Ankara, 22 August 2021 (Anadolu News/The manila Times)
Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas on Saturday retained the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title, over a victory against boxing great Manny Pacquiao.
WBA said on Twitter that Ugas, 35, defeated 42-year-old Pacquiao of the Philippines via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight in Las ... Read More
Archive: August, 2021
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Yinchuan, Aug. 20 (Xinhua)
277 deals worth approximately 156.7 billion yuan (appx. 24 billion U.S. dollars) have been signed at the ongoing fifth China-Arab States Expo in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The deals cover various fields including electronic information, clean energy, new materials, green food, and tourism cooperation. Among them, ... Read More
August 20, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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19 August 2021, AlJazeera News
By Marwan Bishara
Although the war and the occupation have ended and the dust is finally settling in Afghanistan, there is little clarity as to what the future holds for the Afghan nation or for the main protagonists, the United States and the Taliban.
Judging by their initial ... Read More
August 20, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Ankara, 20 August 2021 (Anadolu News)
Prof. Fazl Hadi Wazin, teaching in Kabul University and contested for Vice President last year warns that isolating Afghanistan means pushing 35 m people to terrorism. He called on the international community and regional powers to give the Taliban a chance to run Afghanistan for ... Read More
August 20, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Ankara, 20 August 2021 (Anadolu News)
Turkey is ready to hold talks with the Taliban if necessary, the country’s president said on Friday.
“If there is a knock on our door, we will open it for dialogue,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul. He criticized the Western world ... Read More
August 20, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Islamabad, 17 August 2021
Federal Minister for Information of Pakistan, Fawad Chaudhry said today that Pakistan will not take unilateral decision in recognition of Taliban government in Afghanistan. He was briefing the media after Pakistan's federal cabinet meeting which reviewed developments in neighboring Afghanistan.
He said that Pakistan was a responsible part ... Read More
August 17, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Kabul, 17 August 2021
The Taliban declared the war in Afghanistan over and wished for peaceful relations with other countries. Addressing first official press conference after taking over Capital City Kabul on Monday, yesterday, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid assured the world community that we're committed that you will not be harmed anyway ... Read More
August 17, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Washington, 16 August 2021
President Joe Biden on Monday in his address to the US nation at the White House East Room said he 'stood squarely behind' his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and rejected broad criticism of the chaotic withdrawal that is posing a crisis for him.
Taliban's takeover ... Read More
August 17, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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Kabul, 15 August 2021
Afghan Taliban forces once again took over charge of presidential palace in country's Capital city after 19 years and 10 months loosing into the hands of invading US-NATO forces in October 2001.
President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan this morning as Taliban closes in on Kabul early today, according ... Read More
August 15, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui
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12 August 2021 (AlJazeera News)
Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, has fallen to the Taliban, residents and local journalists said, becoming the eleventh provincial capital to be captured by the armed group in recent days.
Earlier on Thursday, the armed group took control of Ghazni, the capital of Ghazni province, about 130km (80 ... Read More
August 12, 2021M Ashraf Siddiqui