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Former UK commander in Afghanistan warns of ‘greatest danger’ from Daesh
Aug 30, 2021 10:00A former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan has warned that the UK faces the “greatest danger from terrorism” since the Daesh militant group is “at its height”.
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Iran rules out foreign decision-making on Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021 09:09The Afghans are the only side allowed to decide the fate of their own country, the spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, stressing that outsiders have no right to determine the future of Afghanistan.
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Rockets fired at Kabul airport after US drone strike against potential Daesh threat
Aug 30, 2021 03:45As many as five rockets have been fired at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the United States conducted a drone strike allegedly targeting a potential planner with the Daesh terrorist group.
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Nine members of Afghan family, including 6 kids, killed in ‘preemptive’ US attack on Kabul
Aug 30, 2021 02:34An initial fatality figure emerges from, what was earlier described as, a preemptive US drone strike in the vicinity of the Kabul International Airport, showing that the attack killed nine members of an Afghan family, including six children.
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Women allowed to attend university under Taliban rule: Acting higher education minister
Aug 30, 2021 01:17The Taliban's acting higher education minister says Afghan women would be allowed to study at university under the group's rule, but there would be a ban on mixed classes.
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Boris Johnson regrets manner of UK withdrawal from Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021 00:30UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his regret of the way his government withdrew from Afghanistan, saying Britain “would not have wished to leave in this way.”
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Rocket attack hits near Kabul airport, no report of casualties
Aug 29, 2021 12:20A loud blast has been heard in the Afghan capital Kabul hours after US officials warned of the possibility of a terror attack in the war-torn country’s capital.
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US troops may have shot civilians to death during chaos after Kabul airport attack: Eyewitnesses
Aug 29, 2021 05:28Some of the dozens of civilians who were killed in this week’s bombing at the Kabul airport may have actually been shot dead by US troops amid the chaos caused by the blast, according to eyewitnesses.
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From Afghanistan to Central America, US creates refugee crises
Aug 29, 2021 04:52The United States has a responsibility to provide a safe haven for refugees, from Afghanistan, Latin America, or elsewhere, and to cease interventions that fuel these crises and displace so many.
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Taliban, US aim for 'swift handover' of Kabul airport amid mass evacuations: Taliban official
Aug 29, 2021 04:09The Taliban and US forces are aiming for a swift handover of the Kabul airport to the militants who are prepared to take charge of the strategic facility, a Taliban official said.