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White House shooting: Two National Guard soldiers injured; US suspends immigration requests of Afghans

Security deployed outside White House after the shooting incident. TOI correspondent from Washington: In a brazen daylight ambush that has shaken Washington DC, two National Guard personnel were shot and critically wounded just a few blocks from the White House on Wednesday by an Afghan national who served with the US military and the CIA…

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India-Taliban talks offer a whiff of hope to Delhi’s own Afghans | Delhi News

India’s decision to upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to a full embassy has sparked cautious optimism among Delhi’s Afghan community NEW DELHI: On a quiet afternoon in the neighbourhoods of Lajpat Nagar and Bhogal, Delhi’s Afghan heartland hums with everyday life. The aroma of kabuli pulao wafts from restaurants, children chase each other through…

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Offline nation: Taliban cuts internet to prevent ‘vice’; cripples daily life of Afghans

In this February 10, 2016 photo, Afghans access social media websites at a private internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP file photo) The Taliban government in Afghanistan has ordered a nationwide suspension of internet and mobile phone service, following weeks of cutting fibre-optic internet connections in different provinces.According to internet watchdog NetBlocks, the country is…

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