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2021-09-07 21:05
Taliban name caretaker cabinet
The Taliban on Tuesday afternoon released the names of the caretaker government.
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2021-09-06 22:26
Afghanistan developments discussed at online event hosted by Qom University
TEHRAN – The University of Qom has hosted an online preparatory session in preparation for an international conference on international law and armed conflicts in the region that will be held in mid-October.
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2021-09-06 19:33
Iran draws red lines on Afghanistan
TEHRAN – In the first sign of turnabout, Iran issued warnings in multiple directions as Taliban forces announced the “conquest” of the last opposition foothold in the Panjshir valley.
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2021-09-06 19:30
Abdullah Abdullah asks Iran to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
TEHRAN - Head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah has called on Iran to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan amid Taliban-led deliberations to form a new government.
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2021-09-06 11:36
By Payman Yazdani
U.S. Afghanistan exit revives necessity of EU Army formation
TEHRAN – Following U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, an increasing number of European politicians argue that the European Union should boost its strategic autonomy.
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2021-09-05 21:49
By Ambreen Gul Shahid (Press & Education Counsellor)
Pakistan and Iran should work for peaceful and united Afghanistan
As in Iran, the sudden fall of Kabul to the Taliban has come as a surprise in Pakistan. But there are many who argue that the hasty withdrawal of U.S. forces has left a power vacuum in Afghanistan emboldening the Taliban to take over the country, as former President Ashraf Ghani and his coterie fled the country.
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2021-09-05 21:48
Afghan officials made strategic mistake by trusting U.S., Qalibaf says
TEHRAN - The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohamed Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Sunday that the trust of some former Afghan officials in the United States to bring progress and security to their country was a “strategic mistake”.
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2021-09-05 21:47
Negotiations and pressure don’t go together: Raisi
TEHRAN — Speaking in his first live TV interview on Saturday night, President Ebrahim Raisi stated that Iran is not opposed to the principle of negotiations, however, negotiations under pressure is meaningless.
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2021-09-05 21:19
Unreliable partner
TEHRAN – The U.S.'s chaotic and messy withdrawal from Afghanistan and its mishandling of Iran’s nuclear dossier have sent shockwaves through the world. U.S. reliability and credibility have been questioned by friends and foes alike.
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2021-09-05 18:26
By Mohammad Mazhari
Leaders backed merchant class in Kabul and neglected rural Afghans: American writer
TEHRAN - An American writer says after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the American leaders neglected rural Afghans that led to hatred against Washington.
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2021-09-05 18:23
Iran FM discusses Afghanistan with Pakistani diplomat
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has received many phone calls from foreign counterparts and officials in which developments in Afghanistan have been discussed in some of these calls.
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2021-09-04 18:57
By Mohammad Mazhari
Taliban need cordial ties with neighbors: researcher
TEHRAN- A senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore says that the Taliban need friendly ties with their neighbors to keep control of Afghanistan.
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2021-09-04 16:44
Iran calls on Afghans to avoid violence, fratricide
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has called on the Afghans to avoid violence and resolve their differences through dialogue amid ongoing clashes in the Panjshir Valley between the Taliban and resistance groups led by Ahamd Massoud.
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2021-09-03 18:19
UK “intelligence failure” on Afghanistan
A leaked UK Foreign Office report seen by British media warned government ministers on July 22 that the withdrawal of U.S.-led foreign forces from Afghanistan would lead to "rapid Taliban advances".
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2021-09-03 16:08
By M. A. Saki
Something like Astana can be helpful for Afghanistan: analyst
TEHRAN - Martin Love, an American political analyst, believes that an initiative like the Astana process can be an efficient mechanism to restore peace in Afghanistan.
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2021-09-03 15:55
By Mohammad Mazhari
Biden did what Trump set out to do in Afghanistan: professor
With regard to Afghanistan, the globe is witnessing a consensus between current U.S. President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, an American professor says.
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2021-09-01 22:01
Raisi says U.S. must be held accountable for human right abuses in Afghanistan
TEHRAN — At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that “a silent catastrophe” has occurred in Afghanistan, referring to the recent events in Afghanistan.
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2021-09-01 21:10
Zarif: Humiliation in Afghanistan shows U.S. must abandon fallacy of ‘all options on the table’
TEHRAN – Former Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that humiliation of the U.S. in Afghanistan proved that it is “high time” for Washington to abdicate the fallacy of “all options on the table”.
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2021-09-01 19:38
"Will you shut up man?"
TEHRAN — We all know that Biden and Trump are not much different. Yet, in some angry outbursts from former lame duck president Donald Trump, he has blamed Biden for the embarrassing evacuation from Afghanistan, as if, four years of chaos did not happen under his watch.
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2021-09-01 10:47
Free at last, free at last
TEHRAN — After 20 years of invasion, Kabul experienced its first night without Americans.
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2021-09-01 10:46
Taliban have not presented clear plan for running Afghanistan, ex-ambassador says
TEHRAN - The former Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan says that the Taliban have not presented a clear plan to govern Afghanistan, noting they have put ideological and ethnic superiority on their agenda.
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2021-08-31 22:20
A moment for regional cooperation on Afghanistan
TEHRAN – After two decades of war and destruction, the United States announced the end of its military mission in Afghanistan, leaving the country stateless and chaotic. With the U.S. gone, neighbors of Afghanistan find themselves in a situation that could spiral out of control if they sit back.
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2021/08/31
U.S. Afghan Exit: “May history never forget this cowardice”
TEHRAN- The United States has completed its hasty military withdrawal from Afghanistan after the last of its planes took off from Kabul airport, marking a historic day in the country’s history.
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2021-08-31 17:19
Iran says U.S. just brought ‘death and destruction’ to Afghanistan
TEHRAN - Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday that two decades of the occupation of Afghanistan by the United States brought nothing except “death and destruction”.
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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.
