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Americas

Trump admin. wants key Afghan air base back

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US President Donald Trump has stated that he wants to regain control of Bagram Air Base in northeastern Afghanistan.
Europe

Germany seeks major agreement with Taliban: Bild

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Berlin is working on a deal that would create a mechanism to deport Afghans back to their home country, the tabloid Bild has reported. German officials are holding direct talks with the Taliban in Qatar and plan to send a delegation to Kabul, according to the media outlet.
Asia

UN says 362 earthquake-hit villages in Afghanistan still not reached

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The United Nations has announced it has been unable to reach 362 villages in Afghanistan in the wake of a deadly earthquake in its eastern Kunar province, which killed at least 2,200 people and flattened entire communities and their homes.
Asia

Taliban appeals for global aid as rescue teams search for survivors

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The Taliban has called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed hundreds of people and left thousands injured.
Asia

At least 800 killed as powerful quake rattles Afghanistan

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An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 800 people and injured 3,000, a government spokesman announced, with significant damage reported across several districts in the mountainous regions.
Asia

ICC seeks arrest of Taliban leaders over persecution of Afghan women

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The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, accusing them of crimes against humanity over the persecution of women and girls.
Asia

Afghanistan’s Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water: Report

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The Afghan capital city of Kabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned in a report.
Middle East

British veterans detail war crimes by British forces in Afghanistan, Iraq

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Former members of the United Kingdom’s special forces  recount war crimes committed by British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq dating back over a decade.
Asia

USAID cancels all remaining Afghanistan humanitarian aid contracts: CNN

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The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has canceled all remaining contracts for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, a USAID official has told CNN.
Asia

Afghanistan says US lifted bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani

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The United States has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul have claimed.
Americas

Trump says US generals involved in Afghanistan withdrawal should be fired

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US President Donald Trump said “every single one” of the military generals involved in the US withdrawal from Afghanistan must be fired, seated next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting.
Asia

Taliban says hit ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for deadly attacks

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Taliban fighters have targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense has announced, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardments inside Afghanistan.
Asia

Pakistan carries out air attack against Afghanistan, Taliban vows retaliation

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The Pakistani military has conducted air attacks in neighbouring Afghanistan, targeting hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban armed group, TTP, in Paktika province, according to security officials.
Americas

Trump’s transition team probing possible court martial for Afghan withdrawal officers

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The transition team of US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly compiling a list of senior military officers involved in the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of American soldiers from Afghanistan, exploring the possibility of court martials for those deemed responsible for the operation's execution.
Asia

Taliban hopes for “a new chapter of relations” with US after Trump election victory

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Afghanistan’s Taliban has announced it hopes for “a new chapter of relations” with the US after President-elect Donald Trump’s win.
Asia

Iran attends quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan

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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi attended a meeting with his counterparts from Russia and China, as well as Pakistan's defense minister, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
Americas

10 Democrats vote to censure Biden, Blinken, Pentagon chief over Afghanistan withdrawal

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The House on Wednesday voted in favor of legislation to condemn multiple Joe Biden administration officials over the Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021 — and 10 of those who voted in favor were Democrats.
Asia

At least 6 killed in Kabul blast

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An explosion in Afghanistan's capital Kabul killed at least six people, the country's interior ministry and police have announced.
Europe

Several European countries mull reopening embassies in Afghanistan: Report

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Several European states are considering reopening their embassies in Afghanistan in a move that would entail diplomatic recognition of the Taliban almost three years after the fall of Kabul, people familiar with the matter have claimed.
Foreign Policy

Iran envoy says complex condition in Afghanistan requires comprehensive consultations

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Iran's special envoy to Afghanistan has stressed the need for comprehensive negotiations with all parties to address the "complex and serious" situation in Afghanistan and the wider region.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM: Occupiers to blame for underdevelopment, economic maladies in Afghanistan

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Iranian Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagher Kani says the decades-long US-led occupation continues to plague Afghanistan as it has led to the underdevelopment and serious economic problems in the country.
Asia

UN says hundreds killed by flash floods in Afghanistan

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Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have claimed the lives of more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the United Nations food agency reported Saturday.
Asia

Afghanistan tops list of world’s unhappiest country: Report

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Finland remained the world's happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report. Afghanistan, plagued by a humanitarian catastrophe since the Taliban regained control in 2020, stayed at the bottom of the 143 countries surveyed.
Americas

Former US generals slam Biden admin. for Afghanistan withdrawal

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The two top US generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the administration of President Joe Biden for the chaotic departure, telling American lawmakers that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.
Asia

Afghanistan’s Taliban government accuses Pakistan of bombing civilians

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Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of killing eight civilians in an air raid on Monday. The group responded by opening fire on Pakistani targets, allegedly wounding seven people.
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