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US defence secretary to Last update - 9:00 pm visit Bahrain next week 3 September 2021 TDT | agencies with the as we loyd Austin, the US Defence evacuated Americans, Afghans Individuals vaccinated LSecretary, will visit Bahrain and citizens from other nations and other GCC countries next from ,” Pentagon week, the Pentagon said yes- spokesman John Kirby said in (First dose) (Second dose) terday. a statement. The visit dubbed the “thank The United States’ longest you” tour is to allies and troops war culminated with a hastily that helped the US in the airlift organised airlift that left thou- from Afghanistan. sands of US-allied Afghans be- Bahrain had allowed flights hind and was punctuated by a to makes use of its transit fa- Lloyd Austin suicide bombing outside Ka- cilities to ease the evacuation bul’s airport that killed 13 US process. officials, US service members troops and scores of Afghans. (Booster dose) Besides Bahrain, Austin will and other government staff. It was one of the largest air- visit , Qatar and “Throughout his trip, Sec- lifts in history, evacuating more Kuwait. retary Austin will meet with than 120,000 Americans, Af- Austin, who plans to leave on regional partners and thank ghans and people of other na- Sunday, will meet with regional them for their cooperation tionalities.

US sanctions Iranians Whale shark over alleged plot to spotted in kidnap journalist Bahraini Baradar to lead Afghan waters! New government to• be unveiled soon - Taliban official P2 US said has no plans• to release frozen Washington Afghan assets he United States has BAHRAIN Tsanctioned four Irani- TDT | agencies an intelligence operatives behind a failed plot to kid- ullah Abdul Ghani nap a US journalist and hu- TOTAL TESTED Women hold placards as they protest in Kabul, Afghanistan in this still image Baradar, the co-found- obtained from a social media video man rights activist, the US 5984130 Mer of Taliban, will lead Treasury Department said the new Afghan government set yesterday. The sanctions ACTIVE CASES to be announced soon. Taliban say Panjshir has fallen come after US prosecutors Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Reuters in July charged the four 960 the son of late Taliban co-found- troublemakers have been de- with plotting to kidnap the DEATHS er Mullah Omar, and Sher Mo- hree Taliban sources said feated and Panjshir is now New York-based journal- hammad Abbas Stanikzai will Tthe Islamist militia had under our command,” said ist who was critical of 1388 join Baradar in senior positions yesterday seized the Pan - one Taliban commander. Tehran, whom Reuters DISCHARGED in the government. jshir valley north of Kabul, It was not immediately previously confirmed was “All the top leaders have ar- the last province of Afghan- possible to confirm the re- Iranian-American journal- 270459 rived in Kabul, where prepara- istan holding out against it, ports, but deafening volleys ist Masih Alinejad. NEW CASES tions are in final stages to an- although a resistance leader of celebratory gunfire re - “The Iranian govern- nounce the new government,” denied it had fallen. sounded all over Kabul and ment’s kidnapping plot is 98 a Taliban official said, speaking “By the grace of Allah Al- Facebook accounts were full another example of its con- CRITICAL on condition of anonymity. mighty, we are in control of mentions of the fall of Pan- tinued attempt to silence The interim government now of entire Afghanistan. The jshir. critical voices, wherever 2 being formed would consist they may be,” said Andrea solely of Taliban members. gether elders and representa- differed over exactly when. Gacki, head of Treasury’s “It would comprise 25 minis- tives across Afghan society to Haibatullah Akhundzada, Mullah Office of Foreign Assets 210 fils (includes VAT) tries, with a consultative coun- discuss a constitution and the the Taliban’s supreme religious Abdul Control. cil, or shura, of 12 Muslim schol- structure of the future govern- leader, will focus on religious Ghani “Targeting dissidents ars,” another source added. ment, the source said. matters and governance within Baradar abroad demonstrates that Also being planned within six All the three sources expect- the framework of Islam, another the government’s repres- to eight months is a Loya jirga, ed the interim government’s Taliban source said. sion extends far beyond or grand assembly, bringing to- cabinet to be finalised soon but (See page 6-7) Iran’s borders.”