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Taliban promise peaceful transition as world reacts to chaos in Afghanistan
Aug 17, 2021 07:28As world leaders continue to react to the abrupt US military pullout from Afghanistan, which was followed by the Taliban’s lightning takeover of the country, the militant group tries to assure the civilians and the international community of a peaceful transition.
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Congressman rips Biden's policy towards Afghanistan, calls for investigations
Aug 17, 2021 03:55US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has called for an investigation into President Joe Biden's policy towards Afghanistan, where the state - weakened by 20 years of occupation - collapsed before a resurgent Taliban, days after the withdrawal of most American troops from the country.
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Merkel party chief calls Afghanistan pullout 'biggest NATO debacle' since its founding
Aug 17, 2021 03:28The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party has called the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan the "biggest NATO debacle" since the founding of the US-led military alliance.
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Iran's Armed Forces maintain full security in eastern borders with Afghanistan: Military commander
Aug 17, 2021 01:09The deputy commander of Iran's Air Defense Force has assured the Iranian people that the country’s eastern borders with Afghanistan are safe and secure amid Taliban’s rapid takeover of the war-ravaged country.
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Iran will use all in its power to promote dialogue, reconciliation in Afghanistan: FM spokesman
Aug 17, 2021 00:51Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the Islamic Republic will use all its capacities and available means to promote dialogue and reconciliation in the war-ravaged Afghanistan.
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Zarif holds talks with Chinese envoy over developments in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2021 07:34Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with China’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Affairs Yue Xiaoyong in Tehran over the latest developments in the Central Asian nation in the wake of Taliban's takeover of the capital Kabul.
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Desperate Afghans crowd Kabul airport apron to flee Taliban
Aug 16, 2021 10:35Crowds of frantic people rush to Kabul airport to look for a way to leave the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in a lightning fast takeover.
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US allies react mutely to Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2021 07:44United States allies are reacting mutely to the Taliban’s victory march into the Afghan capital city of Kabul 20 years after a US-led invasion removed the militants from power, expressing concerns for civilians caught in the violence but falling short of pointing to the catastrophic failure of the longest war in US history.
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Chaos and killings at Kabul airport: US forces open fire as Afghans mob tarmac
Aug 16, 2021 03:32Kabul International Airport has been overwhelmed with scenes of disorder and confusion as panicked Afghan residents and foreign nationals hoping to find seats on the last flights leaving the country have dashed to the airport, with reports of several deaths after US troops were said to have fired in the air to disperse a desperate crowd of thousands.
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US failure in Afghanistan signals ‘irreversible erosion’ of American hegemony: Russian senator
Aug 16, 2021 03:20A Russian senator says the US failure in Afghanistan goes beyond the failure of individual US presidents and depicts the “irreversible erosion” of American hegemony over the world.