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Moscow is also not in a hurry to recognise the new leadership in Afghanistan and does not plan to remove the Taliban* from its terror list, according to Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Syromolotov.
Prior to the Taliban* takeover of Kabul, India had thrown its weight behind a "sovereign, democratic, and peaceful Afghanistan", also backing an "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned, and Afghan-controlled" peace process. The Taliban has accused India of supporting now-deposed President Ashraf Ghani and "interfering" in the intra-Afghan peace negotiations.
While the Danish authority said the vaccines "are no longer having such a good effect", the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health said there are no signs that their efficiency has dwindled. Still, both are making plans for booster shot campaigns targeting the most vulnerable.
The Taliban* is on the SDGT designation list, which means financial sanctions are possible against the group. However, the Pentagon earlier threatened to place them on the State Dept's Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) list, suggesting "a stick and … a carrot" approach to pressure the movement to adhere to international norms.
US intelligence services and the Pentagon had previously presented extremely broad time frames for a possible collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government, which ranged from a couple of months to two years. The fall of Kabul to the Taliban* last Sunday thus came as a complete surprise to many in Washington, according to media reports.
The hasty troop pullout from Afghanistan is now being widely criticized both by Democrats and Republicans, with some believing it would have been more reasonable (and safe) if the administration had transferred the remaining US citizens and weapons out of the country first before withdrawing the troops.
In an interview this week, the former Russian UFC star downplayed Brazilian Aldo's victory against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 265 earlier this month, claiming that Aldo and McGregor seem "like a scared chicken," when fighters like them face stronger opponents.
In recent years, Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings seem to be occurring more often, thanks to modern technologies and the ability of almost everyone to film these phenomena and share them on social networks.
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