene. "All are believed to have died from gunshot wounds," it added.
US sending troops to Kabul airport for Embassy drawdown
"We are further reducing our civilian footprint in Kabul, in light of the evolving security situation. We expect to draw down to a core diplomatic presence in Afghanistan in the coming weeks," Xinhua news agency quoted State Department spokesperson Ned Price as saying during a briefing here on Thursday.
Quad official discuss cooperation on supply chain, critical technologies
India's External Affairs Ministry, in a statement after the virtual meeting, said: "The Officials discussed issues of common interest and explored possibilities of collaboration in resilient supply chains, emerging and critical technologies, maritime security, cyber security, counter-terrorism, infrastructure and connectivity, higher education, climate change and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief."
India won't recognise govt imposed by force in Afghanistan: US spokesperson
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters on Thursday that India participated in a meeting hosted by the US and Qatar at which the participating countries "agreed, first and foremost, that the peace process needs to be accelerated. And they also agreed, importantly, that they will not recognise any government that is imposed through military force."
We don't have magic powers to make Taliban do what we want: Imran
"Pakistan will have direct impact of a long civil war in Afghanistan because of the large Pashtun population we have in the country. The country that will be most affected after Afghanistan will be Pakistan. It has happened in the past when our Pashtun people reacted to what was happening in Afghanistan. Because of that, we lost over 60,000 people," Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
Pakistan accuses PTM of running anti-state trends in collusion with India & Israel
The Digital Media Wing under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting prepared an Anti-State Trends Deep Analytics Report (2019 to 2021) highlighting how hastags were amplified to create pressure on the government. The report stated that they have analyzed all the hashtags and the players behind those hashtags.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam throws down the gauntlet in Pakistan
The chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Maulana Fazalur Rahman, stated on Wednesday that the Waqf Property Act and the Domestic Violence Bill are against the teachings of Islam, the Constitution of Pakistan and ‘eastern' values. The Islamic identity of the nation should be maintained at any cost, Rahman said. He said this at the end of discussions with a number of Islamic scholars and leaders in Karachi.
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