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.
Blinken said the U.S. will work with Turkey and Qatar to help them get the Kabul airport up and running again.
The White House said President Joe Biden was briefed on the rocket attack.
The President and First Lady met privately with the families of the victims before observing flag-draped cases carrying 11 service members' remains were loaded into vans.
"And there's not enough people to process all the evacuees. It can take up to an hour for the system to crunch the data and tell a screener whether a person is 'green'- cleared - or 'red' and a potential security risk, which has been part of the reason for the large backlog of evacuees stuck at bases now"
So far, 276 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents, their families, and other visa holders have been evacuated from Kabul.
