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Leader of anti-Taliban forces in Panjshir calls for 'national uprising' in Afghanistan
Sep 07, 2021 01:22The leader of anti-Taliban forces in Panjshir Valley, north of the capital Kabul, has called for a “national uprising” against the Taliban.
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British minister retracts comments on UK veteran suicides over US Afghan pullout
Sep 06, 2021 09:15A British junior defense minister has rowed back on his comments about suicides among UK Afghan veterans, saying he was wrong when he said some former British soldiers took their own lives because they were so devastated by the disastrous US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Taliban say Panjshir captured, resistance vows fight for stronghold to continue
Sep 06, 2021 08:11The Taliban say they now have full control over Panjshir, the last pocket of territory north of Kabul still outside their rule, but resistance forces have vowed the fight for their stronghold is far from over.
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Iran slams attacks on Panjshir Valley, urges Taliban to honor commitments
Sep 06, 2021 06:01Iran has condemned in the strongest terms the Sunday night attacks against the Panjshir Valley, saying the Taliban must live up to their commitments, while expressing concern about the news emerging from the province.
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UN says Taliban pledge to cooperate with aid efforts
Sep 06, 2021 01:38The United Nations says the Taliban have vowed to offer all necessary cooperation with the humanitarian efforts that are aimed at Afghanistan.
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US State Department: We don't know what’s happening with Americans in Afghanistan
Sep 06, 2021 01:32The US State Department says it doesn’t know what is happening to Americans in Afghanistan, adding that it has no “reliable means” to confirm if the Taliban are preventing them from leaving the country.
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Iran, Afghanistan urge need for continued fight against terrorism
Sep 06, 2021 00:08Iran’s foreign minister and head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation have discussed the ongoing developments in the war-hit country, stressing the necessity to continue the anti-terror fight.
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Iran: Peace in Afghanistan only possible through broad-based, inclusive government
Sep 05, 2021 14:15Iran says establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan is only possible through the formation of a broad-based government in the war-ravaged country.
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Humiliating escape from Afghanistan sign of global decline in US power: Qalibaf
Sep 05, 2021 09:17Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, says the recent humiliating escape of the US forces from Afghanistan was a sign of deteriorating international power of the United States and proved that trusting a country’s security to the US is a strategic error.
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Afghanistan’s neighbors plan to hold virtual summit in ‘next few days’
Sep 05, 2021 04:00Afghanistan’s neighboring countries are set to hold a virtual summit to discuss the latest chain of events following the hasty and ill-planned withdrawal of US-led forces and the Taliban’s takeover of the war-ravaged country.