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US government lied for two decades about Afghanistan
Aug 20, 2021 12:07Using the same deceitful tactics they pioneered in Vietnam, U.S. political and military officials repeatedly misled the country about the prospects for success in Afghanistan. Numerous documents, largely ignored by the public, proved that U.S. officials knew what they were saying was false — just as happened so many times in prior wars — and even deliberately doctored information to enable their lies.
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Afghans who guarded British embassy ditched by UK government: Report
Aug 20, 2021 12:00Some 125 Afghans who had been hired to guard the British embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, have been reportedly informed that they are not eligible for a British scheme designed to help people who worked for the UK resettle abroad, amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban militants.
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Erdogan says Turkey not ‘Europe's migrant storage unit’ as EU guards against Afghan refugees
Aug 20, 2021 10:40Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on European governments to take responsibility for refugees coming from Afghanistan, insisting that his country has no intention of becoming "Europe's migrant storage unit" after the Taliban’s takeover triggered a new wave of refugee outflow.
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UN report: Taliban conducting 'targeted door-to-door visits'
Aug 20, 2021 07:18A secret UN document says Taliban militants now ruling Afghanistan are “intensifying” efforts to hunt down elements that collaborated with US and NATO forces despite pledges of general amnesty by the group.
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There 'will never be' a US military solution in Afghanistan: Rep. Barbara Lee
Aug 20, 2021 03:57US Congresswoman Barbara Lee—who cast the sole vote against the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that was used to justify the war in Afghanistan—reiterated on Sunday, August 15th her assessment that "there is no military solution" to address the worsening chaos in that country.
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Afghan Shias commemorate Ashura under Taliban guard in Herat
Aug 20, 2021 02:59Afghan Shias commemorate the holy day Ashura under the watchful eyes of Taliban gunmen.
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Afghanistan’s fate awaits US-backed Ukraine: Senior Russian security official
Aug 20, 2021 02:12A top Russian security official has warned that the US administration will one day abandon its commitment to Ukraine just as Washington left its Afghan allies and hastily withdrew forces from the war-torn country in the midst of unabated offensives by the Taliban militant group.
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan indicates occupation forces’ failure in our region: Houthi
Aug 20, 2021 01:31The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war clearly shows that occupation forces have failed to advance their plans and agendas in the West Asia region.
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EU’s Borrell says Taliban takeover of Afghanistan biggest event since Crimea
Aug 20, 2021 01:24The EU's foreign policy chief says the collapse of the Western-backed administration and a subsequent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has been the most important geopolitical event since Russia "annexed" Crimea in 2014.
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Russia says anti-Taliban forces forming resistance in northeast of Kabul
Aug 20, 2021 01:09Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says a group of Afghan leaders are trying to rally a force to resist the Taliban from Panjshir Valley northeast of Kabul after the takeover of the war-ravaged Asian country by the militant group.