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1. Ashraf Ghani said he would 'fight to the death' the night before he fled Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says in an interview to Tolo News. Former Afghan President Ghani fled to the UAE as the Western-backed government collapsed and the Taliban raced through the country, overrunning 300,000 government troops, to take control of Kabul on August 15. 2. A woman has died and around 30 people are missing after two passenger boats collided with each other in the Brahmaputra River in Assam's Jorhat. Sources say nearly 200 passengers were onboard the boats when they crashed into each other at Nimati Ghat in Jorhat, around 350 km from Guwahati. 3. Farmers protesting in Haryana against the police lathicharge of August 28 say they might have to keep a permanent protest site in Karnal as talks with the state government remained inconclusive for the second consecutive day. 4. Women cadets will be able to enter the National Defence Academy (NDA) at class 12 level, sources in the armed forces say, shortly after the government tells the Supreme Court about the landmark move that women will be admitted into the NDA for permanent commission into India's armed forces. 5. The government approves a deal with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to buy 56 C-295MW transport aircraft, replacing Indian Air Force planes inducted some 60 years ago. Cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security, the contract will involve the Tata consortium manufacturing most of the units. 6. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh hosts a bunch of Olympians who brought laurels for India at the Tokyo Games held this year. From Mutton Khara Pishori and Laung Elaichi Chicken to Aloo Korma and Dal Masri, Captain Singh indulges the sports stars with some out-of-the-world dishes at his farm house in Mohali. 7. The centre has raised the price it will pay to buy new-season wheat from farmers by 2 per cent to Rs 2,015 per 100 kg. The country is the world's second-biggest wheat consumer and sets a price each year to protect farmers from distress sales. 8. Tripura witnesses unprecedented violence after a bunch of alleged BJP leaders and workers tears through the office of 'Pratibadi Kalam', a vernacular daily, and injures at least four journalists, besides damaging property and burning down vehicles.
