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Russia sends military equipment to Tajikistan citing ‘growing instability’ in region
Sep 11, 2021 12:03Russia has sent armored vehicles and military equipment to Tajikistan, Afghanistan’s neighbor, against the backdrop of “growing instability” near the southern border, says the defense ministry.
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Innocent aid worker, not Daesh bomber, targeted in deadly US drone strike: NYT probe
Sep 11, 2021 03:17A drone strike that US military officials said killed a Daesh bomber in Kabul late last month appears to have targeted the wrong man, killing an innocent Afghan aid worker along with members of his family, according to newly published testimony and footage.
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Afghanistan ‘graveyard’ of US war machines: China Foreign Ministry official
Sep 11, 2021 01:14Afghanistan has been transformed into the “graveyard” of US war machines, says the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, as new footage purportedly shows the Taliban members using a dismantled US aircraft as a swing.
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Taliban response to Afghan protests ‘increasingly violent’: UN
Sep 10, 2021 09:52The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has condemned the Taliban’s increasingly violent response to peaceful protests in Afghanistan, calling on the group to cease the use of force against the protesters.
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First civilian flight leaves Kabul airport since US pullout
Sep 10, 2021 09:49An international flight transporting passengers, including American citizens, has left the Afghan capital for Qatar, for the first time since the last of the US forces left Afghanistan ten days ago.
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Biden, Xi speak in months as US-China relations grow fraught
Sep 10, 2021 04:03After a gap of nearly seven months, US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke early on Friday morning, with focus on finding a way forward in their strained ties.
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Iran slams Panjshir 'fratricide', urges inclusive Afghan government
Sep 10, 2021 03:47Iran’s permanent representative to the UN has censured the recent attack against Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley as an “unjustifiable and condemnable fratricide” that runs counter to the position of the international community.
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Putin: US left world with a mess in Afghanistan to clean up
Sep 10, 2021 00:27Russian President Vladimir Putin says the US’s "experiments" with setting up a so-called “democracy” in Afghanistan resulted in nothing other than chaos, and now the world has to “clear out the mess.”
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Qatari official: Kabul airport 90% operational after chaotic US evacuation
Sep 09, 2021 12:36A Qatari official says Afghanistan's Kabul airport is 90% ready for operation after a team of engineers from the Persian Gulf state repaired parts of the air traffic control system damaged in the wake of a chaotic US evacuation.
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Iran: US responsible for Afghan people’s suffering and pain
Sep 09, 2021 11:49Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the United States is responsible for the suffering and pain of the Afghan people, calling for an inclusive government to be established in the country.