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Afghans becoming unprecedentedly pessimistic about future of country: Survey
Oct 27, 2018 05:06People in Afghanistan are showing unprecedented levels of pessimism about the future of their war-ravaged country, a US survey shows, as militant attacks continue to take toll on the lives of Afghans almost every day 17 years after the US invaded the country.
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Zarif: US sanctions on Iran aim to deflect attention from Khashoggi’s murder, Saudi crimes in Yemen
Oct 25, 2018 03:33Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the US’s fresh sanctions against Iran aim to deflect global attention from the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Riyadh’s crimes in Yemen.
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India, Afghanistan defy US on Iran’s Chabahar plan
Oct 24, 2018 10:42India and Afghanistan are pushing ahead with plans to open a new transportation corridor between the two countries via Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar despite US sanctions.
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IRGC confirms abduction of 12 forces near Pakistan border
Oct 22, 2018 12:58Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed claims made by the so-called Jaish ul-Adl terrorist group about the names and number of the Iranian border guards abducted in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan on the border with Pakistan.
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Foreign officials hold meetings at Iran’s Foreign Ministry
Oct 22, 2018 04:14A number of officials from international organizations and foreign countries met Iranian diplomats at Iran’s Foreign Ministry for talks on various issues, including ways to settle the crises in Yemen and Syria.
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Afghanistan: 15 dead in Kabul polling station suicide bombing
Oct 21, 2018 02:54At least 15 people were killed and 25 wounded in a bombing at a polling station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, as the country's parliamentary elections got underway.
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Multiple blasts rock Kabul as Afghans vote in elections
Oct 20, 2018 05:28Multiple blasts rock polling stations in the capital Kabul as people in Afghanistan go to polls in parliamentary elections overshadowed by assassination of candidates.
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Iran urges cessation of Afghan violence as Kandahar vote delayed
Oct 19, 2018 10:13Iran has strongly denounced Thursday's assassination of three senior officials in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, urging the conflicting sides to cease violence on the eve of parliamentary polls that have been delayed in the province by a week as a result of the assassinations.
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One killed, 3 injured as Taliban raid top US general's meeting
Oct 18, 2018 15:21One of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials has been killed and two Americans injured in a shooting at a high-level security meeting in Afghanistan, attended by top US commander General Scott Miller.
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Afghan election candidate killed in bombing at his office
Oct 17, 2018 09:27A bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed an Afghan candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections in the war-torn country, with Taliban terrorists claiming responsibility for the deadly attack.