President Biden warns lives could be lost in massive Kabul airlift operations
The Hindu
In a speech delivered from the White House, Mr. Biden said that the United States has evacuated more than 18,000 people since July
President Joe Biden has said that the mass evacuation from Kabul, one of the largest and most difficult airlifts in history, is not without risk of loss of lives, but vowed to bring all Americans and partners home from Afghanistan, as his administration grappled with the fallout from the chaotic exit. Mr. Biden’s remarks on Friday came as the U.S. rushed to airlift as many people as possible out of the Afghan capital ahead of a self-imposed deadline to depart from Afghanistan by August 31. In a speech delivered from the White House, Mr. Biden said that the United States has evacuated more than 18,000 people since July and approximately 13,000 since the airlifts began on Saturday.Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.