Taliban Condemns U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan

Taliban’s senior leader, Abdul Haq Wasiq, denounced the U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan, describing it as a violation of the U.S.-Taliban peace deal, local media reported on Monday. “The airstrikes inside Afghanistan violated the Doha agreement inked in February last year and ‘America does not have the right to conduct operations in Afghanistan soil,” Tolo News…

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Taliban Declares ‘War Is Over,’ As President, Diplomats Flee Kabul

The Taliban has declared that the war in Afghanistan is over, following taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul, while Western countries scrambled to evacuate their citizens, amid chaos at the airport. President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday as the Islamist militants entered the capital virtually unopposed, saying he wanted to avoid…

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Commercial Flights from Kabul Airport Cancelled

all commercial flights from Kabul’s airport have been canceled, said a statement of Afghanistan’s civil aviation authority released on Monday. “All the flights from Kabul airport have been temporarily canceled and the passengers should not come to the airport until informed,’’ the statement said. The cancellation of the flights took place in the wake of…

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Nigerian Navy Rescues 12 Crew Members of Capsized Vessel

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, in a search and rescue operation, has rescued 12 crew members of a capsized fishing vessel, named ‘LADY BARBARA’, belonging to SEABLESS Fishing Company Limited. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, in a press statement on Tuesday, said that the crew members were rescued on Thursday, Aug. 5….

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