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Hotel in Kabul attacked, 3 gunmen shot, no foreigners killed
Dec 12, 2022 14:59At least three gunmen have been shot by security forces in Afghanistan following a terror attack on a hotel in the capital Kabul, Taliban officials say.
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At least seven dead, six injured as blast rips through bus in northern Afghanistan
Dec 06, 2022 16:05At least seven people have been killed and six others sustained injuries after a roadside bomb explosion ripped through a bus carrying the employees of a petroleum company in Afghanistan’s northern Province of Balkh.
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Nations split on plastics treaty focus as UN talks close
Dec 03, 2022 14:53The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with a split on whether goals and efforts should be global and mandatory, or voluntary and country-led.
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At least 16 killed, mostly children, as bombing hits school in northern Afghanistan
Nov 30, 2022 15:37At least 16 people have been killed, mostly children, and dozens of others injured in a powerful explosion at a religious school in northern Afghanistan’s city of Aybak, the capital of Samangan Province.
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Iranian embassy distributes winter fuel among poor in Kabul
Nov 22, 2022 09:55Afghan people have gathered to receive winter fuel in the form of coal and wood, distributed by the Iranian embassy in Kabul to warm the cold days in winter.
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United Nations refuses to recognize Taliban interim government
Nov 14, 2022 07:42A resolution was recently presented to the UN General Assembly for the first time after the Taliban took over Afghanistan.
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Iran's envoy: Current situation in Afghanistan result of foreign military intervention
Nov 11, 2022 09:01Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) says the ongoing situation in Afghanistan is the result of foreign military intervention with the purported aims of combating terrorism and bringing democracy to the chaos-ridden country.
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Afghans denounce Biden calling the country a Godforsaken place
Nov 08, 2022 08:09US President Joe Biden recounted his trips to Afghanistan in a recent speech to war veterans, including one in 2008 in which he was stranded in snow. In his remarks, he repeatedly disparaged Afghanistan as a God-forsaken place. The Taliban say his words are out of frustration.
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Taliban minister sees coal import deal with Iran ‘soon’
Nov 07, 2022 07:41Iran and Afghanistan will conclude a deal “soon” under which the Islamic Republic will import Afghan coal, Minister of Commerce and Industries in the Transitional Taliban Government Nuruddin Azizi has said.
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Afghan opium production 50 times higher since US-led invasion: Iranian diplomat
Nov 05, 2022 14:01Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri-Kani says the production of opium in Afghanistan has increased by 50 times since the US-led invasion of the South-Central Asian country in October 2001.