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The High Court dismissed a petition seeking declaration of August 2 as a public holiday to celebrate 'Liberation Day' of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
>> reporter: 20 years. 2,641 soldiers killed. thousands of afghans killed. $2 trillion spent. so much blood and treasure only for it all to end in ignominy. on august 15, as u.s. troops were pulling out, the afghan military which washington spent $88 billion to train and equip, collapsed. the u.s.-backed president fled the country. and the taliban swept into kabul. afghans rushed to the airport. escape seemed like the safest option. the withdrawal only got more chaotic and violent. isis decided to take a parting
Or lose their jobs and a nationwide vaccine mandate for all private businesses with more than 100 employees. 2021, also seeing a racially charged murder trial starting with eric eric shawn when the former police officer seen in a video kneeling on george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. eric-- derek chauvin was sentenced to more than 22 years behind bars. in surfside, florida, a 12 story apartment building collapses in the middle of the night with no warning leaving at least 98 residents dead. afghanistan was changing rapidly and president biden sticks to an august 31, deadline to with...
Financial crisis from turning into a humanitarian catastrophe. european commission president ursula von der leyen promised that the eu would deliver a support package of more than $1 billion to afghanistan. the un says things are getting worse due to increased conflict, the pandemic and a persistent drought. over 18 million afghans are now in need of humanitarian assistance. that includes more than 9.5 million children. one in two kids younger than five years old are now facing acute malnutrition. here is the bbc�*s yogita limaye. as the un secretary—general is warning in very strong words...
To shelter them, who didn't know where their next meal was coming from, who didn't have access to water, basic sanitation, basic medicines. it's getting even worse now. winter will be coming in and you still have people living like that outdoors. and all of that will feed into instability in this country, which no—one particularly wants. we did hear interestingly and significantly from the european commission president when she said that this is humanitarian aid, it will be channelled through international agencies that are operating on the ground. it is separate to development aid that was ...