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Taliban spokesman says US exit to result in end to Daesh attacks
Aug 31, 2021 02:06The Taliban, now in control of most parts of Afghanistan, say they will crack down on attacks by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists and expect the offensives to end once US-led foreign forces leave the war-ravaged country.
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Afghan ex-minister now delivers food in Germany
Aug 31, 2021 01:54He was once a minister in Afghanistan but quit, fed up with the corruption. Now in Germany, Sayed Sadaat is making a living, delivering meals on his bicycle.
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Russia says US must release Afghanistan's blocked reserves, cause no more problems for country
Aug 31, 2021 01:25Russia has called on the United States to release blocked reserves of the Afghan central bank and stop making more problems for the Taliban-controlled country.
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UK ‘willing to engage’ with Taliban, says minister
Aug 31, 2021 01:17The UK is “willing to engage” with the Taliban “if [they] start acting like a government,” says the government minister, stressing that in spite of the withdrawal, Britain will continue to help people eligible for resettlement.
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US actions root cause of all of Afghanistan’s woes: FM
Aug 31, 2021 00:45Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian puts all of Afghanistan’s woes down to the United States’ misdeeds concerning the Central Asian country.
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Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack hours before Kabul blast: Classified notes
Aug 30, 2021 10:10The Pentagon instructed senior US military leaders to make preparations for an imminent “mass casualty event” just 24 hours before a bombing killed 13 US servicemen and scores of Afghan civilians at Kabul’s international airport on Thursday, according to classified detailed notes of the gathering obtained by Politico.
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China urges US to avoid playing 'double standards' in Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021 10:04China has advised the United States to “positively guide” the Taliban instead of practicing “double standards” on fighting terrorism in Afghanistan.
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Former UK commander in Afghanistan warns of ‘greatest danger’ from Daesh
Aug 30, 2021 10:00A former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan has warned that the UK faces the “greatest danger from terrorism” since the Daesh militant group is “at its height”.
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Iran rules out foreign decision-making on Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021 09:09The Afghans are the only side allowed to decide the fate of their own country, the spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, stressing that outsiders have no right to determine the future of Afghanistan.
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Rockets fired at Kabul airport after US drone strike against potential Daesh threat
Aug 30, 2021 03:45As many as five rockets have been fired at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the United States conducted a drone strike allegedly targeting a potential planner with the Daesh terrorist group.