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UN warns of freezing Afghanistan’s assets

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The United Nations (UN) has warned that cutting aid funds to the Taliban-run government in Afghanistan could throw millions into severe poverty and trigger a major refugee crisis.
Asia

First intl. flight from Afghanistan since US withdrawal in Doha

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The first international flight from Afghanistan since the US withdrawal from the war-torn country arrived in Qatar’s capital city of Doha on Thursday evening.
IFP Exclusive

Iran envoy urges accountability for war crimes in Afghanistan

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Iran’s representative to the United Nations Majid Takhte Ravanchi says Afghanistan is at a critical turn and the dire situation is the direct result of the military intervention of the US and its allies and their irresponsible withdrawal.
Views

Taliban accuses US of violating Doha agreement over minister banned

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The Taliban accused Washington of reneging on the 2020 Doha Agreement, which brought peace between the US and the group, as a newly appointed Afghan minister finds himself on an FBI wanted list.
Asia

Russia slams NATO plan over Afghan refugees

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A possible NATO plan to house Afghan refugees in central Asian countries can become a disaster for European countries, Moscow warns. Thousands of Afghans have fled the country, with many more seeking to leave, after Taliban announced assumed control of Kabul and other cities.
IFP Exclusive

Iran FM to UN chief: US made mistake maintaining illegal sanctions

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The Iranian foreign minister has told the UN chief that the parties to the Iran nuclear deal must come to the negotiating table with a realistic view.
Asia

Taliban to hold general elections in Afghanistan

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The Taliban are planning to organize general elections in Afghanistan which will allow various local groups and communities to cast their votes. This comesas the Taliban have introduced a caretaker government to rule the war-hit country.
Asia

Taliban urges UN to remove its leaders from sanction list

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The Taliban caretaker government has asked the United Nations to take the group's leaders off its blacklist. Several members of the interim government in Kabul are on the UN Security Council's terrorism blacklist, including acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund.
Local

Iranian Daily Berates Foreign Interference in Afghanistan

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A conservative Iranian daily says Tehran’s approach toward Afghanistan is “straightforward and wise.”
Asia

Afghan Girl, Having Lost Parents to Violence, Finds Safety in Iran

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Images have been posted on social media showing an Afghan girl who has trekked all the way to the Iranian border to take shelter in a country where people love her and she can find a safe place to live.
Asia

Fugitive Ghani swears he did not steal Afghan funds

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Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says leaving Kabul was "the most difficult decision of his life" as the Taliban encircled the capital, dismissing allegations that he did a runner with millions of dollars from Afghanistan.
IFP Exclusive

Taliban caretaker PM US-designated terrorist

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The Taliban on Monday named their caretaker cabinet members including an obscure figure who has a $5mn US bounty on his head. Mohammad Hassan Akhund was named as caretaker Prime Minister by the Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mojahed.
Asia

Afghanistan neighbors in talks over ongoing situation

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The foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s six neighbors are discussing the situation in the country in a teleconference.
Asia

Two killed, several wounded in anti-Taliban protest in Afghanistan’s Herat

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Two people were shot dead and eight wounded in an anti-Taliban demonstration in the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday, medical sources say said.
Foreign Policy

Iran: Stability top priority for Afghanistan

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A high-ranking Iranian security official has described stability and tranquility as top priorities for neighboring Afghanistan.
Asia

Taliban announces new Afghan govet., acting PM sanctioned and designated terrorist by UN

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The Taliban announced the names of several acting cabinet ministers of a new caretaker government in Afghanistan. Some of the ministers are wanted by the United States.
IFP Exclusive

Iran-based Afghans hold pro, anti-Taliban rallies

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Afghans residing in the Iranian city of Mashhad have held rival rallies in support of the Taliban, and the leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces.
IFP Exclusive

Massoud source: Panshir valley under resistance control

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A source close to Ahmad Massoud has told Iran’s Fars News Agency that the Panshir valley is still under the control of this anti-Taliban Afghan militia commander. The source said Masoud’s fighters have surrounded the Taliban in a location and efforts are underway to persuade them to surrender.
Asia

BBC Likely Helped Assassination of Panjshir’s Fahim Dashti

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Amid fighting in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley between the Taliban and the National Resistance Front of local leader Ahmad Masoud on Monday, reports emerged that the NRF’s spokesman Fahim Dashti has been killed.
Asia

Heavy clashes continue in Afghanistan’s Panjshir

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Fighting in Afghanistan's last major holdout against the Taliban rule continued after the leader of the resistance movement in Panjshir Valley called for a “national uprising” against the militant group.
Asia

UK Labour leader slams PM’s handling of Afghanistan withdrawal

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Labour leader Keir Starmer has slammed the British Prime Minister over the ongoing developments in Afghanistan, stating that Boris Johnson is “incapable of international leadership” during a heated debate in the House of Commons on Monday.
Selected

Top senator predicts US forces back in Afghanistan soon

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Top Republican Senator Lindsey Graham believes American troops will return to Afghanistan despite the chaotic military withdrawal from the war-torn country that was completed days ago.
IFP Exclusive

Iran FM: US main culprit in violating JCPOA

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Washington inflicted the main damage on the Iran nuclear deal and it’s the main culprit behind violating the agreement.
IFP Exclusive

Panjshir Leader Calls for National Anti-Taliban Resistance

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The leader of Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley front has called for national uprising against the Taliban.
Media Wire

Top Republican: Afghanistan situation worse than pre-9/11

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Michael McCaul (Texas), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that the situation in Afghanistan is “worse” than before the September 11 terrorist attacks because the Taliban is “fully armed” with US weaponry.
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