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8/29/2021 12:02:48 AM
The international airlift from Kabul entered its final phase on Saturday ahead of the August 31 deadline set for the withdrawal of American soldiers from Afghanistan, after 20 years of fighting
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8/28/2021 7:32:17 PM
"We have lists from the Americans... if your name is on the list, you can come through," one Taliban official told AFP near the civilian passenger terminal of Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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8/28/2021 6:39:28 PM
Evacuations are planned jointly with Qatar and may involve "airlift operations", Macron said after a summit in Baghdad, adding that France had evacuated 2,834 people from Afghanistan since August 17
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8/28/2021 6:12:03 PM
No civilians were hurt in the attack early Saturday, which followed the suicide bombing Thursday that killed scores of people including 13 US troops at Kabul airport, Major General Hank Taylor told a news conference
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8/27/2021 3:24:13 PM
Nine people have died following explosions at an arms depot in southern Kazakhstan and four others were feared dead, the Central Asian country's emergencies ministry said Friday
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8/26/2021 10:58:04 PM
Biden and Bennett were scheduled to meet late Thursday morning for their first face-to-face conversation since Bennett became Israel's prime minister in June. The two will instead meet on Friday
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8/26/2021 10:44:32 PM
The White House says Biden will address the nation from the White House at 5 p.m. on Thursday
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8/26/2021 9:57:58 PM
Zabihullah Mujahadid, however, tweeted that it was a controlled explosion by US forces destroying equipment at the airport and Kabul residents should not worry
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8/26/2021 8:32:16 PM
'We're fine but everything is chaos here at the moment,'' he told Britain's Press Association news agency. 'All of a sudden we heard gunshots and our vehicle was targeted
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8/26/2021 6:25:21 PM
NATO's chief described the attack as a "horrific terrorist" one
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8/26/2021 6:06:09 PM
The blasts happened outside the airport, where thousands of Afghans have gathered hoping to join a U.S.-led airlift after the Taliban takeover
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8/26/2021 6:01:01 PM
Macron said he did not have more details about the circumstances of the explosions.
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8/26/2021 5:54:48 PM
The official says evacuation flights have continued to take off from Kabul airport in the waning days of an airlift to help people flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
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8/26/2021 5:12:49 PM
A Downing Street spokesperson said Johnson had been 'updated on the situation at the airport in Kabul'
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Region
8/26/2021 3:39:18 PM
The blast was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded and was the most destructive single incident in Lebanon's troubled history
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Region
8/24/2021 6:38:02 PM
An explosion shook the base of an al-Qaida-linked group in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing at least eight gunmen and wounding others, opposition activists said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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8/21/2021 2:19:00 PM
This week’s fuel-tank explosion in Lebanon was more than just another tragic incident in the ongoing political and economic crisis that has hit the country
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8/19/2021 12:10:46 PM
The annual commemoration mourns the 7th century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein, one of Shia Islam's most beloved saints
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8/18/2021 1:12:55 PM
"They died for petrol -- if we had fuel this would have never happened," said Mouin Shraytih who was burying two sons -- one 16 and the other 20.
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Region
8/16/2021 5:04:32 PM
The blast in Akkar, one of the most impoverished parts of the country, was a deadly direct consequence of a vicious cycle fast turning Lebanon, once a regional beacon of modernity, into a failed state.
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