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White House to announce withdrawal of 4,000 troops from Afghanistan: Report
Dec 15, 2019 05:54The US government is reportedly planning to announce withdrawal of over 4,000 occupation troops from Afghanistan as early as next week.
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Iran's southeastern port open for regional trade
Dec 15, 2019 03:14Iran’s new Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar has been transiting goods between regional countries for more than a year now.
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Roadside bomb blast kills 10 people in Afghanistan’s Ghazni: Officials
Dec 14, 2019 15:12At least ten people, including four women and a child, have lost their lives when a roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Ghazni, officials say.
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The effects and consequences of US Congress’ endless permissions for war
Dec 12, 2019 10:02More than 7,000 US service members have been killed and more than 50,000 wounded in the wars since 9/11. Of the 2.5 million troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan it is estimated as many as 20% are afflicted with PTSD, while 20% more may have traumatic brain injury.
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One killed, about 100 injured in attack on US military base in Bagram
Dec 11, 2019 05:56At least one person is dead and about 100 others injured in bomb blasts and ensuing clashes after an attack on the United States' largest military base in Afghanistan, officials say.
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Documents show US officials constantly lied about Afghan war
Dec 10, 2019 08:54A confidential trove of US government documents recently made public by a newspaper has revealed that American officials have “constantly lied to” the US public about what has been going on in the now 18-year war on Afghanistan.
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Zarif, Afghan President discuss peace efforts
Dec 10, 2019 06:06Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani exchanged views on a range of issues, including the latest efforts to move the peace process forward in the war-stricken country.
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Locals in east Afghanistan complain of diseases caused by US ‘mother of all bombs’
Dec 09, 2019 10:30Over two and a half years after the United States dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an eastern Afghan province, locals are now complaining that America’s “mother of all bombs” have brought them “many diseases” and affected crop yield in agricultural lands.
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US resumes negotiations with Taliban to end Afghan war
Dec 07, 2019 07:51The United States has resumed talks with the Taliban militant group, three months after President Donald Trump abruptly halted negotiations aimed at ending America's longest war.
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US envoy to resume peace talks with Taliban in Qatar: State Department
Dec 05, 2019 10:50The US says its special representative for Afghanistan is set to restart talks with the Taliban militant group, a week after President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to the war-torn country and hinted at a resumption of the negotiations in Qatar.