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Taliban warn US against extending evacuation deadline
Aug 25, 2021 03:17The 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.
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US humiliation in Afghanistan could be a turning point in world history
Aug 24, 2021 14:44It's just over three decades since the Soviet Union was driven out of Afghanistan in a moment of epic national humiliation. Thirty-two years on and recently the United States has suffered the identical fate.
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US troops at Kabul airport extort money from Afghans seeking evacuation: Report
Aug 24, 2021 12:23The US forces stationed at Kabul’s international airport have reportedly been extorting money from Afghan nationals trying to flee the chaos in their homeland, following the collapse of Afghanistan’s military and the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
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Iran resumes Afghan trade as it looks to future under Taliban
Aug 24, 2021 11:38Local Afghan officials have called for an increase in Iranian fuel supplies to Afghanistan where the country's lightning takeover by the Taliban has triggered a spike in gasoline prices.
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Iran rejects hijacking, says Ukrainian plane flew back to Kiev
Aug 24, 2021 08:28Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization has dismissed reports that a Ukrainian aircraft was hijacked in Afghanistan and diverted to Iranian soil, saying Tehran has documented the plane’s landing at Kiev’s airport.
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Adding to US failures in Afghanistan, Taliban have grabbed billions in weaponry
Aug 24, 2021 04:09The Taliban are now in effective control of billions of dollars in U.S. weaponry—from thousands of grenades and machine guns to Black Hawk helicopters—American forces poured into Afghanistan over the past two decades.
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Home Office slammed over ‘chaotic’ handling of Afghan refugee crisis
Aug 24, 2021 02:29Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers who have already arrived in the UK are stuck in a “nightmarish limbo” amid mounting pressure to grant them the right to stay in Britain permanently.
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500 tons of medical supplies bound to Afghanistan stuck due to Kabul airport restrictions: WHO
Aug 24, 2021 01:44The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Kabul’s airport restrictions have blocked the delivery of over 500 tons of medical supplies, including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits, as the United States continues with its messy pullout of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Poll
Aug 24, 2021 01:00The US public is overwhelmingly in favor of ending the 20-year war in Afghanistan, but a majority of Americans say they disapprove of the way President Joe Biden is handling the troop withdrawal from the country.
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US withdrawal turning point for all Afghan groups: Iranian President Raeisi
Aug 24, 2021 00:46Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan must be considered a watershed moment by all political groups in the war-torn country.