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India says Iran sanctions threaten Afghan corridor
May 20, 2018 08:34Concerns are rising in New Delhi that US President Donald Trump’s efforts to re-instate sanctions against Iran would jeopardize an ambitious multinational connectivity project involving India, Iran and Afghanistan.
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Multiple blast hit sports stadium in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city
May 19, 2018 12:29At least eight people have been killed and dozens of others wounded as multiple blasts hit a sports stadium in eastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban forced to retreat from western city they attacked: Afghan officials
May 17, 2018 08:49Afghan commandos, backed by US airstrikes, have managed to push attacking Taliban militants back to the outskirts of the western city of Farah following a day of fierce fighting, officials say.
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‘Afghanistan not to turn into platform for enemies' threats against Iran’
May 13, 2018 09:25Afghan Defense Minister General Tariq Shah Bahrami appreciated Tehran for its assistance to his country in most difficult conditions, stressing that Afghanistan will not turn into a platform for threats and attacks against Iran.
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Afghanistan wants Iran to rid it of terrorism scourge
May 13, 2018 07:37Afghanistan's Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami has discussed stepped-up military and defense cooperation with Iran which is wary of Daesh's presence near its borders.
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Daesh, US weapon of choice against regional security: Iran
May 13, 2018 01:26Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the emergence and expansion of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan is a "very dangerous phenomenon," expressing Tehran's readiness to cooperate with Kabul in the fight against terrorism.
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NATO in Afghanistan: A dagger struck into the heart of Asia
May 12, 2018 02:11On April 27 the NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg issued an ultimatum to the Taliban fighting the US and NATO allied forces that have invaded and occupied Afghanistan; negotiate–meaning surrender-or be destroyed.
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Taliban kill over 30 police in western Afghanistan
May 11, 2018 10:48More than 30 policemen have been killed in separate assaults by Taliban in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah, officials say.
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Afghanistan's capital hit by coordinated bombings
May 09, 2018 09:13Militants have engaged in a gunfight with police after setting off at least three explosions in two districts of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.
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Afghanistan’s poverty rate rises as economy suffers
May 08, 2018 00:56Afghanistan's poverty rate has worsened sharply over the past five years as the economy has stalled and the Taliban insurgency has spread, with more than half the population living on less than a dollar a day, a survey published on Monday showed.