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Iran tightening noose on human traffickers through new customs equipment: Official
Dec 27, 2019 01:51An Iranian customs office spokesman says the number of discoveries related to human trafficking and other forms of smuggling have increased over the past years thanks to tighter checks on the borders through modern screening equipment.
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Car bomb kills 6 soldiers in Afghanistan
Dec 26, 2019 08:26At least six Afghan soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in a car bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh, the Afghan Defense Ministry says.
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Taliban abducts 27 peace activists in Afghanistan
Dec 25, 2019 13:24The Taliban has kidnapped 27 Afghan activists of the People's Peace Movement who were on a trip to call for peace and ceasefire between the militant group and the government in Kabul.
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Deadliest year in Afghanistan for US since official end of ops
Dec 25, 2019 10:08Twenty American soldiers have been recorded this year among those killed during the US conflicts in Afghanistan, making 2019 the deadliest year since Washington officially announced an end to operations in 2014.
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Seven soldiers killed in Taliban attack on Afghan army base
Dec 24, 2019 07:53The Taliban militant group has killed at least seven Afghan soldiers in an attack on a military base in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh Province.
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Afghan election run-off likely amid thousands of complaints
Dec 23, 2019 12:21Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) says there is a “strong possibility” that the presidential election would go to a second round as it starts reviewing thousands of complaints.
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Taliban target US convoy in N Afghanistan, kill American soldier amid fresh peace talks
Dec 23, 2019 07:42The Taliban militant group has carried out a bomb attack against an American convoy in Afghanistan’s Northern Kunduz Province, killing a US soldier, only weeks after the two sides restarted stalled peace negotiations.
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Afghanistan’s incumbent president wins election, disgruntled rival rejects result, again
Dec 22, 2019 06:02Afghanistan’s incumbent President Ashraf Ghani has won the presidential election in the country with a slim majority.
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Iran launching global saffron exporting bloc to increase trade share
Dec 22, 2019 03:27Iranian saffron exporters are mulling an international bloc of countries involved in the trade of the red gold as they become increasingly irritated with the European monopoly over benchmarking and standardization processes that exist in the field.
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Afghanistan and Pakistan jolted by strong 6.1-magnitude quake: USGS
Dec 20, 2019 10:48A strong earthquake has rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Geological Survey said, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.