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Iranian railway to provide landlocked Afghanistan with a lifeline
Jul 08, 2020 23:47A 610-kilometer railway connecting Iran’s only ocean port of Chabahar to Zahedan near the eastern border would provide a lifeline to the landlocked Afghanistan, a country where the transport system has been hampered by years of war and a fierce rivalry between two major neighbors of India and Pakistan.
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Afghan government says will not release ‘too dangerous’ Taliban prisoners
Jul 08, 2020 11:41Afghanistan has reiterated that it will not release certain militants it deems ‘too dangerous,’ as demanded by the Taliban.
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Top US general says not convinced Russian cash led to US deaths in Afghanistan
Jul 08, 2020 04:27A top US general says he is not convinced Russia had incentivized Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces, including American troops, in Afghanistan.
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US intelligence involved in ‘drug trafficking’ in Afghanistan: Russia envoy
Jul 05, 2020 12:22The Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan says the US intelligence has been involved in “drug trafficking” in the country, while dismissing accusations by Washington that Moscow has colluded with the Taliban to kill American troops.
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Over 800 civilians killed or wounded in attacks in Afghanistan during first half of 2020: UN
Jul 03, 2020 00:27Over 800 people have been killed or wounded in "deliberate attacks" targeting civilians across war-torn Afghanistan during the first half of this year, the UN says, voicing concerns the rising violence was aimed at derailing planned peace talks between the Kabul government and Taliban.
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Talks with Taliban aim to boost peace, security in Afghanistan: Foreign Ministry
Jun 30, 2020 14:43Iran confirms a meeting between Tehran’s special envoy for Afghanistan and a Taliban delegation in Qatar, saying the talks are aimed at promoting peace and security in the war-ravaged Afghanistan.
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Kremlin rejects reports of Russian bounties to Taliban to kill US troops in Afghanistan
Jun 30, 2020 00:56Russia has dismissed as “lies” media reports alleging that a Russian military intelligence unit attempted to pay bounties to members of the Taliban militant group to kill American troops in Afghanistan.
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23 civilians, kids included, die in rain of rockets on Afghan market
Jun 29, 2020 09:38Nearly two dozen civilians, including children, have been killed and several others injured when a barrage of rockets fell on a cattle market in Afghanistan’s Southern Province of Helmand.
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Trump: No briefings ever on Russian bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan
Jun 29, 2020 02:11US President Donald Trump has denied he was ever briefed about an alleged Russian attempt to pay bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill Western forces, including US troops, in Afghanistan, blasting a report by The New York Times on the bounties.
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Bomb explosion kills two Afghan human rights workers in Kabul: Officials
Jun 27, 2020 12:07Two Afghan human rights workers have lost their lives in a bomb explosion in the capital Kabul, officials say.