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Ex-British FM: West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan
Feb 21, 2022 09:32Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan and its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the country.
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UN food agency says 95% of people in Afghanistan do not have enough to eat
Feb 20, 2022 05:49The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) says 95 percent of people in Afghanistan “do not have enough to eat,” as the United States has frozen Afghan government assets worth billions of dollars and international sanctions against the ruling Taliban have plunged the Asian country into a full-blown economic crisis.
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Iran FM warns of Afghan refugee crisis, Yemen disaster in meeting with UN chief
Feb 19, 2022 09:56Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned of the burden of a new wave of refugees from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of the Central Asian country and also stated that the ongoing Yemen crisis has reached a critical point that requires concerted international efforts.
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China slams US seizure of Afghanistan’s assets as ‘conduct of bandits’
Feb 17, 2022 04:36China has condemned the United States’ decision to seize Afghanistan’s frozen assets amid a mounting humanitarian crisis, saying the conduct is no different from that of “bandits.”
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Taliban threaten to reconsider policy toward US over assets freeze
Feb 15, 2022 14:03The Taliban have warned the United States that they will be forced to reconsider their policy toward Washington if it refuses to free Afghanistan's assets.
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Afghans denounce Biden's decision on distributing half of Afghanistan's assets among 9/11 victims
Feb 15, 2022 05:04US president has signed an order allowing half of the $7 billion in frozen assets from Afghanistan's central bank to be reserved for the 9/11 victims. Afghans condemn the move as oppressive and call for the entire amount to be unfrozen for saving Afghan people’s lives.
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Iran unhappy with amount of water released by Afghanistan: Official
Feb 14, 2022 02:27An Iranian Energy Ministry official says the ruling Taliban group in Afghanistan have failed to release enough water from a major dam on the Helmand River to comply with terms of a treaty that dates back to nearly five decades ago.
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Afghanistan’s Central Bank blasts US plan to seize frozen assets as 'injustice' to Afghans
Feb 13, 2022 10:09Afghanistan's Central Bank has condemned a recent decision by the United States to seize billions of dollars of frozen Afghan funds to pay the claimants of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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In blocking funds, US ‘stealing’ Afghan assets to compensate 9/11 claimants: Taliban
Feb 12, 2022 08:10The Taliban government in Afghanistan has condemned as "theft" and a sign of "moral decay" a recent decision by the United States to use billions of dollars of frozen Afghan assets to compensate the claimants of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Explosion at mosque kills one, wounds 7 in northern Afghanistan
Feb 12, 2022 03:48An explosion at a mosque has killed at least one Afghan and wounded seven others in the northern province of Badghis, a Taliban official says.