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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.
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Iran opposes US-Taliban talks, rejects claim of sending arms to militant group
Dec 19, 2019 03:38Iran’s top security official has rejected US claims that it is providing weapons to the Taliban in order to fight the US influence in Afghanistan.
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Iran, Russia warn about Daesh relocation from West Asia to Afghanistan
Dec 18, 2019 08:01Security chiefs of Iran and Russia have warned about the deliberate relocation of remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terror group from their former bastions in West Asia to Afghanistan.
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Russia defends Iran’s legal right to benefit from nuclear deal
Dec 18, 2019 07:37Russia’s top security official has defended Iran’s legal right to reap benefits from a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, reminding the other signatories of their “unavoidable” responsibility to meet their end of the bargain.
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Bomb kills 10 members of same family in southeast Afghanistan
Dec 17, 2019 05:25Ten members of the same family have been killed after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Khost.
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White House to announce withdrawal of 4,000 troops from Afghanistan: Report
Dec 15, 2019 05:54The US government is reportedly planning to announce withdrawal of over 4,000 occupation troops from Afghanistan as early as next week.
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Iran's southeastern port open for regional trade
Dec 15, 2019 03:14Iran’s new Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar has been transiting goods between regional countries for more than a year now.