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The New Arab Taliban ask airlines to resume international flights to Afghanistan
The New Arab Taliban ask airlines to resume international flights to Afghanistan
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IEA ask airlines to resume international flights to Afghanistan

(Reuters) – The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been resolved. The statement from the foreign affairs ministry comes as the new administration has stepped up efforts to open up the country and gain international

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Taliban say United Nations promises aid after meeting with officials in Kabul

Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban’s political office and other officials met Martin Griffiths as Afghanistan faces a potentially catastrophic humanitarian crisis caused by

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The prime minister wants urgent talks on the situation as the Kabul evacuation continues (Picture: Getty)
The prime minister wants urgent talks on the situation as the Kabul evacuation continues (Picture: Getty)
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Boris Johnson calls G7 meeting on Tuesday to discuss Afghanistan crisis

UK prime minister Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of G7 leaders on Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. “I will convene G7 leaders on Tuesday for urgent talks on the situation in Afghanistan. It is vital that the international community works together to ensure safe evacuations, prevent a humanitarian crisis, and support

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he shows a slideshow during a briefing to ambassadors to Israel at the Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 19, 2021. - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Israel's aerial bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip was aimed at deterring Hamas, but did not rule out conquering the enclave's Islamist rulers. "There are only two ways that you can deal with them (Hamas): You can either conquer them, and that's always an open possibility, or you can deter them, and we are engaged right now in forceful deterrence, but I have to say we don't rule out anything," Netanyahu told a group a foreign ambassadors in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Sebastian Scheiner / POOL / AFP)

Benjamin Netanyahu does not rule out taking over Gaza to stop Hamas attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday afternoon during a briefing with more than 70 foreign diplomats and ambassadors in Tel Aviv that Israel is not ruling out a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. “There are only two ways you can deal with it. You can either conquer it. And that is always

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