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Powerful explosions rattle area outside Kabul airport, claim over dozen civilian lives, 12 US service members
Aug 26, 2021 13:07At least two explosions have rattled the area outside the airport in the Afghan capital amid the precarious security situation following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, killing more than a dozen people as well as 12 US servicemen, in what was described by the Taliban as a “terrorist attack.”
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Russia: We will study Taliban's actions before making decision on recognizing them
Aug 26, 2021 10:58The Kremlin says Russia has conditioned the recognition of the Taliban on how the group treats the Afghan population and Russian diplomats following the militants’ shock seizure of the country.
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US, allies warn citizens away from Kabul airport over ‘threat of terror attack’
Aug 26, 2021 02:59The United States has warned people against travelling to the Kabul International Airport, urging those of its citizens who are currently outside the perimeter to leave the area, as thousands of desperate foreigners and Afghans try to catch evacuation flights following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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IRGC: Civil war sole outcome of America’s invasion of Afghanistan
Aug 26, 2021 02:06Iran’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 01:47Ali 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 11:44Afghanistan’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 10:53Iran 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 10:06Russia 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 09:45The 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 09:23As 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.