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Taliban urges airlines to resume Afghan flights

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The Taliban asked international airlines on Sunday to resume flights to Afghanistan. This as Kabul airport was damaged in the evacuation of thousands of foreign troops and civilians in August.
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Iran repatriating thousands of illegal Afghan refugees daily

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Iran says it is repatriating Afghans who have illegally entered the country.
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Mikdad says US must end illegal presence in Syria

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Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Minister Faisal Mikdad warned the United States to pull out its forces from the Arab country before facing similar Afghanistan fate.
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UK troops linked to deaths of hundreds of Afghan civilians

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British forces are linked to the deaths 289 civilians during the Afghanistan conflict, with compensation of just £2,380 paid on average for each life lost, new figures reveal.
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Taliban to lodge protest to UN over US killing of Afghans

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The Taliban announced their plan to lodge a protest with the United Nations (UN) over US forces shooting at the Kabul international airport during the evacuation of Afghans and foreigners in August, resulting in death of Afghan civilians.
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Russia FM, EU foreign policy chief discuss JCPOA, Afghanistan

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell on Thursday discussed the Iran nuclear deal and Afghanistan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement.
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Blinken discusses JCPOA, Afghanistan with Persian Gulf FMs

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has sat down with his opposite numbers from a few Persian Gulf countries, with the Iran nuclear deal, Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian tensions, topping the agenda.
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WHO raises alarm over Afghanistan health system

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over Afghanistan’s health-care system, warning that the country is on the brink of “an imminent humanitarian catastrophe”.
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China urges lifting of sanctions against Afghanistan

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China has called for an end to the economic sanctions on Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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China, Russia, Pakistan envoys meet Taliban officials

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Special envoys of China, Russia and Pakistan held talks with top officials of the Taliban interim government and other senior Afghan leaders to discuss the recent developments in the war-ravaged country.
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U.S. and Afghan officials claim Ahmad Massoud fled

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U.S. and Afghan officials claim Ahmad Massoud the son of Afghanistan’s most celebrated anti-Taliban resistance leader has escaped into neighboring Tajikistan, less than a month after vowing to defend his homeland against militants.
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Amnesty: Taliban not serious about protecting human rights

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Amnesty International detailed cases of human rights abuses purportedly carried out by the Taliban about a month after the militant group took over Afghanistan.
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Taliban confirms final list of government appointees

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The Taliban expanded its interim cabinet on Tuesday, announcing a list of deputy ministers but failed to name any woman despite facing an international backlash.
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Karzai: Afghanistan can model itself on Iran

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Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai says Taliban-ruled Afghanistan can model itself on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Asia

Top US, UK diplomats discuss Iran, Afghanistan

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with newly appointed UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Monday and discussed various issues including Iran and Afghanistan.
Asia

Ismail Khan: Iran can pressure Taliban into forming inclusive government

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Renowned Afghan commander and former Herat governor says what the Taliban has introduced as the caretaker government in Afghanistan will not last as they represent only one ethnic group. In an exclusive interview with the news website Entekhab, Ismail Khan also says Iran can pressure the Taliban into forming an inclusive government and avoid a war given Iran has friends in the region and with the help of other neighbors. The last part of the interview follows:
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Iran goods account for 30-40 percent of Afghanistan imports

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The head of Iran-Afghanistan chamber of commerce Hossein Salimi says the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will have no impact on economic relations between the two countries.
Asia

Taliban orders Kabul’s female employees to stay home

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Female workers in the city of Kabul have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for women who cannot be replaced by men, the interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says.
Asia

The Taliban issue guideline for news outlets

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The Taliban government in Afghanistan has issued a new guideline for Afghan news outlets.
Security

Iran general: Multipolar world to emerge

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Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has said that a multipolar world will emerge despite American efforts to achieve global domination.
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Ismail Khan: Recent events in Afghanistan coup, Ghani committed treason

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Iconic Afghan commander, Amir Ismail Khan, known as the Lion of Herat, says the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has been a ‘coup’ and the result of the betrayal of former President Ashraf Ghani. The news website Entekhab, has conducted an exclusive interview with Ismail Khan who was briefly captured by the Taliban before escaping from the militant group. The first part of the interview follows:
Education

UNICEF worried about Afghan girls education

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The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the reopening of schools in Afghanistan but stressed girls must not be kept away from the classrooms.
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Report: Taliban leader attacked in Kabul palace

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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban co-founder and current acting prime minister of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has been sidelined after a dramatic shootout in the presidential palace in Kabul, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Raisi: Iran won’t allow Daesh find safe haven in Afghanistan

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The Iranian president says all terrorist groups must be eradicated from Afghanistan and that Iran will not allow the Daesh terror group to find a safe haven in that country.
Asia

US admits Kabul attack killed 10 civilians, not Daesh militants

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A US drone strike in Afghanistan last month killed 10 civilians – including seven children – and not Daesh extremists as first claimed, the Pentagon admitted on Friday.
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