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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.
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Home Office slammed over ‘chaotic’ handling of Afghan refugee crisis
Aug 24, 2021 02:29Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers who have already arrived in the UK are stuck in a “nightmarish limbo” amid mounting pressure to grant them the right to stay in Britain permanently.
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500 tons of medical supplies bound to Afghanistan stuck due to Kabul airport restrictions: WHO
Aug 24, 2021 01:44The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Kabul’s airport restrictions have blocked the delivery of over 500 tons of medical supplies, including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits, as the United States continues with its messy pullout of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Poll
Aug 24, 2021 01:00The US public is overwhelmingly in favor of ending the 20-year war in Afghanistan, but a majority of Americans say they disapprove of the way President Joe Biden is handling the troop withdrawal from the country.
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US withdrawal turning point for all Afghan groups: Iranian President Raeisi
Aug 24, 2021 00:46Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan must be considered a watershed moment by all political groups in the war-torn country.
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Taliban warn US against prolonging occupation, offer amnesty to runaway president
Aug 23, 2021 09:17Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban movement has issued a warning to the United States against prolonging the withdrawal of its military beyond the declared deadline, meanwhile extending an amnesty to runaway President Ashraf Ghani and Vice President Amrullah Saleh, saying they may return if they so wish.
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One Afghan guard killed, three injured in firefight at Kabul airport
Aug 23, 2021 09:10One Afghan guard has been killed and three others wounded in a "firefight" between Afghan security forces and "unknown attackers" at Kabul airport, which also involved American and German troops, according to Germany's military.