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Afghan health system on brink of collapse due to sanctions
Feb 03, 2022 03:37The health care system in Afghanistan is on the verge of collapse amid rising COVID-19 cases. The Taliban blame the sanctions imposed on the war-torn country by the US for the current crisis.
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Iran calls on Australia to ‘responsibly’ deal with terrorists on its soil
Feb 01, 2022 13:53Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reiterated the Islamic Republic's leading role in the fight against terrorism, urging Australia to “responsibly” counter all the terrorist groups active in the country.
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NGO warns of soaring pneumonia cases in Afghanistan among children
Feb 01, 2022 08:23A leading humanitarian organization for children warned of soaring Pneumonia cases in Afghanistan that is claiming the lives of children who lack access to healthcare in the country.
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UN claims Taliban killed scores of former govt. officials; group yet to respond
Jan 31, 2022 05:34The Taliban and its allies have allegedly killed more than 100 former Afghan government members, security personnel and people who worked with the international military contingent in Afghanistan, claims a new report by the United Nations.
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Biden calls for Taliban to release US hostage before legitimacy recognized
Jan 31, 2022 05:02US President Joe Biden has called on the Taliban to release American hostage Mark Frerichs if they expect the United States to recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
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FM sees ‘positive process’ at Vienna talks
Jan 28, 2022 09:15Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has described as positive the process of the ongoing US sanctions removal talks in the Austrian capital Vienna, more than three years after Washington unilaterally left the deal and imposed tough economic sanctions on Iran.
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Sanctions impeding Iran’s ability to assist Afghan refugees: Envoy
Jan 27, 2022 02:31Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says the United States’ sanctions are acting as heavy impediments in the way of the Islamic Republic’s efforts to assist Afghan refugees.
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Taliban, Western officials begin talks in Oslo with focus on frozen assets
Jan 24, 2022 11:09Representatives of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led interim government and Western diplomats have held three-day talks in Oslo to discuss the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in the country and push for the release of assets frozen by the US and its allies.
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US drones killed tens of thousands of civilians under ‘war on terror’ pretext: Iran
Jan 24, 2022 08:57Iran’s top human rights official has said that US drone strikes have only caused death and destruction, killing tens of thousands of civilians and destroying their homes over the last two decades under the pretext of countering terrorism.
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Iran permits transfer of diesel to Afghanistan
Jan 24, 2022 02:18Permission has been granted for the cargoes of diesel to be shipped from the Iranian soil to neighboring Afghanistan, Iran's Special Representative for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi said.