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Multiple rockets strike Kabul, kill at least one civilian
Dec 12, 2020 08:02At least one Afghan civilian has been killed after multiple rockets hit the country’s capital of Kabul, the second such attack to rock the city in less than a month.
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AIHRC: Nearly 100،000 Afghan civilians killed or wounded over past 11 years
Dec 11, 2020 12:21Afghans are yet to wait for the rise of peace in their war ravaged country as the ongoing war in Afghanistan continues to claim the lives of large numbers of civilians including women and children on a daily basis.
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Iran welcomes rejection of so-called ‘Islamic Emirate’ revival in Afghanistan: Envoy
Dec 11, 2020 10:49A senior Iranian diplomat says Tehran welcomes the UN General Assembly’s rejection of the idea of reviving the so-called “Islamic Emirate” in Afghanistan and its call for protecting the country’s constitution.
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Report blames Trump admin for 330% rise in Afghan civilian casualties
Dec 10, 2020 17:28A report by Brown University Watson Institute's Costs of War Project—one of the premier authorities on civilian casualties in the 19-year so-called War on Terror—found a 330% increase in the number of Afghan civilians killed by U.S.-led airstrikes from 2016, the final year of the Obama administration, to 2019.
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Iran, Afghanistan inaugurate joint railway project
Dec 10, 2020 09:45A joint railway project linking eastern Iran to western Afghanistan was inaugurated on Thursday with presidents of the two neighboring countries delivering remarks through video-conference and expressing hope it will enhance trade links across the region.
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Taliban kill two Afghan soldiers in Ghazni: Ministry
Dec 09, 2020 13:15Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry says the country’s security troops have foiled a Taliban car bomb attack on a military base in the province of Ghazni, adding that two forces were killed in the ensuing clashes with the militants.
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Because she was wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, Daniel Ellsberg joins campaign against Flournoy
Dec 09, 2020 10:27Legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Jody Williams on Friday, December 4th both joined a grassroots progressive campaign urging Joe Biden not to nominate Michèle Flournoy as his Pentagon chief, warning her ties to the weapons industry, hawkish record, and current positions disqualify her for the powerful role.
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Number of Afghan civilians killed by US-led airstrikes rose by 330%: Study
Dec 08, 2020 09:26The number of civilians killed in US-led airstrikes across Afghanistan climbed by nearly 330 percent between 2016 and 2019, and 1,357 civilians perished in such strikes in the 2015-2019 period, a new study has found.
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Congress moves to block US troop pullout from Afghanistan, Germany
Dec 06, 2020 05:00US President Donald Trump's controversial move to pull out 2,000 American troops out of Afghanistan and 12,000 more from Germany would be blocked by the major defense policy bill, a report has said.
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Iran warns about ‘suspicious’ moves to disrupt Iran-Afghanistan ties
Dec 04, 2020 10:03Iran has warned about “suspicious” moves by those who seek to disrupt cordial relations between Tehran and Kabul, after a video purportedly showing Afghan nationals being insulted by Iranians went viral.