China on Monday said it is willing to develop "friendly relations" with the Taliban after the Islamist hardliners seized control of Afghanistan."China respects the right of the Afghan people to indepe
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Russia is in contact with Taliban officials via its embassy in Kabul, President Vladimir Putin's special representative on Afghanistan said on Monday, a day after the Afghan government collapsed and t
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President Vladimir Putin today said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year is "absolutely unprecedented" as local officials ask for Moscow's help to tackle fires and floods.A fo
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Enemy at the gates! Taliban enter outskirts of Kabul, say ‘don’t plan to take the capital city by force’
The Taliban entered the outskirts of Kabul but said they have no plans to take the Afghan capital “by force”.The Taliban released a statement saying they will not enter Kabul until a peaceful transiti
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The Canadian government has announced that it will permanently re-settle 20,000 "vulnerable" Afghans, including Sikhs and Hindus, who are fleeing the war-torn country amidst a deadly offensive launche
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Russia is working with other countries to hold an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan as the Taliban completes its military takeover of the country, foreign ministry official Zamir Ka
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