<p>With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, US&nbsp;President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday on whether to extend an August&nbsp;31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety.<br />
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Biden warned on Sunday that the evacuation was going to be "hard and painful" and much could still go wrong. US&nbsp;troops might stay beyond an August&nbsp;31 deadline to oversee the evacuation, he said.</p>

<p><strong>Watch:&nbsp;</strong>'Why is world silent?', asks Afghan's First Female Sikh MP Anarkali Kaur Honaryar</p>

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<p>On Monday, an administration official told Reuters that Biden would decide within 24 hours whether to extend the timeline to give the Pentagon time to prepare.<br />
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Beyond the need to remove thousands of Americans, citizens of allied countries and Afghans who worked with US&nbsp;forces, Department of Defense officials said it would still take days to fly out the 6,000 troops deployed to secure and run the airlift.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/former-afghan-army-chief-wali-muhammad-ahmadzai-at-kabul-airport-set-to-leave-afghanistan-407948">Former Afghan Army chief at Kabul airport, set to leave Afghanistan</a></strong><br />
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Some Biden advisers were arguing against extending the self-imposed deadline for security reasons. Biden could signal his intentions at a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Tuesday.<br />
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Two US&nbsp;officials had said the expectation was that the United States would continue evacuations past August&nbsp;31. A senior State Department official told reporters the country's commitment to at-risk Afghans "doesn't end on August&nbsp;31."</p>

<p>A Taliban official said foreign forces had not sought an extension and it would not be granted if they had. Washington said negotiations were continuing.</p>


With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, US President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday on whether to extend an August 31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety.

With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, US President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday on whether to extend an August 31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety. Biden warned on Sunday that the evacuation was going to be "hard and painful" and much could still go wrong. US troops might stay beyond an August 31 deadline to oversee the evacuation, he said. Watch: 'Why is world silent?', asks Afghan's First Female Sikh MP Anarkali Kaur Honaryar × On Monday, an administration official told Reuters that Biden would decide within 24 hours whether to extend the timeline to give the Pentagon time to prepare. Beyond the need to remove thousands of Americans, citizens of allied countries and Afghans who worked with US forces, Department of Defense officials said it would still take days to fly out the 6,000 troops deployed to secure and run the airlift. Also Read: Former Afghan Army chief at Kabul airport, set to leave Afghanistan Some Biden advisers were arguing against extending the self-imposed deadline for security reasons. Biden could signal his intentions at a virtual meeting of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Tuesday. Two US officials had said the expectation was that the United States would continue evacuations past August 31. A senior State Department official told reporters the country's commitment to at-risk Afghans "doesn't end on August 31." A Taliban official said foreign forces had not sought an extension and it would not be granted if they had. Washington said negotiations were continuing.

Biden expected to decide within 24 hours on Afghan evacuation deadline

<p>The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Thursday on a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge BH Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.</p>

<p>Loya had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter.</p>

<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud had on March 16 reserved the judgment on the pleas.</p>

<p>The Maharashtra government had argued in the apex court that all pleas seeking an independent probe into Loya's death were motivated and aimed at targeting "one individual" in the guise of upholding the rule of law.</p>

<p>It had come down heavily on alleged accusations, bullying and browbeating of judges in the top court by some activist lawyers in the Loya case and said that the judiciary and judicial officers need to be saved from such averments.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, those seeking an independent probe into the matter had referred to the sequence of events to highlight that a fair investigation was needed to rule out any foul play in the death.</p>

<p>The issue of Loya's death had come under spotlight in November last year after media reports quoting his sister had fuelled suspicion about the circumstances surrounding it and its link to the Sohrabuddin case. But Loya's son had on January 14 said in Mumbai that his father had died of natural causes.&nbsp</p>

<p>In the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, BJP president Amit Shah along with Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria, Rajasthan-based businessman Vimal Patni, former Gujarat police chief P C Pande, additional director general of police Geeta Johri and Gujarat police officers Abhay Chudasama and N K Amin have already been discharged.</p>

<p>Several accused, including police personnel, are currently facing trial for their involvement in the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and their associate Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat in November 2005. The case was later transferred to CBI and the trial shifted to Mumbai.</p>

<p>A batch of pleas, including those filed by Congress leader Tehseen Poonawala and Maharashtra-based B S Lone, was filed in the top court seeking an independent probe into Loya's death in 2014.</p>

<p>Four senior-most apex court judges -- Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph -- at their January 12 press conference had questioned the manner in which sensitive cases were being allocated and Loya's case was one of them.</p>


Loya, who had been hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, had died in mysterious circumstances in December 2014

The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Thursday on a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge BH Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Loya had allegedly died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014 when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud had on March 16 reserved the judgment on the pleas. The Maharashtra government had argued in the apex court that all pleas seeking an independent probe into Loya's death were motivated and aimed at targeting "one individual" in the guise of upholding the rule of law. It had come down heavily on alleged accusations, bullying and browbeating of judges in the top court by some activist lawyers in the Loya case and said that the judiciary and judicial officers need to be saved from such averments. Meanwhile, those seeking an independent probe into the matter had referred to the sequence of events to highlight that a fair investigation was needed to rule out any foul play in the death. The issue of Loya's death had come under spotlight in November last year after media reports quoting his sister had fuelled suspicion about the circumstances surrounding it and its link to the Sohrabuddin case. But Loya's son had on January 14 said in Mumbai that his father had died of natural causes. In the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, BJP president Amit Shah along with Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria, Rajasthan-based businessman Vimal Patni, former Gujarat police chief P C Pande, additional director general of police Geeta Johri and Gujarat police officers Abhay Chudasama and N K Amin have already been discharged. Several accused, including police personnel, are currently facing trial for their involvement in the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and their associate Tulsiram Prajapati in Gujarat in November 2005. The case was later transferred to CBI and the trial shifted to Mumbai. A batch of pleas, including those filed by Congress leader Tehseen Poonawala and Maharashtra-based B S Lone, was filed in the top court seeking an independent probe into Loya's death in 2014. Four senior-most apex court judges -- Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph -- at their January 12 press conference had questioned the manner in which sensitive cases were being allocated and Loya's case was one of them.

Judge Loya death case: SC likely to decide today on independent probe

<div paraeid="{1d5cfa07-f5ca-48f0-b618-b546694e76c3}{135}" paraid="1126324420">China&nbsp;on Wednesday&nbsp;continued to make ambivalent statements on India&#39;s bid for NSG membership amid clear indications that it was unrelenting in its opposition.<br />
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<div lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f2672013-37e9-4b95-9075-801549769a5c}{53}" paraid="1565737457" >Clubbing India and Pakistan once again, the Chinese&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;ministry said members of the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group&nbsp;(NSG)&nbsp;had three round of unofficial discussions on the membership of the two countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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<div lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f2672013-37e9-4b95-9075-801549769a5c}{110}" paraid="296017869" >Beijing maintained that the entry of the two countries was not on the agenda of the two-day NSG plenary in the South Korean capital Seoul starting&nbsp;Thursday.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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<div lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f2672013-37e9-4b95-9075-801549769a5c}{165}" paraid="1159525383" >Pakistan&nbsp;on Tuesday&nbsp;claimed that it had successfully blocked India&#39;s bid for NSG membership.&nbsp;<br />
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<div lang="EN-US" paraeid="{f2672013-37e9-4b95-9075-801549769a5c}{205}" paraid="129087424" >Chinese&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;ministry spokesperson Hua&nbsp;Chunying&nbsp;also underlined the differences within NSG members, saying &quot;parties are yet to see eye-to-eye on this issue&quot;. On it&#39;s part Beijing will play a constructive role in the discussions, she said.&nbsp;<br />
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<div paraeid="{1d5cfa07-f5ca-48f0-b618-b546694e76c3}{157}" paraid="1509916973">Meanwhile,&nbsp;the Indian government has&nbsp;dispatched&nbsp;its foreign secretary S&nbsp;Jaishankar&nbsp;to Seoul, South Korea, where the NSG&nbsp;is meeting.&nbsp;</div>

<div paraeid="{1d5cfa07-f5ca-48f0-b618-b546694e76c3}{163}" paraid="2035353146">The preliminary meeting began on&nbsp;June&nbsp;20. The five-day event will conclude with a plenary, which is likely to decide on India&#39;s membership, on 24 June.&nbsp;Argentina is the current chair of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group.&nbsp;<br />
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<div paraeid="{1d5cfa07-f5ca-48f0-b618-b546694e76c3}{170}" paraid="276324824">New Delhi is hoping that the talks between Indian&nbsp;Prime&nbsp;Minister Narendra&nbsp; Modi and Chinese&nbsp;President Xi Jinping,&nbsp;on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation&nbsp;Organisation&nbsp;summit at Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on&nbsp;June&nbsp;23,&nbsp;will enable it to secure China&#39;s support for India&#39;s membership of the NSG.&nbsp;</div>

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It had earlier said that the group was yet to decide on the inclusion of new members

China on Wednesday continued to make ambivalent statements on India's bid for NSG membership amid clear indications that it was unrelenting in its opposition. Clubbing India and Pakistan once again, the Chinese foreign ministry said members of the 48-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) had three round of unofficial discussions on the membership of the two countries. Beijing maintained that the entry of the two countries was not on the agenda of the two-day NSG plenary in the South Korean capital Seoul starting Thursday. Pakistan on Tuesday claimed that it had successfully blocked India's bid for NSG membership. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying also underlined the differences within NSG members, saying "parties are yet to see eye-to-eye on this issue". On it's part Beijing will play a constructive role in the discussions, she said. Meanwhile, the Indian government has dispatched its foreign secretary S Jaishankar to Seoul, South Korea, where the NSG is meeting. The preliminary meeting began on June 20. The five-day event will conclude with a plenary, which is likely to decide on India's membership, on 24 June. Argentina is the current chair of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group. New Delhi is hoping that the talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit at Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on June 23, will enable it to secure China's support for India's membership of the NSG. (WION and Agencies)

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