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ATaliban’s supreme leader Of the 30,230 samples of Taliban in the last few days Meanwhile, efforts to evac- Haibatullah Akhundzada may variants of concern and vari- entered consulates of India uate the Indian citizens from be in the custody of the ants of interest sequenced by and ransacked these looking for Kabul and other parts of Pakistan Army and has not the INSACOG, 20,324 were of documents. They later even Afghanistan were on, sources been seen during the last six Delta, it said. took away the parked cars said. There were about 450 to months, the security establish- 4;14<5 Continued on Page 2 from the premises. 500 Indian citizens waiting to ment here said he could be very These incidents were be brought out. Several trans- much in Afghanistan itself and f the 30,230 samples of reported from the Kandahar port planes of the IAF besides could arrive on the scene once Ovariants of concern and and Herat consulates from diplomats will not be harmed. 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India also has a con- Tayyeba. from entering empty embassy Continued on Page 2 deputy Mulla Abdul Ghani Continued on Page 2 sequencing Government con- 4;14<5 sulate in Mazar-e-Sharif besides On the two incidents of the sortium of laboratories has the embassy in Kabul. Taliban entering the consulates, said. he subject expert commit- These developments came sources said it was a matter of The continuing Covid-19 Ttee (SEC) on Covid-19 of even as the Taliban leadership serious concern that such outbreaks across India are the DCGI has recommended reportedly urged India a few actions took place despite attributable to, besides the granting emergency approval days back not to evacuate its assurances by the Taliban. Delta variant, a susceptible to the Zycov-D, a vaccine staff from its Kabul embassy. The fighters of the Taliban )>< they last ruled Afghanistan in more evidence on Friday that population and reduced vac- developed by the Ahmedabad- India was assured of security ransacked the consulates in the 1990s and have pledged to undercut the Taliban’s claims cine effectiveness in blocking based Zydus Cadila group, on and safety, sources said here on Kandahar and Herat. It was eports of targeted killings in restore security and forgive they have changed. transmission, the INSACOG Friday, making it the first vac- Friday. learnt that the fighters also Rareas overrun by the those who fought them in the Continued on Page 2 added. cine in India that can be This assurance came from entered consulates and Taliban mounted on Friday, 20 years since a US-led inva- However, vaccination con- administered to adults as well Abbahs Stanikzai, one of the embassies of some other coun- fuelling fears that they will sion. tinues to be very effective in as those 12 and above. It’s the seven important Taliban lead- tries. return Afghanistan to the Ahead of Friday prayers, reducing severe disease and only DNA-based vaccine in the ers. Interestingly, Stanikzai had Meanwhile, the local staff repressive rule they imposed leaders urged imams to use death, and public health mea- world and can be administered trained as an Army officer at of the Indian embassy in Kabul when they were last in power, sermons to appeal for unity and sures such as mask and hygiene without a needle. the Indian Military Academy did not confirm such inci- even as they urged imams to urge people not to flee the Berlin: Taliban fighters hunt- to reduce transmission and Prime Minister Narendra (IMA) in 1982. dents taking place, reports said. push a message of unity at stunning blitz through the country. But many Afghans are ing a journalist from Deutsche inoculation remain critical, the Modi tweeted, “The approval Sources said the message They indicated the Taliban Friday’s prayers. country. Others have taken to skeptical, fearing that the Welle have shot dead one INSACOG stressed in its latest for world’s first DNA-based came from his office in Qatar had entered all the foreign Terrified that the new de the streets to protest the Taliban will erase the gains, member of his family and bulletin dated August 16. ‘ZyCov-D’ vaccine of Zydus before the diplomatic staff, missions in Afghanistan that facto rulers would commit takeover — acts of defiance that especially for women, achieved severely injured another, the “As of now, sequencing of Cadila is a testimony to the including the Ambassador, was have been evacuated in the past such abuses, thousands have Taliban fighters have violently in the past two decades. German public broadcaster vaccination breakthroughs in innovative zeal of India’s sci- evacuated earlier this week. week to seek details from the raced to Kabul’s airport and to suppressed. Reports of abuses are grow- said, adding that three more of India is also showing a very entists. A momentous feat The message sent to the Indian local staff. All foreign missions border crossings, desperate to The Taliban say they have ing, and an Amnesty its journalists had had their high proportion of Delta vari- indeed,” tweets PM Modi Government reportedly said are now surrounded by the flee following the Taliban’s become more moderate since International report provided homes raided. ants. Investigations for any Continued on Page 2 !" ! R ! 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