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UN should facilitate intra-Afghan talks; Iran ready for cooperation: Zarif
Nov 24, 2020 15:22Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United Nations must play a leading role in facilitating intra-Afghan talks, expressing the Islamic Republic’s readiness for cooperation in this regard.
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EU calls for Afghan truce, warns against Taliban regaining administrative power
Nov 24, 2020 13:49The European Union (EU)’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for an immediate truce in Afghanistan and vowed that any attempt by the Taliban militants to regain administrative power in the country would affect the bloc’s support.
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Taliban deploying drones to drop bombs, says Afghan intelligence chief
Nov 23, 2020 13:11Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) says the Taliban militant group has used small drones to drop bombs on government forces in some regions over the past few months.
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World abandoning Afghanistan will have disastrous outcome: UN
Nov 23, 2020 07:17The United Nations has warned the international community of “disastrous consequences,” if it halts assisting millions of Afghan people, amid a growing violence and flagging peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban.
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Iran’s Zarif to attend 2020 Afghanistan Conference
Nov 23, 2020 04:26Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will take part in the virtual 2020 Afghanistan Conference, a quadrennial ministerial pledging conference co-hosted by Afghanistan, Finland, and the United Nations.
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US fully responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in Afghan capital: Iran
Nov 22, 2020 03:15The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the United States is responsible for multiple terrorist blasts that rocked the densely populated parts of Afghanistan’s capital with one hitting the Iranian embassy in Kabul.
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Kabul hit by multiple deadly blasts; rocket lands at Iranian Embassy
Nov 21, 2020 11:32Multiple blasts have rocked the densely populated parts of Kabul and left a number of civilian casualties, with one hitting the Iranian Embassy in the Afghan capital.
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Pakistan’s PM in Kabul to discuss bilateral ties, militancy
Nov 19, 2020 14:08Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in Kabul, where he is expected to discuss bilateral ties and militancy which is plaguing the both counties.
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Australia admits troops involved in murder of unarmed Afghan civilians
Nov 19, 2020 12:11Australia has admitted that its military forces unlawfully killed dozens of civilians and prisoners in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016.
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Pentagon to pull 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan, Iraq before Trump leaves
Nov 18, 2020 06:58The US Defense Department has reportedly been ordered to cut the number of troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 and the number of terrorist forces in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500 by January 15, days before outgoing President Donald Trump leaves office.