At US congressional hearing Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defends Biden's decision to carry out troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, says President inherited deadline & not plan.
During a high-level ministerial event Monday, Secretary-General Guterres said that UN will stay in Afghanistan & deliver amid the difficulties & unpredictable aspects of the future.
The historical experience of Americans had made them self-centred and often overbearing and thus unable to understand the cultural substance of other societies.
US, Europe, China, Russia & Iran face a common dilemma: How to shore up a nation at risk of famine, without strengthening a Taliban govt whose intentions remain unclear.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also said Taliban should stay true to its commitment and take effective measures to crack down on terrorist forces on Afghan soil.
Kabul airport operations resume but with few international flights. With no Air India ground staff in the Afghanistan capital, evacuees to come to Delhi via Qatar.
Iran is urging India to play larger role in Afghanistan and establish working relationship with Taliban. It also wants India to work out solution with US & resume oil imports.
On Thursday, Rashid Khan resigned as T20 captain while Cricket Australia announced that a one-off Test, scheduled between the two nations for 27 November, may not go ahead.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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