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Iran ‘only country’ to have capacity to help Afghanistan: Ghani’s brother
Dec 08, 2021 03:43The brother of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who is also an expert in economic issues, says Iran is the only country that has the capacity to help Afghanistan after the two-decade-long war on the country.
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Wrong US policies root cause of complicated situation in Afghanistan: Iran's top security official
Dec 06, 2021 02:24The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the current complicated situation in Afghanistan is the result of wrong policies adopted by the United States during 20 years of its presence in the war-torn country.
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Iranian, Kyrgyz officials discuss security cooperation
Dec 05, 2021 08:41Top security officials from Iran and Kyrgyzstan weighed plans for closer political and security cooperation between the two countries, with both stressing the need for concerted action to ensure stability in Afghanistan.
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Macron: France, European countries seeking diplomatic representation in Afghanistan
Dec 04, 2021 11:28Several European countries are considering opening a common site for diplomatic representation in Afghanistan following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban in August, says French President Emmanuel Macron.
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How many wars does Washington want? And for what?
Dec 03, 2021 15:35Over the last two decades US policymakers have blundered through Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Yemen, frivolously sacrificing thousands of lives, wasting trillions of dollars, diverting essential resources, misusing patriotic personnel, and damaging national credibility – as well as killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions of people in foreign lands.
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Trade flows normally across Iran-Afghan border after brief clashes: IRICA
Dec 03, 2021 05:54The Iranian customs office (IRICA) says one of its main checkpoints on the eastern border with Afghanistan has resumed processing trade cargoes after a brief closure that was caused by clashes in the region.
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International community must swiftly send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, neighbors: Iran
Dec 02, 2021 08:55An Iranian diplomat says the international community must speed up the delivery of humanitarian aid not only to Afghanistan but also to its neighboring states hosting a large flux of Afghan refugees before the winter encroaches.
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Crimes without punishment – ever
Dec 01, 2021 07:12An estimated 300 children under five dying every day in Yemen from malnutrition, Palestinians shot dead in their occupied country every day, Lebanon and Syria slowly strangled by US sanctions, and the revelation of yet another massacre by the US, in Syria, where “about” 70 women and children were killed at Baghuz by bombs dropped one after the other to make sure that no-one escaped.
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Taliban demand unfreezing of Afghan assets in talks with US
Dec 01, 2021 06:23Representatives from the Taliban interim government and the United States have concluded a second round of talks in the Qatari capital, Doha.
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World Bank moves to free up $500m in 'Afghan aid', leaving out public sector workers
Nov 30, 2021 08:35The World Bank is set to meet on Tuesday to finalize a proposal to deliver up to $500 million from frozen Afghan funds to aid agencies only, leaving out tens of thousands of public sector workers.