A Norway-based intelligence group said there are also evidence of Taliban rounding up Afghans they believe worked in key roles with previous Afghan administration or with US-led forces.
Biden’s comments point to looming question of whether US will recognise Taliban as Afghanistan’s govt. US has taken steps to block money from going to them, & could use it negotiate terms.
Earlier in the day, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that around 300 passengers are being put on an average military cargo plane heading out of Afghanistan.
The West might have abandoned Afghanistan but cannot afford the optics of widespread destruction, a televised man-made calamity for which it is responsible.
ThePrint's Nayanima Basu recounts her harrowing last day in Kabul when she had to dodge gunfire, chaos and tackle the Taliban to reach the Indian embassy before being evacuated to Delhi.
The ‘e-Emergency X-Misc Visa' for Afghans will be granted to individuals online after ‘required security checks’. It will initially be given for a period of six months.
Social worker who has been working on girl child education in Afghanistan for 2 years says 150-200 Indians stuck in nation. Waiting for MEA response to calls, emails, he adds.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, who arrived in New York Monday, was also involved in hectic discussions with US officials on the evacuation of the Indian diplomats from Kabul.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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