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Trump's nominee for top military post warns against early Afghanistan pullout
Jul 14, 2019 01:17Trump Administration’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned against early pullout of US forces in Afghanistan while insisting that China will remain the “primary challenge” to the American military for up to 100 years.
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Taliban militants storm hotel in northwestern Afghanistan, kill at least 8 people
Jul 13, 2019 11:39Members of the Taliban militant group have bomb attacked a hotel in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badghis, killing at least eight people and wounding nearly a dozen more, officials say.
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US veterans, public say Afghan, Iraq wars unworthy fights
Jul 11, 2019 04:29Nearly 18 years since the US has invaded Afghanistan and almost 16 years after it attacked Iraq, the majorities of American military veterans and the public believe the two wars were “not worth fighting,” a new poll shows.
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Intra-Afghan peace meeting concludes in Doha
Jul 09, 2019 01:34Wary representatives of Afghan society met Taliban officials in Qatar on Monday (July 8) for a second day of talks, with bloody insurgent attacks back home casting a pall over efforts to end Afghanistan's years of war.
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Iran, Afghanistan discuss strategic ties pact
Jul 08, 2019 02:35Foreign minister of Iran and Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tehran weighed plans to finalize a document on strategic relations between the two neighbors.
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Taliban bomb attack kills 12, wounds 50 in central Afghan province
Jul 07, 2019 06:55A car bomb attack by the Taliban militant group has killed at least a dozen people, including security forces and civilians, in the country’s central province of Ghazni.
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US envoy lauds latest 'peace talks' with Taliban as 'most productive' so far
Jul 07, 2019 01:39US special envoy to “peace talks” with notorious Afghan Taliban terrorist group, Zalmay Khalilzad, has described the latest round of their negotiations in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar as the “most productive session” as both sides are set to reconvene the talks in two days.
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Iran contained fuel smuggling by over 20 percent in one year: Official
Jul 04, 2019 01:37Iranian authorities say they have managed to contain the amount of fuel smuggled out of the country by over 20 percent in one year.
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Trump vows ‘very strong intelligence’ presence in Afghanistan
Jul 02, 2019 04:17US President Donald Trump has vowed to maintain a “very strong intelligence” presence in Afghanistan, while repeating his claim that he wants to withdraw American troops from the war-torn country.
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Scores injured after powerful blast, clashes rock Kabul
Jul 01, 2019 05:38Scores of people have been wounded with fatalities feared after a bomb-laden truck rocked Kabul, followed by gunmen battling Special Forces in an area housing military and government buildings.