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10/9/2021 6:58:27 PM
The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August.
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10/9/2021 9:36:13 AM
Senior Taliban officials and US representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country, officials from both sides said.
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10/6/2021 4:56:46 PM
More than 3.8 million Afghans received food assistance in September after aid agencies scaled up response to the rising food insecurity in the Asian country, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.
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9/22/2021 6:58:38 PM
Turkey hosts the world's largest refugee population - some 4 million, mostly Syrians - and has warned that it cannot accept any more arrivals from Afghanistan
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World
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9/16/2021 1:16:00 PM
Overall 50,000 people applied for international protection across the bloc's 27 nations plus non-members Norway and Switzerland, the highest single-month figure since the outbreak of Covid-19
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World
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9/13/2021 5:25:19 PM
Among other things, the money is needed for critical food and livelihood assistance for nearly 11 million people and essential health services for 3.4 million
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9/11/2021 8:40:24 PM
The UAE is one of a number of Gulf states that have been key staging posts for evacuation flights for foreigners and Afghans, alongside Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain
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World
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9/8/2021 5:57:52 PM
But even some close allies have been critical over how Biden ended the 20-year war in Afghanistan, which led to the Western-backed government crumbling within days
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9/8/2021 10:51:33 AM
The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter flights that are standing by to fly them from Afghanistan
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World
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9/7/2021 9:25:48 PM
Biden initially proposed a $6 trillion budget for 2022 as COVID-19 aid waned with a deficit of $1.8 trillion
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9/7/2021 5:38:00 PM
Afghans shouted slogans during an anti-Pakistan demonstration near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul
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World
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9/6/2021 9:05:31 PM
A State Department spokesperson said Monday that while the US is committed to helping Americans and at-risk Afghans to leave, its resources in Afghanistan are seriously limited
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9/6/2021 5:38:50 PM
The State Department said Blinken would discuss with Qatar its efforts, alongside Turkey, to reopen Kabul's ramshackle airport -- essential to fly in badly needed humanitarian aid and to evacuate remaining Afghans
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World
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9/5/2021 5:13:28 PM
Now, the world is waiting to see the face of the new government, and many Afghans remain skeptical
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World
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9/5/2021 4:11:18 PM
The ICRC president also stressed that the future of Afghans relies on the continued `investment from the outside world'.
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World
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9/4/2021 5:53:25 PM
Other U.S. officials have said they expect most or all Afghans whose cases may initially raise red flags or questions to pass further screening
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World
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9/2/2021 2:59:37 PM
Albania has accommodated most of the 644 Afghans it is temporarily hosting in hotels
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World
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9/2/2021 10:37:16 AM
Next-door Uzbekistan said last month that it had returned 150 Afghans at the refugees' own request and after negotiating with the Taliban to guarantee their security
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World
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9/1/2021 6:33:46 PM
`The lean winter season is fast approaching, and without additional funding, food stocks will run out at the end of September,' Ramiz Alakbarov, the local UN humanitarian coordinator said
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9/1/2021 9:15:00 AM
The government said the measures 'will give Afghans the certainty and stability to rebuild their lives with unrestricted rights to work and the option to apply for British citizenship in the future'
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