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2018-09-16 01:26
Tehran, Kabul explore ways to deepen ties
TEHRAN – At a meeting between Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on Thursday, Tehran and Kabul pledged to deepen ties in various arenas including water sharing.
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2018-09-09 06:45
Mattis makes unannounced visit to Kabul
TEHRAN - After visiting Pakistan and India, the U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis made an unannounced, whirlwind visit to Kabul on Friday, a day after deadly bombings at a sports center claimed dozens of lives.
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2018-08-21 09:40
Khan wants to engage with Kabul for regional peace
TEHRAN - Felicitating Afghanistan on its 99th Independence Day, Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is looking forward to engage with Kabul for promoting peace, stability and prosperity of the two countries.
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2018-08-21 09:36
President Ghani again extends olive branch to Taliban ahead of Eid al Adha
TEHRAN - Stung by the scathing criticism for failing to contain escalating violence, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has again extended an olive branch to the Taliban, declaring a conditional ceasefire ahead of Eid al Adha.
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2018-08-21 08:57
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
U.S. and NATO neglect Afghan Shia massacres
TEHRAN - As the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, the government in Kabul is finding itself in troubled waters. According to the UN, civilian deaths recorded a new high in the first half of this year. Meanwhile, the targeted attacks on Hazara Shias of Afghanistan also continue unabated.
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2018-08-19 10:46
India to help build another dam in Afghanistan
TEHRAN - After helping in the construction of Salma Dam in western Herat province of Afghanistan, which is known as Afghan-India Friendship Dam, India is now getting ready to aid the war-torn country in building the Shahtoot Dam situated in the Kabul river basin.
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2018/08/18
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Kabul school attack underscores threat to Afghanistan’s future
“How could they attack a classroom,” a friend asked, noticeably angry and outraged. There are no easy answers to that. A human mind cannot come to terms with the atrociousness of such horrendous crimes against humanity. Barging inside a packed classroom and blowing up young school children is no chivalry. It is an act of cowardice and spinelessness. The victims were not carrying arms and they were not on the frontlines of war. They were inside a classroom, preparing for university entrance examination.
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2018-07-05 12:18
Iran rejects claim of training Taliban militants
TEHRAN – Iran’s embassy in Kabul has strongly rejected a report by British media claiming that members of Afghanistan’s Taliban militant group are being trained in Iran.
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2018-06-28 12:10
A least 11 people killed in U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan
While attacks by the Taliban have frighteningly increased across Afghanistan, compounding worries for the Kabul government, drone strikes by the American forces are also intensifying, giving sleepless nights to people living in remotest areas.
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2018-04-22 18:01
Iran denounces terrorist attack on Kabul as ‘inhuman’
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi issued a statement on Sunday condemning a suicide terrorist attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, calling it a “criminal” and “inhuman” act.
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2018-01-27 18:27
Iran condemns horrible terror attack in Kabul
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday condemning a horrible terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, which left at least 95 people dead and 163 others injured.
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2018-01-22 18:28
Iran strongly condemns Afghan Intercontinental Hotel attack
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Sunday strongly condemned attack on Afghan Intercontinental Hotel which left at least 22 people killed.