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IRGC: Civil war sole outcome of America’s invasion of Afghanistan
Aug 26, 2021 06:36Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says two decades of atrocities committed by the United States in Afghanistan has brought about nothing other than a civil war in the South Asian country.
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Afghan grandees insist on formation of inclusive government: Velayati
Aug 26, 2021 06:17Ali Akbar Velayati, an International Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said he has held talks with several grandees and leading figures of Afghanistan, who have maintained that their country requires an inclusive government involving all ethnic groups.
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Afghan refugees kept under inhuman conditions at US base in Qatar
Aug 25, 2021 16:14Afghanistan’s refugees who fled the country after the United States’ chaotic withdrawal of military forces are currently living in deplorable conditions at facilities run by Americans in Qatar.
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Iran: US, West adventurism to blame for emergence of terrorist groups, rising violence in region
Aug 25, 2021 15:23Iran has blamed military adventurism by the United States and its allies for the emergence of terrorist groups, including Daesh, and the subsequent rise of unprecedented violence in the region.
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Russia starts evacuations from Afghanistan
Aug 25, 2021 14:36Russia has started the evacuation of hundreds of people from Afghanistan after days of violent chaos at the Kabul international airport and amid jitters in the Afghan capital over the takeover of the country by the Taliban militant group.
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Biden faces pressure to extend Afghanistan evacuation mission as Taliban warns against doing so
Aug 25, 2021 14:15The United States faced mounting global pressure on Monday (Aug. 23, 2021) to extend its evacuation mission in Afghanistan past President Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline, despite a Taliban warning against doing so.
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Freezing Afghanistan’s wealth: US scrambles to hit hard with “soft” power
Aug 25, 2021 13:53As the U.S. government is left scrambling, watching its 2.2 trillion dollar war effort turn out to have meant nothing and seeking to pick up the pieces, it is now behaving very dangerously. The U.S. may not have a physical presence inside of Afghanistan in the future, but the fear is that its economic sanctions may end up being more deadly than its armed forces.
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Taliban: US can now help rebuild Afghanistan after destroying it
Aug 25, 2021 10:56The Taliban say the United States could now step forward and participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan given how it contributed to the destruction of the country, amid the withdrawal of US-led forces after two decades of war.
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Karzai, Abdullah discuss stability in Afghanistan in meeting with Iran ambassador
Aug 25, 2021 10:33Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai and former peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah have met with Iran’s ambassador in Kabul for talks on ways to restore stability to the war-torn country, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group’s takeover.
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Taliban warn US against extending evacuation deadline
Aug 25, 2021 07:47The Taliban have rejected the potential extension of a looming deadline for US and other foreign troops to completely withdraw from Afghanistan, and called on Washington to stop evacuating skilled Afghans after the group’s takeover of the country.