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Kabul: Just before Ashraf Ghani was to take oath as the new Afghan President at Kabul's presidential palace, a suicide blast targeted a security checkpoint near Kabul airport, killing four, reports said. According to Massoud Hossaini ,…
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Kabul, Sep 29 (AP) Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn today as Afghanistan's new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power since the 2001 US-led invasion toppled the Taliban. Moments after Ghani…
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New York, Sep 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today used the metaphor of cost of travel by auto in Ahmedabad to the expenditure incurred in the landmark Mars Orbiter Mission which India accomplished in the very first attempt. "A…
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New York, Sep 29 (PTI) In a rare meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed a wide range of issues including defence cooperation and the…
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NEW YORK: Addressing a rapturous crowd of NRIs here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed today that India will move ahead at a rapid pace and lead the 21st century world. At a unique event at the Madison Square Garden in the heart of…
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NEW YORK: Pakistan has admitted that the timing of its high commissioner's meeting with the Hurriyat leaders in New Delhi ahead of the foreign secretary-level talks was "perhaps not totally right". India called off the foreign…
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Beirut, Sep 28 (AFP) The US-led coalition destroyed three makeshift oil refineries in jihadist-controlled territory in Syria early today as it pressed efforts to deny Islamic State militants funding, a monitoring group said. The…
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Srinagar: Both factions of Hurriyat Conference on Saturday welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's statement on Kashmir in his speech in the United Nations General Assembly. Hardline Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Geelani…
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New York, Sep 28 (PTI) Furthering his 'neighbourhood first' policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Bangladesh and Nepal and Sri Lankan President and discussed matters of common concern,…
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Damascus, Sep 28 (AFP) The Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda's Syrian franchise, has threatened reprisals against nations participating in air strikes against the Islamic State group, denouncing them as "a war against Islam." Group spokesman Abu…
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