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Nine members of Afghan family, including 6 kids, killed in ‘preemptive’ US attack on Kabul
Aug 30, 2021 02:34An initial fatality figure emerges from, what was earlier described as, a preemptive US drone strike in the vicinity of the Kabul International Airport, showing that the attack killed nine members of an Afghan family, including six children.
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Women allowed to attend university under Taliban rule: Acting higher education minister
Aug 30, 2021 01:17The Taliban's acting higher education minister says Afghan women would be allowed to study at university under the group's rule, but there would be a ban on mixed classes.
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Boris Johnson regrets manner of UK withdrawal from Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021 00:30UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his regret of the way his government withdrew from Afghanistan, saying Britain “would not have wished to leave in this way.”
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Rocket attack hits near Kabul airport, no report of casualties
Aug 29, 2021 12:20A loud blast has been heard in the Afghan capital Kabul hours after US officials warned of the possibility of a terror attack in the war-torn country’s capital.
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US troops may have shot civilians to death during chaos after Kabul airport attack: Eyewitnesses
Aug 29, 2021 05:28Some of the dozens of civilians who were killed in this week’s bombing at the Kabul airport may have actually been shot dead by US troops amid the chaos caused by the blast, according to eyewitnesses.
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Taliban, US aim for 'swift handover' of Kabul airport amid mass evacuations: Taliban official
Aug 29, 2021 04:09The Taliban and US forces are aiming for a swift handover of the Kabul airport to the militants who are prepared to take charge of the strategic facility, a Taliban official said.
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Amir Abdollahian, Borrell discuss Iran-EU ties, JCPOA, Afghanistan
Aug 29, 2021 01:16Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and the European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, discussed a series of issues, including the relations between Tehran and the EU, the Vienna talks for the revival of the JCPOA, and the situation in Afghanistan.
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US says conducted drone strike on Daesh after deadly Kabul attack
Aug 28, 2021 09:16The US military says it has carried out a drone strike against a Daesh “planner” in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, a day after a bombing attack claimed by the terrorist group killed 13 American troops and scores of Afghan civilians at Kabul airport.
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US warns citizens to ‘immediately’ leave Kabul airport
Aug 28, 2021 07:34The US Embassy in Kabul has warned Americans, who are looking to be evacuated out of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, to avoid traveling to the Kabul airport and asked them to “immediately leave” the gates.
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UN warns about 'catastrophic' humanitarian situation in Afghanistan
Aug 28, 2021 03:59The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm about the “catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Afghanistan following years of conflict exacerbated by the US-led invasion of the war-torn country and the coronavirus pandemic.