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Taliban Blasted for Attack on Herat City Talibans offensive on the city of Herat was criticized by some lawmakers and analysts as a clear violation of their commitments to the Doha agreement, saying it has displaced hundreds of families and has created panic in the western city.
Under the US-Taliban agreement signed last year in Doha, Taliban... |
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EU envoy says aid will be cut if Taliban seize power militarily Tomas Niklasson, Acting Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, says that the EU would not recognize a Taliban government if they manage a military takeover.
In interview with Ariana News, Niklasson stated if the Taliban gain power through a military takeover the EU will cut its aid to... |
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Political Leaders Seek End to Violence as They Meet Ghani President Ashraf Ghani attended a consultative meeting with prominent Afghan political and jihadi leaders, religious scholars, women, and civil society and youth representatives on Saturday, the Presidential Palace said.
Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, former... |
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Watchdog reports of growing number of revenge attacks Taliban forces in Afghanistan are targeting known critics despite claiming that they have ordered their fighters to act with restraint, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
In Kandahar, the Taliban have detained and executed suspected members of the provincial government and security forces, and in... |
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US Navy Says Drone Strike Hit Oil Tanker Off Oman, Killing 2 US Navy explosive experts believe a "drone strike" targeted an oil tanker that came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, killing two on board, the American military said Saturday.
The strike Thursday night on the oil tanker Mercer Street marks the first-known fatal attack after years... |
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Czechs approve program to help Afghan translators The Czech government on Friday approved a program of help for Afghans who worked with Czech troops during their deployment in NATO missions, AP reported.
Defense Minister Lubomir Metnar said the help meant for Afghan interpreters and their families includes their relocation, an offer of asylum and... |
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Ghani says Afghanistan will not give in to subversive plans Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that Afghans will never allow their country to be turned into a battlefield by foreign networks.
Addressing an event marking National Flag Day at the Presidential Palace, Ghani said: "We will not give in to devastating plans that foreigners and networks... |
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China Criticizes US, NATO for Hasty Withdrawal from Afghanistan Chinas Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused the US and NATO of a "failure" due to their "hasty withdrawal" of troops from Afghanistan, AP reported.
The withdrawal of troops gives the Afghan people "an important opportunity to stabilise and develop their own country," Chain Ministry of Foreign Affairs... |
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Russia Increases Tajik Bases Combat Capabilities: Report Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday said they have increased the combat capabilities of its military base in Tajikistan and training local soldiers.
This comes after Moscow warned that Daesh was moving into neighbouring Afghanistan.
The security situation has rapidly deteriorated... |
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A stable Afghanistan is crucial to Pakistans Central Asia-EU railway vision Pakistans Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khans vision was to link the region with Central Asia and the European Union through a peaceful and stable Afghanistan.
In order to achieve this goal, political stability in Afghanistan... |
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* Top-level Taliban delegation visits China, offers assurances Members of a Taliban delegation look on during talks with Afghan officials in Qatars capital, Doha, on July 18, 2021. (File photo by AFP)
A top-level Taliban delegation visiting China has assured Beijing that Afghanistan will never be used as a base against the security of any other nation, the militant... |
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Pakistans PM says US really messed it up in Afghanistan Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan said the United States "really messed it up in Afghanistan" and that Washington should have pushed for a political settlement much earlier.
In an interview with PBS News Hour on Tuesday night, Khan sai: "I think the US has really messed it up in Afghanistan."
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Blinken Starts India Meetings With Address to Civil Society Group US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet his Indian counterpart and other officials on Wednesday before heading to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the China rivals seek to deepen their cooperation and iron out differences.
Blinken, in his first visit to the country since joining US President... |
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UN Envoy Warns Taliban of Intl Isolation If No Movement in Talks Addressing the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary generals special representative for Afghanistan, said that if there is no progress in the peace talks the world will not work with the Taliban.
"If there... |
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Russia ready to help Tajikistan amid Afghan conflict Russia is ready to provide its ally Tajikistan with any assistance needed amid a worsening conflict in neighbouring Afghanistan, Russias TASS news agency cited Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying on Wednesday.
Reuters reported that Shoigu said the additional supply of Russian arms to Tajikistan... |
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Pakistan Reopens Spin Boldak Crossing Held by Taliban Pakistan reopened southwestern the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province that is currently held by the Taliban, Pakistani customs officials said, as quoted by Reuters.
The Pakistani government has allowed over 100 trucks carrying goods to cross into Afghanistan, the report said.
The crossing... |
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ANDSF reclaims over a dozen districts as operations continue Afghan armed forces spokesman General Ajmal Shinwari said Wednesday the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have carried out 278 separate operations in seven provinces in the past week as they battle the Taliban.
Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Shinwari said in this time, more... |
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Taliban pushed back from Badghis capital, Badghis governor confirms Badghis governor Hassamuddin Shams has confirmed that at the height of clashes between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and the Taliban, insurgents broke through the prison gate in the provincial capital of Qala-e-Naw and freed the prisoners.
However, according to Shams, the... |
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Badghis governor reports all districts in province have fallen to Taliban Badghis Governor Hassamuddin Shams said Wednesday morning that all six districts in Badghis have completely fallen to the Taliban and that the group has now entered Qala-e-Naw, the provincial capital.
Shams said heavy clashes are currently underway and people are extremely afraid.
He said Qadis district... |
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Turkish, US defense ministers to discuss Kabul airport plan on Wednesday Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said he would discuss with his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday a plan for Turkey to operate and guard Kabuls Hamid Karzai airport after the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan, adding there was no final decision yet.
Ankara has offered to run and guard... |
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Foreign Minister Atmar meets with regional partners The Minister of Foreign Affairs Hanif Atmar met on Tuesday morning in Kabul with Afghanistans major regional partners to discuss the escalation of violence by the Taliban, the destruction of public property and infrastructure, the issue of IDPs and a new chapter in Afghanistans relations with the world.
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US slips out of Bagram silently without notifying new commander The U.S. left Afghanistans Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the bases new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said, the Associated... |
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Afghanistan on Agenda in Indian FMs Upcoming Visit to Moscow Afghanistans situation will be on the agenda in Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankars visit to Russia later this week.
Afghanistan will also be on the top of the agenda at several upcoming high-level meetings, including the annual India-Russia Summit, Hindustan Times reported.
The report... |
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Afghan Taliban to put forth written peace deal at talks next month "Although we (Taliban) have the upper hand on the battlefield, we are very serious about talks and dialogue," a spokesperson of the Afghan insurgent group tells Reuters.
The Taliban has plans to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government side as soon as next month, a spokesperson for... |
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Tajik president deploys 20,000 troops to border with Afghanistan Tajikistan will deploy thousands of troops along its border with Afghanistan amid fierce fighting between the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces and the Taliban.
During a National Security Council meeting on Monday, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon ordered the Tajik military to deploy... |
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Karzai hopeful of better future but calls on China to assist Former President Hamid Karzai said he feels a lot more hopeful of a better future for Afghanistan but also urged China to play a role in helping Afghanistan secure peace.
Speaking in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) via video link during the World Peace Forum, which opened... |
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11 Districts Fall to Taliban in 24 Hours: Sources Sources said that 11 districts have fallen to the Taliban in the last 24 hours - seven districts in Badakhshan, two districts in Kandahar, one in Parwan and one in Helmand.
The districts are Maimai, Nusai, Shuki, Khwahan, Ishakashim, Shuhada and Yawan in Badakhshan, Nish and Mianshin in Kandahar,... |
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Taliban warn all foreign troops must leave by September deadline While capturing Kabul is "not Taliban policy", any foreign troops left in Afghanistan after NATOs September withdrawal deadline will be at risk as occupiers, the Taliban told the BBC.
This comes amid reports that as many as 1,000 US troops could stay on in Afghanistan to protect the American Embassy... |
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UK to leave small number of elite troops in Afghanistan as ex-MI6 chief warns of likely civil war The British government is poised to keep a small special forces contingent on the ground in Afghanistan, The Telegraph has reported, after the Taliban made significant ground gains amid the US withdrawal.
Days after the US and its NATO allies pulled out of the coalitions main base in the country,... |
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Afghanistans security must be established by Afghan people: Irans president-elect The combined photo shows Irans President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi (R) and Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Irans President-elect Ebrahim Raeisi says the security of the neighboring Afghanistan should be provided by people of the country, adding that foreign forces only bring insecurity to the region.
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