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2021-08-31 17:03
Iran’s Afghanistan envoy meets German counterpart
TEHRAN - Iran’s special envoy for Afghanistan Mohammad Ali Taherian held talks on Sunday with his German counterpart Jasper Wieck over the latest political and security developments in war-torn Afghanistan, according to a statement by the Iranian foreign ministry.
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2021-08-31 14:35
Chaotic, bloody exit marks end of U.S. longest war
The last United States forces left Afghanistan late on Monday, ending a 20-year occupation that began shortly after Al Qaeda’s attacks on 9/11, cost over $2 trillion, took more than 170,000 lives and ultimately failed to defeat the Taliban who allowed Al Qaeda to operate there, the New York Times reported.
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2021/08/31
By Andrew Korybko
Ten lessons to be learned from the U.S. disastrous war on Afghanistan
The U.S. panicked retreat from Afghanistan following the Taliban's complete takeover of the country leaves many lessons to be learned from America's longest-ever war.
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2021-08-30 22:12
Iran says won’t rush to recognize Taliban
TEHRAN — Speaking at his weekly press briefing on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh reiterated that Iran seeks the establishment of an “inclusive” government in Afghanistan, and is ready to facilitate intra-Afghan talks.
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2021-08-30 16:33
U.S. “kills” 9 Afghan family members
Nine members of one family were killed in a U.S. drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, according to U.S. media citing a relative of those killed.
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2021-08-29 18:52
Iran has no problems in borders with Afghanistan, border guard official says
TEHRAN - The Deputy Commander of Iranian Police Border Guard Jalal Setareh said on Sunday that Afghan immigrants are treated with respect and dignity and are often returned to their home country.
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2021-08-29 18:51
Composer Hushang Kamkar dedicates “Another Grieved Land” to Afghan people
TEHRAN – Celebrated Iranian composer Hushang Kamkar dedicated his latest piece “Another Grieved Land” (“Faghanestani Digar”) to the oppressed people of Afghanistan.
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2021/08/28
By Martin Love
The U.S. empire is slowly disintegrating…
Anyone in America with eyes to see and read and ears to hear cannot honestly conclude anything but that the U.S.is in decline. Its leaders during the past 30 years at least have presumed a kind of negative “activism” across the globe is good policy, but now the chickens as they say are coming home to roost and blowback is apparent most everywhere, but for now especially so in Afghanistan.
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2021-08-27 22:08
It’s possible that the U.S. is giving rise to Daesh in Afghanistan
20 years of looting ends in fiasco
TEHRAN — 170 people were killed in four massive explosions in Kabul on Thursday. By who? ISIS!
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2021-08-27 22:06
Kam Air planes permitted to land in Iranian airports due to security threats
TEHRAN — The spokesman for the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced on Thursday that Iran has accepted a request that a number of planes from the private Afghan company, Kam Air, to land in Iranian airports.
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2021-08-27 20:48
Afghan terror sparks global response
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called a meeting of the permanent members of the Security Council to discuss the chaotic situation in Afghanistan, diplomats have told media.
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2021-08-27 18:41
By Mohammad Mazhari
Geography and history defeated America in Afghanistan: Egyptian professor
TEHRAN – A professor of political science at Beni Suef University says the Taliban succeeded to force the U.S. to pull out of Afghanistan because of the strategic location of the country and the tribal nature of the society.
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2021-08-27 18:36
Pakistani FM holds Afghanistan talks in Tehran
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi met on Thursday with high-ranking Iranian officials to mainly discuss the mayhem in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over Kabul on August 16.
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2021-08-27 15:18
Iran strongly condemns deadly terrorist attacks at Kabul airport
TEHRAN— Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday morning censured the deadly terrorist attacks at the Kabul Airport on Thursday and expressed deepest condolences over the heinous acts.
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2021-08-25 21:50
Afghan luminaries meet Iranian ambassador in Kabul
TEHRAN — Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai and former peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah have met with Iran’s ambassador in Kabul on Wednesday morning for talks on ways to restore stability to the war-torn country, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
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2021-08-25 19:19
U.S should be held “accountable” for Afghan crimes
China's envoy to the UN Human Rights Council says the U.S. army and the militaries of its coalition partners should be held accountable for potential rights violations committed in Afghanistan.
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2021-08-25 00:03
5th session of int'l conference on armed conflicts in West Asia to be held online
TEHRAN- The fifth pre-session of the international conference on international law and armed conflicts in West Asia is to be held virtually on August 26, 2021.
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2021-08-24 22:20
Ukrainian plane hijacked and unclasped in 30 minutes!
TEHRAN — Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister reportedly claimed on Tuesday that a Ukrainian plane that was taking part in evacuation efforts of the country’s citizens from Afghanistan was hijacked and flown to Iran, but the claim was later denied by the country’s Foreign Ministry.
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2021-08-24 19:02
U.S. extension of Afghan exit a “red line”
The Taliban has warned there will be "consequences" if the United States and its allies try to remain in Afghanistan beyond a withdrawal deadline next week.
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2021-08-24 16:50
By Mohammad Mazhari
Iran, Turkey, Pakistan have great task to solve Afghanistan problem: Turkish politician
TEHRAN - Dogan Bekin, vice president of the New Welfare Party in Turkey, is of the opinion that Islamabad, Tehran and Ankara must make a concerted effort to restore peace in Afghanistan.
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2021-08-24 16:42
By Mohammad Mazhari
Afghan exit was worst-ever defeat in U.S. history: analyst
‘Neither Russia nor China regards the Taliban as an anti-American proxy force’
TEHRAN - A geopolitical analyst describes U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a mess and the worst-ever military defeat in U.S. history.
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2021-08-24 13:41
Anti-Taliban leader says ready to fight Taliban
In a sign of the fragile state of Afghanistan, Ahmed Massoud, the leader of a military alliance that includes former Afghan government soldiers says he and his forces are ready to fight the Taliban in Panjshir valley.
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2021-08-23 21:16
“Watch what you say!”
Iran calls for inclusive Afghan government
TEHRAN — In his weekly press briefing on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Iran favors an “inclusive” government in Afghanistan, and will continue to stand by the Afghan people.
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2021-08-23 20:27
Iran elaborates on its Afghanistan policy
TEHRAN – More than a week after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the collapse of the Afghan government, Iran outlined its nascent policy toward the new reality in a neighboring country with which Tehran is likely to have difficulty dealing.
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2021-08-23 19:25
Pakistan FM to visit Iran for Afghanistan talks
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi will pay a visit to Iran on Thursday to discuss developments in bilateral relations and Afghanistan, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
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2021-08-22 19:25
“War criminal” Blair slams Biden’s Afghan exit as sign of West’s decline
Tony Blair has quite dramatically broken his silence over the “chaotic” U.S.-led military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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2021-08-21 21:39
Afghanistan: What to Expect
TEHRAN – With the Taliban taking the reins in Kabul, Afghanistan seems to be poised to become a new hotspot for regional and extra-regional power competition, one that, if unleashed, would do little to improve the lives of Afghan people fed up with war and destruction.
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2021-08-19 21:01
Iranian, Russian presidents vow to help establish security in Afghanistan
TEHRAN - During a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russia President Vladimir said Tehran and Moscow are ready to help establish peace and security in the war-torn Afghanistan.
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2021-08-18 12:55
Biden shifts blame for Afghan war defeat
In a much anticipated live address on the lightening fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, U.S. President, Joe Biden, rejected broad criticism of the chaotic evacuation scenes at Kabul airport.
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2021-08-17 16:13
By Mahmood Monshipouri
The unwinnable war in Afghanistan: What is left to learn?
Long known as the “Graveyard of Empires,” Afghanistan has been vehemently inhospitable to outside intervention. The lessons that should be learned from the legion of failed outside attempts to conquer Afghanistan are varied and many and yet none have been taken deeply to heart by U.S. military strategists in recent decades.