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Afghan grandees insist on formation of inclusive government: Velayati
Aug 26, 2021 01:47Ali Akbar Velayati, an International Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said he has held talks with several grandees and leading figures of Afghanistan, who have maintained that their country requires an inclusive government involving all ethnic groups.
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Afghan refugees kept under inhuman conditions at US base in Qatar
Aug 25, 2021 11:44Afghanistan’s refugees who fled the country after the United States’ chaotic withdrawal of military forces are currently living in deplorable conditions at facilities run by Americans in Qatar.
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Iran: US, West adventurism to blame for emergence of terrorist groups, rising violence in region
Aug 25, 2021 10:53Iran has blamed military adventurism by the United States and its allies for the emergence of terrorist groups, including Daesh, and the subsequent rise of unprecedented violence in the region.
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Russia starts evacuations from Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2021 10:06Russia has started the evacuation of hundreds of people from Afghanistan after days of violent chaos at the Kabul international airport and amid jitters in the Afghan capital over the takeover of the country by the Taliban militant group.
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Taliban: US can now help rebuild Afghanistan after destroying it
Aug 25, 2021 06:26The Taliban say the United States could now step forward and participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan given how it contributed to the destruction of the country, amid the withdrawal of US-led forces after two decades of war.
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Karzai, Abdullah discuss stability in Afghanistan in meeting with Iran ambassador
Aug 25, 2021 06:03Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai and former peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah have met with Iran’s ambassador in Kabul for talks on ways to restore stability to the war-torn country, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group’s takeover.
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Taliban warn US against extending evacuation deadline
Aug 25, 2021 03:17The Taliban have rejected the potential extension of a looming deadline for US and other foreign troops to completely withdraw from Afghanistan, and called on Washington to stop evacuating skilled Afghans after the group’s takeover of the country.
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US troops at Kabul airport extort money from Afghans seeking evacuation: Report
Aug 24, 2021 12:23The US forces stationed at Kabul’s international airport have reportedly been extorting money from Afghan nationals trying to flee the chaos in their homeland, following the collapse of Afghanistan’s military and the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
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Iran resumes Afghan trade as it looks to future under Taliban
Aug 24, 2021 11:38Local Afghan officials have called for an increase in Iranian fuel supplies to Afghanistan where the country's lightning takeover by the Taliban has triggered a spike in gasoline prices.
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Iran rejects hijacking, says Ukrainian plane flew back to Kiev
Aug 24, 2021 08:28Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has dismissed reports that a Ukrainian aircraft was hijacked in Afghanistan and diverted to Iranian soil, saying Tehran has documented the plane’s landing at Kiev’s airport.