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Zarif holds talks with Chinese envoy over developments in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2021 07:34Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with China’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Affairs Yue Xiaoyong in Tehran over the latest developments in the Central Asian nation in the wake of Taliban's takeover of the capital Kabul.
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Desperate Afghans crowd Kabul airport apron to flee Taliban
Aug 16, 2021 10:35Crowds of frantic people rush to Kabul airport to look for a way to leave the country after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in a lightning fast takeover.
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US allies react mutely to Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2021 07:44United States allies are reacting mutely to the Taliban’s victory march into the Afghan capital city of Kabul 20 years after a US-led invasion removed the militants from power, expressing concerns for civilians caught in the violence but falling short of pointing to the catastrophic failure of the longest war in US history.
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Chaos and killings at Kabul airport: US forces open fire as Afghans mob tarmac
Aug 16, 2021 03:32Kabul International Airport has been overwhelmed with scenes of disorder and confusion as panicked Afghan residents and foreign nationals hoping to find seats on the last flights leaving the country have dashed to the airport, with reports of several deaths after US troops were said to have fired in the air to disperse a desperate crowd of thousands.
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US failure in Afghanistan signals ‘irreversible erosion’ of American hegemony: Russian senator
Aug 16, 2021 03:20A Russian senator says the US failure in Afghanistan goes beyond the failure of individual US presidents and depicts the “irreversible erosion” of American hegemony over the world.
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Shamkhani reaffirms Iran’s support for Afghan people
Aug 16, 2021 03:05Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani assured the Afghan people that the Islamic Republic will continue to back them and their will as in the past four decades.
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Biden ‘underestimated’ Taliban, to ‘have blood on his hands’
Aug 16, 2021 01:20The top-ranking Republican in US House foreign affairs committee says President Joe Biden is going to “have blood on his hands,” over the situation in Afghanistan, arguing that he “underestimated” the Taliban, which has advanced across the country.
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He ran out of Afghanistan: Trump lashes out at Biden for not following his ‘plan’
Aug 16, 2021 01:10Former US President Donald Trump has responded to clear accusations by President Joe Biden about the Republican leader’s role in Afghanistan, where Taliban is increasingly capturing more land across the country.
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US congressman: Fall of Kabul ‘epic failure of Biden's foreign policy’
Aug 16, 2021 01:02Republican Congressman Steve Scalise has said the fall of Kabul to the Taliban is US President Joe Biden’s “Saigon moment,” calling it an “an epic failure of President Biden's foreign policy.”
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Iran says reduces staff in Afghanistan missions; diplomats in good conditions
Aug 16, 2021 00:55The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the country’s embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul is still active, but has reduced the number of its personnel as Taliban forces took over the capital city of the war-ravaged country.