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Iran: Security forces bust intl. drug smuggling cell near southwestern border
Jan 12, 2022 09:13Security forces of Iran have disbanded an international drug smuggling cell in southwestern Khuzestan Province, confiscating a large amount of narcotics and arms from the traffickers.
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Iran, Qatar discuss Afghanistan, Yemen
Jan 11, 2022 11:23The foreign ministers of Iran and Qatar talked about a range of regional and international issues, including the latest developments in Afghanistan and Yemen.
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UN launches $5bn aid appeal for Afghanistan amid worsening crisis
Jan 11, 2022 08:24The United Nations (UN) has announced the launch of a more than $5 billion funding appeal for Afghanistan to avert a major humanitarian crisis in the South Asian country.
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Iran provides vulnerable Afghans with humanitarian aid amid harsh winter
Jan 11, 2022 05:40As Afghans are struggling with rising hunger combined with a harsh winter, the Iranian embassy in Kabul in cooperation with Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation distributes rounds of food aid to vulnerable people across Afghanistan.
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US seeks to sow discord between Afghanistan, its neighbors: FM
Jan 09, 2022 16:21Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United States seeks to create rifts between Afghanistan and its neighboring countries now that its 20-year occupation of the country has failed.
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Afghanistan’s embassy to act within limits of 1961 Vienna convention: Khatibzadeh
Jan 09, 2022 11:20Foreign Ministry spokesman has reacted to certain reports about future diplomatic activities of Afghanistan’s embassy in Tehran, specifying that the mission will only act within the constraints of the 1961 Vienna convention.
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Taliban foreign minister arrives in Iran for talks in first official visit
Jan 08, 2022 15:18The Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has arrived in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking delegation to hold talks with Iranian officials in the first such trip to the neighboring country since the group seized power.
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Taliban appeal for humanitarian aid 'without political bias'
Jan 07, 2022 16:32The Taliban have called on the international community to send emergency humanitarian aid to Afghanistan without "political bias," as snow and freezing temperatures have worsened the already "sensitive situation" of millions of Afghans.
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Afghans mark second martyrdom anniversary of Gen. Soleimani
Jan 07, 2022 03:11This week the Afghan capital Kabul hosted several ceremonies to commemorate the second martyrdom anniversary of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. A gathering held at al-Mustafa University outlined Martyr Soleimani’s services and addressed his constructive role in the region.
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600,000 Britons demand removal of Blair's knighthood because of his role in war crimes
Jan 05, 2022 03:58More than 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to have his knighthood removed days after Queen Elizabeth awarded him with the title despite his infamous involvement in war crimes during the US-led invasion of Iraq.