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Taliban leader says 'favors political settlement' to Afghan conflict
Jul 18, 2021 08:38Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has urged Kabul to stop relying on “foreigners” to resolve the conflict in Afghanistan, saying the militant group favors “a political settlement” by the Afghan parties.
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On Iran’s initiative, Tehran to host meeting on peace, sustainable security in Afghanistan; Afghan, intl. figures set to attend
Jul 18, 2021 03:07Iran is to host a meeting on peace and sustainable security in Afghanistan, which will be attended by various Afghan parties and international figures.
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Kabul, Taliban delegates begin talks in Qatar as clashes rage on
Jul 17, 2021 07:28Senior negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban have met for fresh peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha as Taliban insurgents escalated attacks on cities and villages and took over a vast swath of territory.
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Bolton claims US didn’t lose war in Afghanistan
Jul 17, 2021 00:47Former US national security adviser John Bolton has insisted that the United States did not lose the war in Afghanistan, but has simply “walked away from it.”
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Russia warns of risk of violence in Afghanistan spilling over to neighboring countries
Jul 16, 2021 14:38Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned of a risk of the violence in Afghanistan spilling over to neighboring countries, as the Taliban militant group increases its activities in the war-ravaged country.
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Iran urges end to violence as Afghanistan clashes intensify
Jul 16, 2021 08:55Iran says it supports the Afghan peace talks aimed at ending the violence in Afghanistan, amid an unprecedented spike in violence in the eastern neighboring country.
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Iran’s envoy: Countering world drug problem requires collective, shared responsibility
Jul 16, 2021 01:18Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has underlined that Tehran bears the brunt of fighting narcotics trafficking without much help from the rest of the world, saying that confronting the world’s drug problem requires shared responsibility by all countries.
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Conflicting reports emerge over fate of Afghan-Pakistan border crossing
Jul 15, 2021 11:16There have been conflicting reports about the fate of a major Afghan border crossing, a day after the Taliban claimed they had captured the Afghan side of the border crossing of Spin Boldak along the frontier with Pakistan.
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Any foreign interference in Afghanistan doomed to failure, China’s foreign minister says
Jul 15, 2021 02:54Afghanistan is a sovereign nation and history has proved once again that any intervention by a foreign power in the country is doomed to failure, says China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
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Afghan developments not to have slightest impact on Iran’s security as Armed Forces stand watchful: Army chief
Jul 15, 2021 01:10The chief commander of Iran’s Army says the ongoing developments in neighboring Afghanistan do not pose the slightest threat to the security of the country as borders are under surveillance using high-tech electronic equipment.