India urged global action after a deadly Kabul strike even as Pakistan denied targeting civilians, deepening a fast-escalating conflict with Afghanistan and raising concerns over regional stability.
For more than three years, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have projected an image of seamless unity: one leader, one command, one vision.
According to Tolo News, the exact number of casualties has not been disclosed, and the cause and nature of the explosion still remain unclear. Security officials have not yet issued a detailed official statement.
The 2,640-km-long Durand Line is more than just a frontier. It is a century-old scar on the map of South Asia - a scar that has bled into three Anglo-Afghan wars, the Cold War, the Taliban’s rise, and today’s great power rivalries. For the Afghan Pashtun, this line is not history.
"This decision underscores India’s resolve to deepen its bilateral engagement with the Afghan side in all spheres of mutual interest," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Blessed to receive & pay obeisance to three holy Swaroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from Kabul to Delhi a short while ago," Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted along with a video showing him carrying a copy of the holy book.
“We have constantly, how can I say it, increased rational access to the airport, where more folk can get there more safely. It’s still a dangerous operation but I don’t want to go into the detail of how we’re doing that,” said Biden
"The sudden surge (of crowd at the airport) was because people have been hearing what politicians have been saying in London and Washington, and they had come to the conclusion that the foreign governments will stop the airlifts within days. That added to the already prevailing sense of panic,"
For the very obvious reason that its record in the past 30 years cannot inspire confidence.
With only 80,000 troops, the Taliban could capture the country from the Afghan government having a nominal 300,699 troops.
