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Afghan Top Politicians, Parliament Speaker Flee the Country: Reports

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Senior Afghan politicians arrived in Pakistan on Sunday, the national Shamshad News broadcaster reported, citing the Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan. The speaker of the lower chamber of the Afghan parliament, Rahman Rahmani, the former foreign minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, the former second vice-president, Karim Halili, and other top-ranking public officials flew from Kabul earlier on Sunday, according to Shamshad News. According to the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani stepped down and left the country.

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‘He Oversaw the U.S Pullout Deal in Qatar’- Who is Mullah Baradar of Taliban

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Following the Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is expected to be named the country's next president. Baradar, a close ally of Mullah Umar and one of the Taliban's co-founders, currently heads the Taliban's political office and is also a member of the group's Doha negotiating team. Baradar, a trusted Taliban commander, was apprehended by forces in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in 2010 and released in 2018. Baradar was detained until 2018, when he was transferred to Qatar. He was appointed chief of the Taliban's political office here, where he oversaw the signing of the US pull-out deal. According to reports, the Taliban leader was born in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province in 1968. He belongs to the Popalzai tribe of P...

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Kashmiri Students Admitted Under PM Special Scholarship Facing Multiple Issues

EDUCATION

Students admitted under Prime Ministers Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in different colleges across India are facing immense problems. These students are not availing the full benefits under the Scheme as had been promised to them. Students told news agency Kashmir News Trust that they are not getting full scholarship that was promised to them at the time of their admissions. “Under PMSSS we were to get Rs one lakh for books, internet connection, hostel fee and other maintenance charges, but for the current session we are being told that you will only get Rs forty-thousand. They are justifying this claim by saying that you are studying via online mode so you don’t need any maintenance fees,” they said. They said that most of the students under PMSSS are living in Flats wher...

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One Dead, Another Critical After a Road Accident at Ladoora, Rafiabad

REGIONAL

Dar Shahid One died another received serious injuries in an accident after a sumo and a tractor collided near Ladora, Rafiabad on Baramulla-Handwara National highway on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Waseem Ahmed Sofi and the injured as Showkat Ahmed, a driver of the tractor both residents of Chaklo, Rafiabad. The duo was shifted to the nearby hospital and later referred to Srinagar where one succumbed to his injuries.

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Taliban Will Tie up with Pakistan and China, Attack India in a Year’s Time: Subramanian Swamy

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The controversial BJP MP, Subramanian Swamy has yet again warned India about the implications of the Kabul fallout to Taliban. Swamy warned the Taliban would tie-up with China and Pakistan to attack India in a year’s time. Taking to twitter, Swamy wrote, “Taliban the first year will have as leaders of Afghanistan govt those who are with feigned moderate views. In the meantime, the Provincial leaders will be the genuine brutal Taliban hard liners. After a year, Afghanistan secured, Taliban, Pakistan, and China will attack India.” Swamy had on Sunday said that India should open its doors to all “anti-Taliban” forces to help set up an “Afghan Govt in Exile” and even “militarily move” to recover Afghanistan. Swamy also tweeted, “Now India must open its doors to all anti Taliban ant...

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Nine Injured After Load Carrier Skids Off in Kangan

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At least nine people were injured after a load carrier vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down at Wusan area of Kangan in Central Kashmir's Ganderbal on Monday morning. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the load carrier skidded off the road near Wusan when it was on way from Manigam to Kangan, resulting in injuries to nine persons. He said that all the injured were immediately evacuated to PHC Kangan for treatment, where from two of the injured were referred to SKIMS Soura for advanced treatment—(KNO)

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Afghan Air Force Plane Crashes Near Border with Uzbekistan

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An Afghan military jet has crashed in Uzbekistan, an Uzbek news website reported on Monday, citing sources and images shared via messaging apps. According to the report by Gazeta the jet was crashed late on Sunday in Uzbekistan's southernmost Surxondaryo province, which is adjacent to Afghanistan. It published photographs of medics attending to a man in an air force uniform. The website has also said that a source told it," two Afghan military servicemen believed to have also been on the plane were hospitalised in the provincial capital, Termez." Russia's TASS news agency cited Uzbekistan's defence ministry as saying, it was studying reports about the crash. Uzbek authorities could not immediately be reached for comment. On Sunday, Uzbekistan said it had detained 84 Afghan sold...

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‘To avoid bloodshed, I thought it would be better to leave’ : Ashraf Ghani’s First Comment After Fleeing Afghanistan

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani who left the country after The Taliban entered Kabul, said on Sunday that he had left the country to avoid bloodshed. In a post on his Facebook page, Ghani said he had faced a difficult decision, with the fate of millions of Kabul residents and the security of the city at stake after 20 years of war in which countless numbers had already been killed. “To avoid bloodshed, I thought it would be better to leave,” he said in his first comments since flying out of the country. He added that the Taliban insurgents, who later entered the presidential palace in Kabul, now faced an historic test. "The Taliban won in the judgment of sword and gun and they have the responsibility to protect the honour, prosperity and self-respect of our countrymen," he said. ...

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Ahead of Marriage, massive fire shatter dreams of twin would-be brides in Srinagar

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A fortnight before the marriage ceremony, the dreams of twin would-be brides got shattered after a massive blaze reduced their residential house at Basant Bagh area of Srinagar into ashes. The blaze, as per the news agency- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), broke out in the wee hours of Monday morning. In the blaze, one residential house belonging to Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh got reduced to ashes. Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh while talking to KNO, said that he was scheduled to host the guests in the first week of September, saying that his two daughters are scheduled to get married. "The devastating fire has shattered all our dreams. We have lost everything in the blaze," he said, adding that the gold worth lakhs of rupees and a cash was also reduced to ashes in the massive fire. He said that th...

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2 Dozen Rohingya Refugees Feared to Have Drowned in Bangladesh While Attempting to Flee

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The United Nations and the Bangladeshi police have said that on Saturday, almost 2 dozen Rohingya refugees went missing and were feared to have drowned after a boat carrying them capsized in the Bay of Bengal. As per reports, the refugees had been trying to flee a remote Bangladeshi island, where several thousand of them had been relocated after previously residing in the crowded camps near the Myanmar border. Several human rights groups and the U.N. had been critical of the relocation as they say that the island isn't fit for habitation. Reportedly, the island would be often submerged by monsoon rains, but the government has claimed that the island had been outfitted with protective sea walls, hospitals, mosques, and schools. The U.N.'s refugee agency in a Facebook post said t...