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Searned respect for not only Uate Afghan nationals and Two officials said 169 excellence in clinical services American citizens desperate Afghans died, but a final count but also for providing tertiary to flee Afghanistan were on might take time amid confu- healthcare, President of India alert for more attacks on Friday sion, with many bodies dis- Ram Nath Kovind said time after the toll in Thursday’s ISIS membered or not yet identified. has come for the institute to fidayeen attack went up to 169 Scores more were wounded in expand its services across the including 13 US soldiers out- the blasts. The officials spoke state and handhold medical side the gates of Kabul airport. on condition of anonymity colleges and hospitals which lag In the wake of the attacks, because they were not autho- behind in specialised medical General Frank McKenzie, the rised to speak to the care. US Central Command chief media. The US said 13 troops He was speaking at the overseeing the evacuation, were killed in the deadliest day 26th convocation of SGPGI on warned that more were possi- for American forces in Friday. Kovind said Chief relief and recovery, you are He said people, not only ble, and American comman- Afghanistan since August 2011. Minister Yogi Adityanath has nothing less than an angel from Uttar Pradesh but also ders were working with the As Afghan officials struggled to announced the setting up of because their faith in you adds from neighbouring areas, no Taliban to prevent them. deal with the dead, at least 10 medical colleges and associat- to your responsibility. You add longer need to go to Delhi and Sweden’s Foreign Minister also bodies lay on the grounds out- ed hospitals in every district of on to the medical fraternity by other places for specialised said there was a threat, but side Wazir Akbar Khan the state. “It is incumbent upon the oath which reminds you of treatment. “This institute offered no details. Hospital, where relatives said you to extend your expertise to your service to humanity and offered dialysis and kidney An enraged US President the mortuary could take no all these institutes so that they nation. May you be the torch- transplant when such services Joe Biden vowed to complete more. can emerge as centres of excel- bearers and your limit is not were rare outside the metro the evacuation of American cit- Continued on Page 12 lence in their own areas which Lucknow or Uttar Pradesh but cities. It made top-class facili- izens and others from will make the state the pre- the entire country.” ties affordable and available for Afghanistan despite the dead- ferred destination for health- Kovind said when the the less privileged,” he added. ly suicide bomb attack at the ! " # care,” he said. foundation for SGPGI was laid, The President noted that in Kabul airport. He promised to O The President said India the aim was to create an insti- the fight against coronavirus, avenge the deaths of 13 US has a rich knowledge base in tute of international standards SGPGI has worked relentless- Service members killed in the Ayurveda and with other tra- and the site was chosen after ly and the state government attack, declaring to the extrem- ! P ditional forms of medicine and several years of deliberation. also supported and created ists responsible: “We will hunt yoga, it can keep away other “Buildings and facilities do facilities for Covid patients. you down and make you lifestyle diseases. “During the not alone make a world-class “You have risen and self- pay.” ' =).2:* $ $ pandemic, a mix of tradition- institute. Reality is that the pre- lessly served fellow citizens. Meanwhile, evacuation al forms of medicine have decessors at the institute, You have risked your lives and flights from Afghanistan day after an all-party meet- helped countless people across which include many eminent the entire nation is grateful to resumed with new urgency on Aing was assured that the ' )%:*=367= the world in immunity boost- personalities from medical sci- you. However, the battle against Friday, a day after two suicide top priority was to evacuate all ing,” he said. ences, worked hard to make it Covid is far from over,” he said. bombings targeted the thou- Indian citizens from strife- he US officials in Addressing the students, an eminent institute, not only He added that with the sands of people desperately torn Afghanistan, the TAfghanistan naively hand- the President said: “Even more in India but across the world. help of the administrators and fleeing a Taliban takeover and Government on Friday said it ed the Taliban the list of important than method and Thanks to them, the institute doctors, India is carrying out killed dozens. The US warned has managed to bring out near- Afghans who aided American technology is the human ele- established several benchmarks the Covid vaccination exercise, ly all Indians willing to return. forces in the country, accord- ment, the healer. You have in 1988 and had some of the with more than 61 crore citi- The question of whether to ing to a media report. acquired great skills and knowl- best experts in neurology and zens having been jabbed so far. recognise the Taliban rule in Following the Taliban edge and now is the time to put nephrology when it started its “In UP, nearly 6.70 crore peo- Afghanistan or not comes later. takeover of Kabul earlier this them into use for serving oth- patient care,” the President ple have been vaccinated so far,” Given the fluid situation there, also stand by Afghans who month, US officials there gave ers. For the patients hoping for said. he pointed out. it will be “jumping the gun” in stood by us.” the militant group a list of recognising the Taliban dis- He said as per the assess- names of American citizens, pensation, it clarified. ment a vast majority of Indians green card holders and Afghan occupation that followed the ! Stressing these points here, wishing to return were evacu- allies so they could be allowed September 11, 2001 terror ! " Ministry of External Affairs ated, adding some more are to enter the Taliban-controlled attacks. P # # spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi likely to be in Afghanistan. “I perimeter around the Hamid The move, detailed by ! ! said, “Besides Indian citizens, do not have the exact number Karzai International Airport in three US and congressional we were able to bring out some for that,” Bagchi said. Kabul, according to Politico. officials, was designed to expe- #R # $% Afghan nationals as well as As regards the scenario The decision was made dite the evacuation of tens of # # nationals from other coun- there, he said the situation on despite the Taliban’s notorious thousands of people from # ' # ( tries. Of these, many of them the ground is uncertain and the reputation for brutally execut- Afghanistan as chaos erupted Q R ! were Sikhs and Hindus. primary concern is the securi- ing Afghans who helped the US in Afghanistan’s capital city $ Primarily, our focus will be on ty and safety of the military and other Western after the Taliban seized control ' =).2:* Indian nationals, but we will people. Continued on Page 12 forces during the war and of the country, the report said -:%=.*3%1: president — announcing the ctor Sonu Sood will be the same on Facebook Abrand ambassador of the ! %! mid intense power struggle The power struggle Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ) # Awithin Punjab Congress, between Amarinder and the Government’s “Desh ka ! ! R Malvinder Singh Mali quit as Sidhu is intensifying with each Mentor” programme aimed at * # Punjab Congress chief Navjot passing day — forcing the providing guidance to students #! Singh Sidhu’s adviser after his party high command to final- on career choices, Delhi Chief + O- # controversial remarks created a ly rein in the cricketer-turned- Minister Arvind Kejriwal said # ! !(. major row and the party threat- politician after giving him on Friday. The announcement $/ $0# ened to dismiss him if Sidhu enough liberty despite his dia- was made after a live interac- 1 02 ! ( failed to remove him. tribe against his own party’s tion with Kejriwal and his . -! . ! ' =).2:* and inspect the various projects Mali had invited the ire of government and the Chief deputy Manish Sisodia. - # - and works there,” Baghel told the State party affairs’ general Minister. “Worked very hard to ! he crisis in Chhattisgarh the media outside Rahul’s res- secretary in-charge Harish Continued on Page 12 transform Delhi Government 3 O TCongress Government idence after a three-hour long Rawat as well as the Congress schools; want to make educa- N5 .O $ deepened on Friday with State marathon meeting. AICC high command over his views tion a people’s revolution,” 6 ! * Cabinet Minister TS Singh General Secretary Organisation on Article 370 and Kashmir, Kejriwal said. 3 ! Deo persistent on his demand K V Venugopal and State AICC and a sketch of former Prime The programme will help ! for replacing Chief Minister incharge PL Punia were also Minister Indira Gandhi students of Delhi Government- 7 $ Bhupesh Bhagel. present. terming her a “tormentor”. run schools find a mentor who Bhagel met former party Priyanka who has been After he refused to with- ! will help them unlock their " chief Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on taking active participation in draw the posts, Sidhu was potential.