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Advocates call for accountability in Kabul drone attack, decry US 'impunity, secrecy'
Dec 15, 2021 06:09Several human rights advocates have denounced the United States' latest decision not to hold any of its military personnel accountable for a deadly drone strike in Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in August, calling on Washington to punish those involved in the botched attack.
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Afghans facing avalanche of hunger, destitution: WFP
Dec 14, 2021 14:10The UN's food agency has warned that a failing economy could plunge Afghanistan into catastrophe next year.
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No punishment for military personnel involved in deadly August 29 drone strike in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Dec 14, 2021 04:34The US military has announced that it will not hold any of its personnel accountable for a deadly August drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Afghanistan.
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India signals commitment to Chahabar despite Taliban shadow
Dec 13, 2021 09:07India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says Iran’s Chabahar Port has emerged as a commercial transit hub for the region.
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ICRC, Iran’s Red Crescent announce joint effort to vaccinate Afghan migrants
Dec 13, 2021 06:00The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) have announced joint measures to vaccinate Afghan migrants living in Iran against the new coronavirus infection as the country boosts efforts made to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pakistani Taliban ends ceasefire
Dec 12, 2021 06:49Pakistan-based Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has unilaterally announced an end to a ceasefire with the government.
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Agreement within reach in Vienna if major powers respect others’ interests: Iran Parliament speaker
Dec 10, 2021 14:34Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says an agreement is within reach between Tehran and the remaining parties to the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal during the ongoing sanctions-removal talks in the Austrian capital of Vienna if the opposite parties respect others’ interests.
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Top Taliban official to Press TV: No guarantee US won’t repeat its mistakes in Afghanistan
Dec 10, 2021 03:55A senior Taliban member says there are no guarantees that the United States would not repeat its mistakes concerning Afghanistan.
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Iran ‘only country’ to have capacity to help Afghanistan: Ghani’s brother
Dec 08, 2021 03:43The brother of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who is also an expert in economic issues, says Iran is the only country that has the capacity to help Afghanistan after the two-decade-long war on the country.
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Wrong US policies root cause of complicated situation in Afghanistan: Iran's top security official
Dec 06, 2021 02:24The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the current complicated situation in Afghanistan is the result of wrong policies adopted by the United States during 20 years of its presence in the war-torn country.