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Asia

China says US hasn’t learned from its defeats in Afghanistan

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China says the United States has learned no lessons from its failure ‘to democratise’ Afghanistan and the muddled withdrawal of its troops from the war-torn country.
Views

Former Iran diplomat: Taliban still facing legitimacy issue

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One year after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, a former senior Iranian diplomat says the Taliban government is yet to be accepted by the Afghan people, stressing that lack of coherence is clearly seen in the administration in Kabul.
Asia

Dozens of economists call on Biden to release Afghan funds

IFP Media Wire -
More than 70 economists and experts have urged Washington and other nations to release Afghanistan's central bank assets in a letter sent to US President Joe Biden.
Asia

In first round of talks, Taliban, Masoud’s forces agree to hold fire: Report

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The Taliban and a group of local fighters in Afghanistan led by Ahmad Masoud have held a first ever round of talks, agreeing to cease hostilities until a second round of talks is held, a report says.
Asia

Taliban: UN warning over Daesh threat in Afghanistan not real

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The Taliban say some countries have “clandestine motives” in playing up the threat of Daesh in Afghanistan. This follows a new report issued by the United Nations Security Council suggesting that the terror group has been boosting its presence in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
Views

Analyst: US creating rifts within Taliban to facilitate Daesh infiltration

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An Iranian political analyst has given the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan a heads-up over US plots to cause discord within the ranks of the group and pave the way for the Daesh terrorist group’s infiltration.
Americas

Biden to rescind designation of Afghanistan as non-NATO ally

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US President Joe Biden has notified the Congress of his intent to rescind the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally, according to a statement published by the press service of the White House on Wednesday.
Foreign Policy

Iran: US bent on igniting ‘ethnic war, organized unrest’ in Afghanistan

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A senior Iranian diplomat warns that the US is making attempts to give a regional dimension to the crisis in Afghanistan by provoking “organized unrest” and “religious” war among various ethnic groups in the country.
Healthcare

Iran Red Crescent ready to send aid to Afghanistan’s quake zone

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The director of Iran’s Red Crescent Society has declared readiness to send aid to eastern Afghanistan where a powerful earthquake has caused heavy casualties and massive damage.
Asia

Hundreds killed in Afghanistan quake

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A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.1 that rocked eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 950 people.
Asia

Blast hits Kabul, at least 2 killed

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An explosion occurred in a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday morning. At least two people have been killed and seven others injured.
Asia

US envoy raises Afghan women’s rights with Taliban FM

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The US special envoy on Afghanistan has met the Taliban’s acting foreign minister in the Qatari capital Doha and stressed international opposition to the group’s expanding curbs on women and girls.
Asia

UN warns food insecurity in Afghanistan reaches ‘catastrophic’ level

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The United Nations (UN) has released data reporting that food insecurity in parts of Afghanistan has reached “catastrophic” levels.
Asia

Interim Afghan government calls itself inclusive

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Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi says the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is an inclusive government.
Views

Recognition of Taliban not on Iran’s agenda for now: Ex-envoy

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A former Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan says recognition of the acting Taliban government is not on Tehran’s agenda for the time being, stressing that the new rulers in Kabul must first accept international regulations and ensure Iran’s share of water from the Helmand River.
Security

Ghalibaf: US fueling Afghan insecurity as part of ethnic-religious plot

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the United States is using Daesh terrorists to create insecurity in Afghanistan as part of an ethnic-religious plot.
Asia

Former senior official Abdullah Abdullah leaves Afghanistan

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Afghanistan’s former Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, who remained in the country after its takeover by the Taliban, has left for an unknown location for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holidays.
Security

Iran warns extremists will show no mercy to Shia, Sunni Muslims

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Iran’s Embassy in Kabul has warned that neither Sunni nor Shia Muslims are safe in the face of criminal acts committed by extremist groups.
Asia

Dozens killed in Kabul mosque blast

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A bomb blast rips through a mosque in Kubul, killing more than 50 worshippers. The explosion rocked the Afghan capital after Friday prayers.
Asia

Twin blasts kill nine in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif

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Two bomb blasts aboard separate minibuses killed at least nine people Thursday night in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif, police confirmed. It comes a week after a deadly explosion rocked a Shiite mosque in the northern city.
Asia

In new bloodshed, 33 die as blast hits mosque in N Afghan city

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Nearly three dozen people have been killed as a huge bomb explosion tears through a Sunni mosque in Afghanistan’s northern city of Kunduz.
Asia

Taliban arrest ‘mastermind’ of terror attack on Afghan Shia mosque

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Taliban officials say the mastermind behind a deadly terrorist attack targeting a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif has been arrested in Balkh Province.
Asia

Dozens killed in bomb blast in Shia mosque in Afghan Mazar-e-Sharif

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A bomb explosion claimed by the Daesh terrorist group has killed at least 31 people in a mosque in the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The bombing also wounded dozens of people.
Asia

At least 6 killed in Kabul school blasts, casualties on the rise

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Three explosions rocked a high school in western Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least six people and injuring children, according to Afghan security and health officials.
Asia

7 Pakistani soldiers killed in ambush near Afghan border

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At least seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an ambush by an armed group near the Afghanistan border.
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