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Twelve of the 13 US service members killed in the August 26 Kabul airport bombing were "9/11 babies", according to media reports. ....
France has set conditions for the recognition of the Taliban as the new rulers of Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Paris said, adding that "we expect deeds, not words". ....
The UK government has formed a multi-million-dollar task force to carry out a massive clean-up operation to remove chewing gum from 87 per cent of the sidewalks in England. ....
Mamata Banerjee became the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive time and to commemorate her huge success a community puja in the outskirts of the city has decided to develop the idol of Goddess Durga on the likes of the chief minister. ....
The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, at a recent meeting with Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi (now appointed as the Minister of Transport), said Covid-19 is a matter of science and not to politicise it, despite the fact that evidence proves beyond all doubt that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has engaged in world politics using fake accounts and dismissing everything related to coronavirus as 'not their baby'. ....
Pakistan's role in the current developments in Afghanistan, where Afghan Taliban have ousted Ashraf Ghani government and also have ensured exit of all foreign troops, has been pivotal from the historical peace agreement in Doha between US and the Afghan Taliban to the current scenario. ....
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the well-being of the Afghan people must remain the focus, as they have suffered enormously due to prolonged conflict and instability for decades. ....
A media report citing Taliban officials and technical teams said on Thursday that the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul will be ready for international flight services in the next three days. ....
The Taliban have closed the bank accounts of some officials from the former Ashraf Ghani government, most of them who fled Afghanistan after the August 15 fall of Kabul, the media reported. ....
Afghan female students can attend higher education institutions and universities but in gender-separated classes, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, acting minister of higher education of the new Taliban government, said. ....