3 1 B+< 2 !> $ !> $> VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( ,2",!(034 4.7478 642 '& .425% 2 D .95=*8D7:*: -:0-- 0E-:8<08** <0-07&1:8; 8250 7 5:*;5= 7+51*7*8DD*5D+=5E0 =5:&-=5-27= &5:<-5= N:595251-*+5:O 0-*+ 5&1*+=5E0=*+=-&+-8:* <-*&7* =8:G <=5<7: 9<=5 5<E-F59;5<5 0 & %./0 ,,1 ),( C5* 5$$ # /0#56507 05/ ! " Military cargo jets came and went despite the rocket attack, # " $ which did not hurt anyone. The Taliban released a video shot from the airport’s grounds, saying the Americans had removed or destroyed most of their equipment and that troop numbers were far lower. “It looks like today will be the last day,” one of the unidentified 15 70 fighters said. With the departure of the slamic State (ISIS) militants last of its troops, the US is end- Ifired a volley of rockets at ing its 20-year war with the Kabul’s rapidly emptying inter- Taliban back in power. Many +8198 national airport on Monday, Afghans remain fearful of them with just hours left before a or further instability, and there ecords tumbled and histo- deadline for US Forces to with- have been sporadic reports of Rry was scripted more than draw at the end of America’s killings and other abuses in once as India’s Paralympians, longest war. areas under Taliban control both young and old, recorded The Pentagon is tight- despite pledges to restore peace their best ever Games medal P !" # lipped about final operations and security. haul on just the sixth day of !$%&$'(&(&) ' '* and has not specified when the Continued on Page 2 competitions here making it a withdrawal will be completed memorable Monday for the four medals it had won in 2016 ahead of Tuesday’s deadline. country. Rio Paralympics. But spokesman John Kirby The debutant duo of Javelin However, in a heartbreak told reporters “there is still thrower Sumit Antil (23) and for the contingent, discus time” for Americans to join a shooter Avani Lekhara (19) thrower Vinod Kumar (F52) massive airlift that has allowed shone the brightest with their lost his Bronze won on Sunday more than 1,16,000 people to cant leverage in strategic plan- of Gabri in Mamondo Tehsil, epoch-making Gold medals after he was found “ineligible” leave since the Taliban swept ning and action by the new Bajaur Agency of Pakistan. and there was a Silver each for in reassessment of his disabil- back into power two weeks ago. regime in Kabul. Educated at Inayat Qala the 40-year-old veteran ity classification. Five rockets targeted the Earlier, the ISI had plant- Government School, Bajaur Devendra Jhajharia (javelin) But that was after Lakhera, airport, said Navy Capt. Bill ed 50,000 jehadis in the ranks (Pakistan) till ninth standard, and Yogesh Kathuniya (discus), 19, became the first Indian Urban, a US Military of Afghan national defence Osman has married twice. He along with a Bronze for Sundar woman to win a Gold medal at spokesman. A defensive force by providing them bogus has one house and family in Singh Gurjar (javelin). the Paralympics, firing her way weapon known as a C-RAM — refugee cards portraying them Bajaur and the other in To put the performance to the top of the podium in the a Counter-Rocket, Artillery as Afghan residents residing in Peshawar. into perspective, it is worth R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle and Mortar System — target- :;<0- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Osman’s younger brother mentioning that India have so medals in athletics — 1 Gold, Standing SH1 event. ed the rockets in a whirling hail Pakistan, before recruitment Shahidullah is the Taliban dis- far won 14 medals in the his- 3 Silver and 1 Bronze. The Jaipur’s Lakhera, who sus- of ammunition, he said. he Pakistan Army-ISI The ISI is also foisting its into Afghan national defence trict Governor for Marawara of tory of Paralympics, with half Silver medal from table tennis tained spinal cord injuries in a The system has a distinct, T(Inter-Services Intelligence) men in the National force. Kunar province. His other of them coming in the ongoing player Bhavinaben Patel came car accident in 2012, finished drill-like sound that echoed combine is now planting its Directorate of Security (NDS), The Taliban Governor for brother is Zabihullah who is an competition, which is expect- on Sunday. with a world record equalling through the city at the time of homegrown terror comman- Afghan intelligence agency, Afghanistan’s Kunar province, ISI operative and works in ed to yield more for the The country stood 26th in total of 249.6, which was also the attack. ders as Governors of Afghan and other such offices of the popularly known as Qari Peshawar’s Bala Hissar. country. the medals tally, an unprece- a new Paralympic record. All day on Monday, US provinces bordering Pakistan Government to have a signifi- Osman, is originally a resident Continued on Page 2 India have so far won five dented high, surpassing the Continued on Page 2 +,-#(%.! ' / (( )*+ L M ! "#! $%&$ 0) 1 2 $ $ ((!)# $* ! ! :;<0- countries have only managed to && :;<0- "#$%&#" vaccinate one in 10 health s the virulent Delta variant workers. he Delhi Disaster Awreaks havoc globally, the Continued on Page 2 TManagement Authority !" + $ World Health Organization (DDMA) on Monday issued :;<0- (WHO) warned on Monday fresh guidelines for reopening $ * that another 2.36 lakh people of schools in the national ,$ y the end of October, the could die from Covid in Capital. Releasing Standard held in open areas, according $$ BUnion Government is hop- Europe by December 1. This is Operating Procedures (SoPs) to the guidelines. !- ing to substantially complete seen as an expression of WHO for schools amid the threat of The schools and colleges $ ). the first dose job in the coun- 3 # 4 concern over rising infections Covid-19 third wave, the Delhi have been asked to set up .( try, while a dozen States are # 5/,) and stagnating vaccine rate in Government said educational quarantine rooms for emer- expected to do so by the end of 5 '* % & the continent. institutions can resume physi- gency use and discourage the #/$ % September amid fears of a & % “Last week, there was an 11 cal classes in a phased manner routine guest visits. The $ % third Covid-19 wave after the cines — 48 crore in next two , %--"'"' per cent increase in the num- from September 1. DDMA has also directed the ! festive season. months — the other half of the ber of deaths in the region — As per the fresh guidelines, schools not to allow students According to the population will also be inocu- 7 2 ?(.@@..A one reliable projection is maximum 50 per cent of stu- and teachers living in Covid # $ Government, based on the lated with the first dose. #"(#,@"" expecting 236,000 deaths in dents per classroom may attend containment zones to come to % & projected mid-year count for In fact, as the pace of vac- Europe by December 1,” WHO the class, and the timetable educational institutions. !'(")*! & 2020, the total population of cination has started to gain 2 ,###@#"? Europe director Hans Kluge 9 , should be prepared according From September 1, all 0 1 the country aged 18 years and momentum over the past few 3 ,##(/"#" said on Monday, blaming the to occupancy limit of class- Government schools will open & above is approximately 94 weeks, four States have admin- more infectious Delta variant, rooms. for Classes 9 to 12, all private 23 crore. Last week, India com- istered the landmark of over one = 3 ,.@/(#/A the easing of restrictions and “The educational institu- schools can also resume Classes 4 pleted administering 47.29 crore second doses till date. 1 ,(A@),/( summer travel. He also attrib- New Delhi: A new variant — tions must follow the coron- for 9 to 12 standards. Coaching * $ $ crore first doses — which is The four States are: uted the slump in vaccination C.1.2 — of SARS-CoV-2, the avirus disease (Covid-19) centres can also start classes for $23 50.30 per cent of this project- Gujarat, Maharashtra, West ; .@?@?A/) to “a lack of access to vaccines virus which cause Covid-19, norms as specified by the students of 9 to 12 standards. $ & $ 5 ed adult population. On Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. .##)",,? in some countries and a lack of has been detected in South Government,” the notification No decision has been taken on * !+ $ Monday, it reached 49.28 crore At 1.07 crore second doses, + : .)/,(,?" vaccine acceptance in others”. Africa and many other coun- read. reopening junior classes yet. first doses. Gujarat has covered the maxi- Only 6 per cent of people tries globally which could be Further, the authority Authorities decided to $ The officials in the mum eligible population — 22 5 2 )@)@#)"/ in lower and lower-middle- more transmissible and evade directed schools to stagger reopen the schools on account & Ministry hope that with an per cent getting both the shots. 1 )"A(,AA" income countries in Europe are protection provided by vac- lunch breaks to avoid crowd- of a marked improvement in 2 increase in supplies of the vac- Continued on Page 2 fully vaccinated, and some cines, according to study. ing. These breaks should be the Covid-19 situation in Delhi. 1 ! 8 )(@"A"/? , ! % R ./ &- # 0 12 2-+8=55=><=5<7: &5:<-5= + :;<0- markets. Pistachio prices rose ight persons were feared to 1350 a kg from 900 in the he battle within the Punjab Edead in two accidents he impact of the past few days.