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2021-12-15 11:06
U.S. will not punish troops for killing Afghan civilians
TEHRAN - In a new announcement that is expected to trigger global outcry and push calls for an independent international investigation, the Pentagon says no U.S. military personnel will be held accountable for an August drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that killed 10 civilians from the same family, among them seven children.
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2021-11-22 17:51
Time for the U.S. to really leave Afghanistan alone
TEHRAN - The ruling Taliban government in Afghanistan has called on the United States to actively address the humanitarian crisis that many observers blame on Washington for creating in the war-ravaged country. A statement by the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, noted the country’s increasing humanitarian and financial crises are a result of Washington freezing Kabul’s assets.
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2021/11/13
By Stefano Vernole
Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform
TEHRAN - Afghanistan is a strategic defeat for the United States. The U.S.A. has lost credibility towards its international allies, it has failed to prevent the peaceful rise of China nor the renewed foreign leadership of Russia, it is no longer the economic engine of the world and from a geopolitical point of view it risks failing theirs “anaconda strategy”, that is the attempt to suffocate the Eurasian blockade preventing it from reaching the oceans.
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2021-11-02 17:50
U.S. trained Afghan military elites “defect” to Daesh
TEHRAN - In what might be one of the most disastrous outcomes of the anarchic 20 year American occupation of Afghanistan and subsequent chaotic withdrawal; a report suggests former members of the U.S.-trained Afghan intelligence service and elite military units, have joined the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group operating in the country.
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2021-10-30 17:20
U.S. watchdog blasts State Dept., Pentagon for concealing data on Afghanistan defeat
TEHRAN – An American watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan's former government and military and the chaotic U.S. troop pullout.
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2021/10/26
By Dr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors in Tehran: Together for peace and development
TEHRAN- The presence of U.S. troops and their allied forces in Afghanistan, as well as their embarrassing, catastrophic departure, has left in its wake an overwhelmingly disorganized country and an agitated and anguished nation, causing an ambiguous future for a country which suffered military invasion in a modern fashion under the clichéd slogan of democratic development.
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2021/10/24
By Kevin Barrett
Daesh Terror in Afghanistan: A Divide-and-Conquer Operation?
TEHRAN - On Friday, October 15, more than thirty people were killed in a terrorist bombing of the Bibi Fatima Mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A week earlier, on October 8, a terrorist bomb devastated the Sayed Abad Mosque in Kunduz, killing dozens of people and wounding more than 150. The previous Monday, at least seven people died in the bombing of the Eidgah Mosque in Kabul during the funeral service for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid. All three attacks were claimed by Daesh.
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2021/10/02
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
Afghanistan in the shackles of great power rivalry
The recapturing of Afghanistan by the Taliban on August 15, 2021, the aftermath of the U.S. irresponsible and tumultuous withdrawal, has triggered an engrossing debate among the experts. Some experts regard the withdrawal as a defeat and humiliation of the U.S., while others conceive it as a calculated and crafted move by the U.S.
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2021/09/27
By Andrew Korybko
The U.S' recalibration towards the Asia-Pacific might stabilize West Asia
TEHRAN- America is visibly in the process of geostrategically recalibrating its focus towards the Asia-Pacific as evidenced by several relevant developments that will impact West Asian affairs. First, U.S. President Joe Biden remained committed to his predecessor's decision to militarily withdraw from Afghanistan. He then announced that combat troops will depart from Iraq by the end of the year, which is being done in accordance with the will of that country's parliament. Finally, the American leader withdrew Patriot air defense systems from Saudi Arabia.
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2021-09-27 17:11
British "war crimes" in Afghanistan emerge
TEHRAN - New figures have revealed that British forces had been involved in the murder of nearly 300 Afghan civilians, which include at least 86 children and more than 200 adult civilians during the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
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2021-09-15 20:56
U.S. Afghan withdrawal sparks crisis of confidence in U.S. credibility
Nothing left to lose
TEHRAN – The U.S. chaotic and disorderly withdrawal from Afghanistan has created seismic effects mostly felt by the Saudis along with other U.S. allies in the region who are now deeply concerned about being abandoned by their unreliable American friends.
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2021-09-08 22:23
Most Americans say U.S. wars “not worth fighting”
A substantial majority of Americans believe that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were “not worth fighting”, that’s according to an AP-NORC poll that has released the results of its survey.
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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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2021-07-03 20:58
American forces will fully withdraw from Afghanistan before September 11: WH.
Spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, has clarified conflicting reports, claiming that the withdrawal of all forces will be completed by the end of August.
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2021-04-18 09:39
U.S. leaves Afghanistan empty-handed after two decades
Another Vietnam, this time in Afghanistan
TEHRAN – As the United States accelerates efforts to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, Iran stands ready to draw on its relations with the Afghan government and the Taliban to help the war-torn country establish peace and security.