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Afghanistan trade and transit: From dependency to autonomy
Jan 15, 2019 06:47As a landlocked country, Afghanistan has not benefited from sea routes and has never had reliable roads or railroads. At the same time, the harsh policies of neighboring countries, combined with dysfunctional public organizations and inefficient bureaucratic procedures, have further hampered the trade and transit in the country.
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Car bomb blast near foreign compound kills four, injures 90 in Afghan capital
Jan 15, 2019 03:23At least four people have been killed and dozens of others wounded after a bomb-laden car exploded near a heavily fortified foreign compound in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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India making inroads in Central Asia
Jan 12, 2019 18:11The year 2018 has ended on a high note for India. With the recent visits of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to New Delhi and Indian President Ram Nath Kovind’s to Tajikistan, as well as Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev expected arrival in New Delhi early this years, India is clearly showing its keenness to engage with the landlocked Central Asian countries, with whom the only safe and sure connection is through the land bridge provided by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Five killed in attack on police station in Afghanistan's Herat
Jan 12, 2019 15:48At least five people have been killed and four others injured during clashes between police and gunmen who stormed a police station in Afghanistan's western province of Herat.
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Kabul won’t let US use American bases against Iran: Diplomat
Jan 12, 2019 13:55Afghanistan will not allow the United States to use its bases in the country to conduct any act of aggression against Iran, says a top Afghan diplomat.
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Dozens killed as Taliban attack troops in four Afghan provinces
Jan 11, 2019 04:50Taliban militants have killed at least 32 members of security forces and pro-government militias during a series of coordinated attacks on checkpoints in four Afghan provinces.
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Iran offers an alternative to US occupation in Afghanistan
Jan 08, 2019 06:56Iran is offering Afghanistan an alternative to US occupation, one based on peace, dialogue and diplomacy instead of sheer military might, says Nikolai Bobkin, a Ph.D. in military science, and an Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Institute for the US and Canadian Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in his article for “Strategic Culture”, titled: “Iran Offers an Alternative to US Occupation in Afghanistan”.
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Afghanistan: Taliban storm security posts in western province, killing 21
Jan 07, 2019 09:11At least 21 Afghan security forces have been killed as Taliban militants stormed security checkpoints in the western province of Badghis, in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the area in months.
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US sent messages to negotiate with Iran on Afghanistan, Shamkhani says
Jan 07, 2019 04:56Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani highlighted the US failures in regional countries, including Afghanistan and Syria, and said Washington sent messages to him asking for negotiations about the Afghan crisis.
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About 30 people die in gold mine collapse in northern Afghanistan, officials say
Jan 06, 2019 14:14At least 30 people have lost their lives when a mine where they were digging for gold collapsed in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan, officials say.