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Afghans denounce Biden calling the country a Godforsaken place
Nov 08, 2022 04:39US President Joe Biden recounted his trips to Afghanistan in a recent speech to war veterans, including one in 2008 in which he was stranded in snow. In his remarks, he repeatedly disparaged Afghanistan as a God-forsaken place. The Taliban say his words are out of frustration.
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Taliban minister sees coal import deal with Iran ‘soon’
Nov 07, 2022 04:11Iran and Afghanistan will conclude a deal “soon” under which the Islamic Republic will import Afghan coal, Minister of Commerce and Industries in the Transitional Taliban Government Nuruddin Azizi has said.
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Afghan opium production 50 times higher since US-led invasion: Iranian diplomat
Nov 05, 2022 10:31Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri-Kani says the production of opium in Afghanistan has increased by 50 times since the US-led invasion of the South-Central Asian country in October 2001.
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US, Britain strengthening Daesh terrorists’ foothold, destructive potential in Afghanistan: Russian diplomat
Nov 04, 2022 14:21Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has held the United States and Britain responsible for the growth of the notorious Deash Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan and the uptick in violence across the South-Central Asian country.
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Afghan-Americans deplore US Marine’s abduction of baby girl amid chaotic withdrawal
Oct 25, 2022 11:24Afghan-American activists have expressed indignation after reports suggested that a US Marine and his wife abducted a baby girl during the chaotic American military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August last year, reports said.
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Mali vows to defend nation against French intrusions, meddling
Oct 19, 2022 12:27Mali's Foreign Minister has slammed France's continued attempts to undermine the sovereignty and national security of his country, pledging that Bamako is resolved to defend itself.
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Iran ready to host extraordinary ministerial meeting on Afghanistan
Oct 19, 2022 05:26Iran’s most senior diplomat expressed the country’s readiness to hold an extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring states, saying Tehran is also prepared for cooperation with Pakistan to ensure regional security.
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Afghans still worried over drone strikes after US puts limits on drone use
Oct 10, 2022 03:26US president Joe Biden has signed a new classified policy that limits the country’s drone operations and tightens the rules of engagement.
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Casualties feared as blast rips through a mosque at interior ministry in Kabul
Oct 05, 2022 10:54A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque inside the premises of Afghanistan’s interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, according to the ministry spokesman, offering no details about casualties yet.
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Marking 7 years since US attack on MSF hospital in Kunduz
Oct 04, 2022 14:02Back on October third 2015, this Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz was reduced to rubble after being hit by a US deadly airstrike. Some 211 shells were fired in the strike, lasting almost one hour. The charity hospital later announced that 42 civilians including staffers and patients were killed and dozens of others were wounded.