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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.
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I was a marine in Afghanistan. We sacrificed lives for a lie
Aug 19, 2021 12:23The Afghan cities fall in rapid succession, like men caught in enfilade fire. First Zaranj, Kunduz a few days later, then Kandahar and Lashkar Gah. Next is Mazar-i-Sharif. And finally, the Taliban begin their move to swiftly and decisively take Kabul.
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Expected Afghan influx reopens divisions over refugees in Europe
Aug 19, 2021 12:15The fall of Kabul has reopened divisions over immigration in European countries as government leaders brace themselves for an inevitable surge in refugees.
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Billions of dollars of US weapons seized by Taliban
Aug 19, 2021 11:48The Taliban in Afghanistan have seized billions of dollars of US weapons following the quick collapse of Afghan security forces that were equipped with the American military equipment.