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There is evidence US secretly sponsoring Daesh in Afghanistan: Russian envoy
Jan 20, 2023 13:12A senior Russian diplomat and presidential envoy to Afghanistan says there is evidence the United States is trying to secretly sponsor the Daesh terrorist group in the country in order to undermine the current de-facto political dispensation.
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Afghanistan's winter turns deadly, kills 78 amid worsening humanitarian crisis
Jan 20, 2023 09:01At least 78 people have died in just over a week in Afghanistan amid inclement weather conditions as the war-ravaged country continues to grapple with a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis, local officials said.
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Gunmen kill female ex-lawmaker in Afghan capital
Jan 15, 2023 15:54Heavily-armed men have shot dead a former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul.
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Republicans probe humiliating US retreat from Afghanistan in 2021
Jan 15, 2023 08:47Republicans have launched an investigation into the humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Biden administration in 2021 after 20 years of war and occupation of the impoverished country.
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Iran to Taliban FM: Terrorism ‘common enemy’ of regional countries
Jan 13, 2023 06:09The Iranian foreign minister has condemned a recent deadly terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, saying terrorism is a “common enemy” of the countries in the region.
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Powerful explosion outside Afghan Foreign Ministry causes casualties
Jan 11, 2023 14:49A high-intensity explosion has been reported outside the Taliban-run Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul, resulting in multiple casualties.
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Pentagon misled US public on Kabul drone strike that killed children: Documents
Jan 08, 2023 08:42Documents obtained through a lawsuit have revealed how erroneous assumptions and biases by US military personnel led to the August 2021 Kabul drone attack killing of Afghan civilians, and that US military officials purposefully misled the public to conceal the assessments of civilian casualties.
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Prince Harry’s confessions of murder in Afghanistan draw criticism from British army veterans, Taliban
Jan 08, 2023 08:24Prince Harry’s confessions of murder in Afghanistan have been met with a backlash from the media, commentators, army veterans, and even the Taliban, while Buckingham Palace kept silent on its widely leaked contents.
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Afghanistan's Taliban govt. signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company
Jan 06, 2023 15:44The de-facto Taliban government in Kabul has signed a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's northern Sar-e Pul Province amid efforts to revive the fledgling economy.
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UK's prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan
Jan 06, 2023 08:35The UK's Prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan when he was acting as an Apache helicopter pilot during the invasion of Afghanistan, noting that these killings do not “embarrass” him.