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The Pakistan Government approves Modi's use of airspace to fly to the US without stopping in Kabul

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's   non-forestall flight to the US on Wednesday will fly over Pakistan's airspace to keep away from   Afghanistan . Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched into a three-day go to to america on Wednesday where he's going to deal with the UN General Assembly and attend the Quad Summit in addition to maintain a bilateral meet with US President Joe Biden at the White House. A excessive-stage delegation including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and pinnacle authorities officers are accompanying PM Modi to the US. According to authorities assets, India had sought permission from Pakistan regarding using Pakistan's airspace for Prime Minister Modi's flight to america, for which a nod became given through Islamabad. "Pakistan has allowed India to apply its airspace," a top government supply advised ANI. Notably, Pakistan had previously denied the permission of President Ram Nath Kovind...

In India, 736 Afghans have been registered for the first time between August and September: UNHCR

  A overall of 736   Afghans   had been recorded for brand new registration from August 1 to 9/11, the   UNHCR   said right here, adding that it's far scaling up its capacity to fulfill growing requests for registration and help of Afghans in India. The UN refugee agency stated it's far in regular speak with the government on subjects relating Afghan nationals, which includes issuance and extensions of visa, assistance, and answers. According to the statistics, the entire quantity of individuals of difficulty to UNHCR in India stands at 43,157. Among them, 15,559 refugees and asylum seekers are from Afghanistan. "From August 1 till Sep 11, 736 Afghans have been recorded with the aid of UNHCR for brand spanking new registration," the UN frame stated in a fact sheet. Among the ones who have approached the UNHCR are Afghan individuals who have newly arrived in 2021, the ones in search of reopening of previously closed asylum instances, college students, businessmen...

Afghanistan's female football players reach Pakistan despite Taliban attacks

  Thirty- women   football players   from   Afghanistan , who were going through threats from the Taliban, have reached Pakistan along side their households after the government issued emergency humanitarian visas to evacuate them, according to a media report on Wednesday. The footballers belonging to the countrywide junior women' group had been originally because of travel to Qatar, wherein Afghan refugees were housed at a facility for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, however had been left stranded after a bomb blast on the Kabul airport that killed 13 US provider participants and at least a hundred and seventy Afghans on August 26. These girls had been facing threats from the Taliban due to their involvement in the sport, Dawn newspaper stated. The Taliban took manipulate of Afghanistan in August. These women soccer gamers had due to the fact been in hiding to prevent the Taliban, in step with the file. The pass to deliver the 32 footballers to Pakistan was initiated throu...

Indian interests in Afghan developments are high as the country's immediate neighbour: Lekhi

  As a right away neighbour of Afghanistan with long standing historical linkages,   India   has one of the highest stakes in the developments inside the conflict-torn us of a, Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi has stated, highlighting that the USD 3 billion Indian funding in special welfare projects became aimed for the advantage of the Afghan people. Lekhi, in an different interview to PTI, said India's contributions for the people of Afghanistan, having completed improvement and welfare tasks throughout all of its 34 provinces become all aimed for the benefit of its people. As an instantaneous neighbour of  Afghanistan  with long standing historical linkages, we've got one of the highest stakes in the developments in the united states, Lekhi stated. She referred to that beneath India's Presidency of the Security Council ultimate month, the Council adopted Resolution 2593 which unequivocally underlined that Afghan territory ought to now n...

Report: Mullah Hasan to head Taliban government, Mullah Baradar to serve as his deputy

  Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, the leader of the   Taliban's   powerful selection-making frame 'Rehbari Shura', has been named as   Afghanistan's   new head of nation by way of the rebel organization's pinnacle chief Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, in step with a Pakistani media document. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Chairman of Taliban's Political Office in Doha, and Mullah Abdus Salam will paintings as deputies of Mullah Hasan within the new Taliban government, that is likely to be introduced subsequent week, The News International suggested, mentioning a couple of assets. Mullah Hasan is presently head of the Taliban's powerful selection-making frame - Rehbari Shura or leadership council - which serves much like a government Cabinet strolling all the group's affairs concern to the approval of the pinnacle chief. Mullah Hebatullah himself proposed Mullah Hassan's call to move the authorities, the paper said, adding that the troubles inside ranks of t...

As PM Modi chairs the BRICS summit on Thursday, he will focus on Afghanistan

  Prime Minister   Narendra Modi   will chair the yearly summit of the five-nation grouping   BRICS   on Thursday in the virtual format and it's far expected to recognition extensively on the scenario in Afghanistan. The meeting could be attended by using Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). “As part of India's ongoing chairship of BRICS in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on September 9 in virtual format," the MEA stated in a statement. This is the second one time Prime Minister Modi might be chairing the BRICS summit. Earlier he had chaired the Goa summit in 2016. The Indian Chairship of BRICS this 12 months coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of BRICS. The subject for the summit is: 'BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus'. India had ...

Aircraft from the Indian Air Force's C-17 and C-130J returned from Afghanistan evacuation operations

  After assisting within the evacuation of more than 500 Indians from   Afghanistan ,   Indian Air Force   (IAF) shipping plane have lower back to their respective home bases in the usa. The Indian Air Force had deployed its C-17 Globemasters and C-130J Super Hercules plane for evacuation operations of Indians caught in Afghanistan, which is now beneath the reins of the Taliban. "The C-17 and C-130J plane have back to their respective bases after deployment in Tajikistan and Afghanistan for human beings caught in Kabul and other cities of the conflict-torn usa," assets instructed ANI. India had stationed some of its planes in Dushanbe on the Ayni airbase there. A C-130J turned into extensively utilized to carry passengers from Kabul to Dushanbe from where they have been flown back to India. IAF plane had been extensively utilized for evacuating Indian officers stuck in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kandahar consulates. The operations after the takeover of Kabul by way of the Ta...