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Afghanistan finds saffron as antidote to opium production
Dec 13, 2018 15:30The Afghan government has increased saffron production by 22 percent this year as part of a plan to create an alternative source of income for farmers dependent on opium poppy cultivation.
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Afghan forces eliminating Taliban field commanders seen obstacle to peace
Dec 13, 2018 15:29Afghan forces, backed by US aerial raids, are targeting Taliban field commanders whom they see as a major obstacle to possible peace talks with Kabul and Washington, officials and security sources say.
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Iran has no links to weapons seized in central Afghan city: Embassy in Kabul
Dec 11, 2018 08:47Iran has roundly dismissed claims of its links to a weapons cache discovered in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni, warning against attempts to harm growing relations between the two neighbors.
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US instigating wars, acts of terror in Asia: Iran's parliament speaker
Dec 09, 2018 02:48Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says the United States seeks to engage Asian countries in wars and acts of terror with the purpose of exhausting their resources and hindering their progress.
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Iran's president urges unwavering, all-out battle against terrorism
Dec 09, 2018 02:41Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on all neighboring and regional countries to step up an all-out fight against terrorism and extremism, saying major powers have created and supported terrorist groups.
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Larijani: US took Daesh terrorists to Afghanistan
Dec 07, 2018 08:54Parliament Speaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani says the United States has transferred a large number of Daesh terrorists to Afghanistan over the past years.
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Afghan body invalidates all Kabul votes in October parliamentary election
Dec 06, 2018 14:40Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has declared that all votes cast in Kabul Province during the country’s October parliamentary election are invalid.
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Top Taliban commander killed in airstrike in southern Afghanistan
Dec 03, 2018 05:12A senior Taliban commander and dozens of his comrades have been killed during a joint operation by Afghan and US Special Forces in southern Afghanistan, officials and Taliban members say.
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US warplanes dropped more bombs in Afghanistan in 2018 than any other year
Dec 02, 2018 05:22US warplanes have dropped more munitions in Afghanistan during the first 10 months of this year than during any other full calendar year since the American Air Force began documenting monthly bomb usage in the war-torn nation back in 2006.
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US airstrike in Helmand killed 23 civilians, UN says
Nov 30, 2018 11:28At least 23 civilians, most of them women and children, have been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, the UN says.