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Iran beefs up security along Afghan border amid refugee flow
Aug 21, 2021 01:18Since the conflict erupted in Afghanistan, Iran's border police have deployed more forces to its eastern borders to beef up security.
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British FM Raab faces calls to resign over mishandling of Afghanistan crisis
Aug 21, 2021 01:05UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure from British political parties to resign due to the “unforgivable failure” of the government in handling the Afghanistan crisis.
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Congress seeks to block Taliban from accessing billions of dollars
Aug 21, 2021 00:57A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US Congress aimed at blocking the Taliban in Afghanistan from accessing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has frozen $450 of funds that were scheduled to be dispersed to the country next week.
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Afghans who guarded British embassy ditched by UK government: Report
Aug 20, 2021 12:00Some 125 Afghans who had been hired to guard the British embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, have been reportedly informed that they are not eligible for a British scheme designed to help people who worked for the UK resettle abroad, amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban militants.
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Erdogan says Turkey not ‘Europe's migrant storage unit’ as EU guards against Afghan refugees
Aug 20, 2021 10:40Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on European governments to take responsibility for refugees coming from Afghanistan, insisting that his country has no intention of becoming "Europe's migrant storage unit" after the Taliban’s takeover triggered a new wave of refugee outflow.
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UN report: Taliban conducting 'targeted door-to-door visits'
Aug 20, 2021 07:18A secret UN document says Taliban militants now ruling Afghanistan are “intensifying” efforts to hunt down elements that collaborated with US and NATO forces despite pledges of general amnesty by the group.
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Afghan Shias commemorate Ashura under Taliban guard in Herat
Aug 20, 2021 02:59Afghan Shias commemorate the holy day Ashura under the watchful eyes of Taliban gunmen.
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Afghanistan’s fate awaits US-backed Ukraine: Senior Russian security official
Aug 20, 2021 02:12A top Russian security official has warned that the US administration will one day abandon its commitment to Ukraine just as Washington left its Afghan allies and hastily withdrew forces from the war-torn country in the midst of unabated offensives by the Taliban militant group.
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan indicates occupation forces’ failure in our region: Houthi
Aug 20, 2021 01:31The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war clearly shows that occupation forces have failed to advance their plans and agendas in the West Asia region.
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EU’s Borrell says Taliban takeover of Afghanistan biggest event since Crimea
Aug 20, 2021 01:24The EU's foreign policy chief says the collapse of the Western-backed administration and a subsequent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has been the most important geopolitical event since Russia "annexed" Crimea in 2014.