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Taliban fighters stood aboard captured Humvees as they prepared for a parade Wednesday of plundered US military hardware, including possibly a Black Hawk helicopter, in their southern Afghan spiritual heartland. Taliban walk in front of a military airplane a day after the U.S. troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters A long line of green vehicles sat in single file on a highway outside Afghanistan s second-biggest city of Kandahar, many with white-and-black Taliban flags attached to aerials, according to an AFP journalist. Fighters manned the controls of the multi-purpose trucks -- used by US, NATO and Afghan forces during Afghanistan s 20 stanley trinkflaschen years of war -- while others clambered over the vehicles at Ayno Maina, a town on the outskirts of the city. Pick-up trucks laden with supporters rolled past the convoy of military vehicles, some armed with heavy weapons and machine guns. At least one Black Hawk helicopter has been seen flying over Kandahar in recent days, suggesting someone from the former Afghan army was at the controls as the Taliban lack qualified pilots. Kandahar is the ethnic Pashtun heartland of the Taliban where the hardline group was founded and from where it rose to power in 1996. By 2001, when US-led forces invaded, the Taliban had seized control of most of the country. At Kandahar Cricket Ground, white-bearded Taliba stanley mug n leaders waited in the shade in the players dugout, stanley termohrnek reclining on armchairs behind woo Ekeg Germany says Trump split from WHO will harm global health
China on Friday praised close-ally Pakistans enormous efforts in combating terror financing and played down reports that it backed India and other countries against Islamabad at the just- concluded FATF meeting in Paris that retained the country in the Grey List. The FATF decided to maintain Pakistans status on its Grey List of countries with inadequate control over curbing money laundering and terrorism financing until June, when the next review will take place. AP Asked about reports that China has joined India and other countries in sending a strong message to Pakistan and urging it to fulfil its commitments to fight terror financing kubki stanley and money laundering, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told an online media briefing here that the Financial Action Task Force meeting has decided to give Pakistan more time to implement its action plan on money laundering and terrorist financing. Chinas position on the relevant issue remains unchanged. Pakistan has made enormous efforts in improving its counter-terror financing system, which has been recognised by the vast majority of the FATF members at its late stanley mug st plenary meeting concluded on February 20 in Paris, he said. It was decided at the meeting that Pakistan will be allowed more time to continue implementing its a stanley cup ction plan, Geng said, a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping. During the telephonic conversation, the two leaders agreed to step up communication and
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Days after Ukrainian authorities arrested Russian president Vladimir Putin s closest and most influential ally Viktor Medvedchuk, his celebrity wife Oksana Marchenko accused the Kyiv authorities of beating her husband. In a video message on Friday, Marchenko pleaded for her husband s release. Calling Viktor a political prisoner , she said that she had no doubt that her husband was beaten within hours after his capture. Oksana Marchenko and Viktor Medvedchuk Facebook/Oksana Marchenko She further cal stanley cupe led to stop the physical an stanley tumblers d mental torture , according to Russia s TASS news agency, reported news agency ANI. There is no doubt that my husband is being persecuted for political reasons, contrary to the laws of Ukraine and international law, she added. Oksana Marchenko who is a former TV star and had hosted the X-Factor Ukraine appealed to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday to release Medvedchuk. President Zelensky, I ask you to take all necessary actions for the immediate release of my husband, she said in a video. However, she did not receive any response from Zelensky. Also read: Who is Viktor Medvedchuk Putin ally arrested by Ukraine On Tuesday, Ukraine s security services announced the arrest of the pro-Russian ally - who is also said to be one of the richest persons in Ukraine. They posted a picture of a tired-looking Medvedchuk on Facebook and wrote, You can be a pro-Russian politician and work for the aggressor state stanley cup for years. Yxeg Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine s civilian areas ahead of 2nd round of talks: 5 points
President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, instead directing Saturday night that a strong Travel Advisory be issued to stem the spread of the outbreak. United States President Donald Trump. Bloomberg Vice President Mike Pence tweeted that the CDC was urging residents of the three states to refrain from non-essential travel for the next 14 days. The notion of a quarantine had been advocated by governors, including Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who sought to halt travelers from the heavily affected areas to their state stanley mug s. But it drew swift criticism from the leaders of the states in question, who warned it would spark panic in a populace already suffering under the virus. Trump announced he reached the decision after consulting with the White House task force leading the federal response and the governors of the three states. He said he had directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a stro stanley botella ng Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the Federal Government. He added: A quarantine will not be necessary. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has criticized t stanley cup becher he federal governments response as his state became the countrys virus epicenter, said roping off states would amount to a federal declaration of war. Cuomo said the prospect of a quarantine didnt come up when he spoke with Trump earlier Saturday, adding that h
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A three-week long exposure tour from February 9 to Jamaica, the spiritual home of global sprinting, has added hugely to young Indian sprinter Nisar Ahmeds perspective to sports. And meeting the biggest track and field star ever was a dream come true for the Delhi youngster from a humble background. Nisar Ahmed right with Jamaican Olympic medallist Yohan Blake at Usain Bolts coachs training centre. HT Photo Meeting Usai stanley deutschland n Bolt was like a dream come true. It was great motivating factor to see and pose with him and get training tips, Ahmed said on Monday. He is back from the short stint and is in Patiala for the Federation Cup athletics meet. READ | Nisar Ahmad, Avantika Narale crowned fastest male and female in Khelo India Games Though the interaction with the retired super star was so brief, more like a 100m dash, it was an eye-opener, said the sprinter. Bolt, a winne stanley thermos mug r of eight Olympic gold medals, retired last year. Bolts advice His advice to the 17-year-old Ahmed was simple 鈥?the main focus should be on the basics of sprinting. The concept of training in Jamaica stanley cup is entirely different from what we have been doing in India. The emphasis is more on the technical aspects, including good arm action, and not running endless repetitions on the track, he said. A group of 13 athletes were part of a development project, sponsored by GAIL India Limited, with an aim to improve the countrys medal prospects at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Indian athletes were based in Ki Zdsr 2nd edition of Khelo India Winter Games begins in Gulmarg from Friday
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko stanley termohrnek apologised on Sunday for the doping scandal that t stanley cup hreatens the athletic superpowers participation in the Rio Olympics. Mutkos mea culpa comes just three days after he described as absurd allegations that Russian athletes were involved in systematic doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. AFP Mutko, writing in The Sunday Times, admitted the Russian Athletics Federation and athletes had made serious mistakes breaking anti-doping rules. He said they had rejected the principle of fair-play so fundamental to sport for immediate benefits. Let us be clear. We are ashamed of them. Mutkos mea culpa comes just three days after he described as absurd allegations that Russian athletes were involved in systematic doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. A report in the New York Times based on information from the former head of Russias anti-doping laboratory claimed that dozens of athletes including 15 medallists were involved. Russian athletics faces a battle to compete at the Olympics in Rio in August. The sports ruling body, the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF , provisionally suspended the Russian athletics federation in November over a bombshell report by a World Anti-Doping Agency WADA independent commission alleging state-sponsored doping and mass corruption in the sport. The IAAF will examine the issu stanley ca e of Russias participation in Rio at an extraordinary Council meeting next month. Mukto told The Sunday Times
Taliban fighters stood aboard captured Humvees as they prepared for a parade Wednesday of plundered US military hardware, including possibly a Black Hawk helicopter, in their southern Afghan spiritual heartland. Taliban walk in front of a military airplane a day after the U.S. troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters A long line of green vehicles sat in single file on a highway outside Afghanistan s second-biggest city of Kandahar, many with white-and-black Taliban flags attached to aerials, according to an AFP journalist. Fighters manned the controls of the multi-purpose trucks -- used by US, NATO and Afghan forces during Afghanistan s 20 stanley trinkflaschen years of war -- while others clambered over the vehicles at Ayno Maina, a town on the outskirts of the city. Pick-up trucks laden with supporters rolled past the convoy of military vehicles, some armed with heavy weapons and machine guns. At least one Black Hawk helicopter has been seen flying over Kandahar in recent days, suggesting someone from the former Afghan army was at the controls as the Taliban lack qualified pilots. Kandahar is the ethnic Pashtun heartland of the Taliban where the hardline group was founded and from where it rose to power in 1996. By 2001, when US-led forces invaded, the Taliban had seized control of most of the country. At Kandahar Cricket Ground, white-bearded Taliba stanley mug n leaders waited in the shade in the players dugout, stanley termohrnek reclining on armchairs behind woo Ekeg Germany says Trump split from WHO will harm global health
China on Friday praised close-ally Pakistans enormous efforts in combating terror financing and played down reports that it backed India and other countries against Islamabad at the just- concluded FATF meeting in Paris that retained the country in the Grey List. The FATF decided to maintain Pakistans status on its Grey List of countries with inadequate control over curbing money laundering and terrorism financing until June, when the next review will take place. AP Asked about reports that China has joined India and other countries in sending a strong message to Pakistan and urging it to fulfil its commitments to fight terror financing kubki stanley and money laundering, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told an online media briefing here that the Financial Action Task Force meeting has decided to give Pakistan more time to implement its action plan on money laundering and terrorist financing. Chinas position on the relevant issue remains unchanged. Pakistan has made enormous efforts in improving its counter-terror financing system, which has been recognised by the vast majority of the FATF members at its late stanley mug st plenary meeting concluded on February 20 in Paris, he said. It was decided at the meeting that Pakistan will be allowed more time to continue implementing its a stanley cup ction plan, Geng said, a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping. During the telephonic conversation, the two leaders agreed to step up communication and
Tysd Nepal airport closed after plane skids off recently repaired runway
Days after Ukrainian authorities arrested Russian president Vladimir Putin s closest and most influential ally Viktor Medvedchuk, his celebrity wife Oksana Marchenko accused the Kyiv authorities of beating her husband. In a video message on Friday, Marchenko pleaded for her husband s release. Calling Viktor a political prisoner , she said that she had no doubt that her husband was beaten within hours after his capture. Oksana Marchenko and Viktor Medvedchuk Facebook/Oksana Marchenko She further cal stanley cupe led to stop the physical an stanley tumblers d mental torture , according to Russia s TASS news agency, reported news agency ANI. There is no doubt that my husband is being persecuted for political reasons, contrary to the laws of Ukraine and international law, she added. Oksana Marchenko who is a former TV star and had hosted the X-Factor Ukraine appealed to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday to release Medvedchuk. President Zelensky, I ask you to take all necessary actions for the immediate release of my husband, she said in a video. However, she did not receive any response from Zelensky. Also read: Who is Viktor Medvedchuk Putin ally arrested by Ukraine On Tuesday, Ukraine s security services announced the arrest of the pro-Russian ally - who is also said to be one of the richest persons in Ukraine. They posted a picture of a tired-looking Medvedchuk on Facebook and wrote, You can be a pro-Russian politician and work for the aggressor state stanley cup for years. Yxeg Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine s civilian areas ahead of 2nd round of talks: 5 points
President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, instead directing Saturday night that a strong Travel Advisory be issued to stem the spread of the outbreak. United States President Donald Trump. Bloomberg Vice President Mike Pence tweeted that the CDC was urging residents of the three states to refrain from non-essential travel for the next 14 days. The notion of a quarantine had been advocated by governors, including Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who sought to halt travelers from the heavily affected areas to their state stanley mug s. But it drew swift criticism from the leaders of the states in question, who warned it would spark panic in a populace already suffering under the virus. Trump announced he reached the decision after consulting with the White House task force leading the federal response and the governors of the three states. He said he had directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a stro stanley botella ng Travel Advisory, to be administered by the Governors, in consultation with the Federal Government. He added: A quarantine will not be necessary. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has criticized t stanley cup becher he federal governments response as his state became the countrys virus epicenter, said roping off states would amount to a federal declaration of war. Cuomo said the prospect of a quarantine didnt come up when he spoke with Trump earlier Saturday, adding that h
Okhs Deepika Kumari wins first World Cup title
A three-week long exposure tour from February 9 to Jamaica, the spiritual home of global sprinting, has added hugely to young Indian sprinter Nisar Ahmeds perspective to sports. And meeting the biggest track and field star ever was a dream come true for the Delhi youngster from a humble background. Nisar Ahmed right with Jamaican Olympic medallist Yohan Blake at Usain Bolts coachs training centre. HT Photo Meeting Usai stanley deutschland n Bolt was like a dream come true. It was great motivating factor to see and pose with him and get training tips, Ahmed said on Monday. He is back from the short stint and is in Patiala for the Federation Cup athletics meet. READ | Nisar Ahmad, Avantika Narale crowned fastest male and female in Khelo India Games Though the interaction with the retired super star was so brief, more like a 100m dash, it was an eye-opener, said the sprinter. Bolt, a winne stanley thermos mug r of eight Olympic gold medals, retired last year. Bolts advice His advice to the 17-year-old Ahmed was simple 鈥?the main focus should be on the basics of sprinting. The concept of training in Jamaica stanley cup is entirely different from what we have been doing in India. The emphasis is more on the technical aspects, including good arm action, and not running endless repetitions on the track, he said. A group of 13 athletes were part of a development project, sponsored by GAIL India Limited, with an aim to improve the countrys medal prospects at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Indian athletes were based in Ki Zdsr 2nd edition of Khelo India Winter Games begins in Gulmarg from Friday
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko stanley termohrnek apologised on Sunday for the doping scandal that t stanley cup hreatens the athletic superpowers participation in the Rio Olympics. Mutkos mea culpa comes just three days after he described as absurd allegations that Russian athletes were involved in systematic doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. AFP Mutko, writing in The Sunday Times, admitted the Russian Athletics Federation and athletes had made serious mistakes breaking anti-doping rules. He said they had rejected the principle of fair-play so fundamental to sport for immediate benefits. Let us be clear. We are ashamed of them. Mutkos mea culpa comes just three days after he described as absurd allegations that Russian athletes were involved in systematic doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. A report in the New York Times based on information from the former head of Russias anti-doping laboratory claimed that dozens of athletes including 15 medallists were involved. Russian athletics faces a battle to compete at the Olympics in Rio in August. The sports ruling body, the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF , provisionally suspended the Russian athletics federation in November over a bombshell report by a World Anti-Doping Agency WADA independent commission alleging state-sponsored doping and mass corruption in the sport. The IAAF will examine the issu stanley ca e of Russias participation in Rio at an extraordinary Council meeting next month. Mukto told The Sunday Times
