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Joe Biden’s parting gift to Afghanistan? Deadly US drone strike in Kabul kills 9 civilians including 6 children: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 30 August, 2021

The US Drone Strike in Kabul, Afghanistan against 'multiple suicide bombers' has killed 9 civilians, including 6 children.

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Taliban teaming up with Pakistan-based terror groups like Jaish-e-Mohammad should not come as surprise. Here is why

Dibakar Dutta - 29 August, 2021

Taliban leaders had met Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in the 3rd week of August after capturing Afghanistan

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2 reported dead in another explosion in Kabul at a residential area, Taliban claims US airstrike targeted a suicide bomber planning to hit the...

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2021

An explosion was reported in Kabul on Sunday evening. According to locals in the area, the explosion was caused by a rocket hitting house in the area.

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Picture of Afghan evacuee Tamal Bhattacharya posing with the Taliban emerges after he praised the group, sources suggest he may flee India

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2021

Petitioner Raj Chowdhury alleged that Tamal Bhattacharya has plans to flee India within a week's time and move to Bahrain.

Media

The COVID-19 crisis in the USA: How the Western Media and the likes of Barkha Dutt brushed it under the rug while maligning India

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2021

While the US sees a fresh spike in Covid-19 cases mostly due to the delta variant, the liberal media both in US and India remain silent on it

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Was Joe Biden sleeping? Netizens speculate whether the US President fell asleep during meeting with Israeli PM

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2021

Biden was given the nickname 'Sleepy Joe' by former US President Donald Trump.

Opinions

Dainik Bhaskar whitewashes locals in Afghanistan taking over business and property of Hindus and Sikhs who have escaped Taliban rule

K Bhattacharjee - 29 August, 2021

Dainik Bhaskar, it appears, has taken us for fools and clowns. On Sunday, it published a report making an astonishing claim.

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‘That dementia-ridden piece of crap killed my son’: Mother of US marine, killed in Kabul terror attack, slams President Joe Biden

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2021

US marine Ryle McCollum's mother Kathy McCollum said that Joe Biden does not know he lives in White House and thinks he is still a senator

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Kabul airport attack: Local Afghans accuse US forces of firing at them in panic, resulting in multiple casualties

OpIndia Staff - 29 August, 2021

On Thursday (August 26), bomb blasts inside Hamid Karzai international airport in Afghan’s capital Kabul killed more than 100 people, including 13 US troops, disrupting the ongoing Afghan evacuation of tens of thousands of stranded civilians.

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