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2018-10-15 22:37
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Afghan refugee who defied odds to become an accomplished physicist in Iran
TEHRAN - She was forced to leave her homeland as a small child, along with her family, when the country was battling civil war, much before 9/11 and the American invasion. She became a refugee at a tender age, and faced tremendous hardships while growing up. But, somehow adversities proved to be blessing in disguise for her, making her strong and giving her definite purpose and direction in life.
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2018-10-15 16:55
UN: Yemen on brink of 'world's worst famine in 100 years’
The United Nations has warned Yemen could be facing the worst famine in 100 years if airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition are not halted, the Guardian reported on Monday.
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2018-10-14 16:52
Rouhani: U.S. has launched its psychological warfare project against Iran
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the U.S. been seeking to delegitimize the Islamic Republic system and has started its project through a “psychological warfare”.
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2018-10-09 19:58
General urges U.S. to release info on burial site of Iranian soldiers in Iraq
TEHRAN – A military commander has urged Washington to provide Iran with documents related to the burial locations of Iranian soldiers confiscated after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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2018/10/08
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
17 years of America’s disastrous Afghanistan venture
TEHRAN - On Sunday, the protracted war in Afghanistan completed 17 years. It was on October 7, 2001 the U.S. government and its allies launched the so-called ‘Operation Freedom’ apparently to topple the Taliban regime in Kabul, following the 9/11 attacks. Yet 17 years later, America’s longest war still grinds on, despite more than $2 trillion investment and thousands of casualties.
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2018-10-08 19:21
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘The blame for resurrecting the insurgency in Afghanistan ultimately rests with the U.S.’
TEHRAN - The war in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001, completed 17 years this week. More than 17 years after invading the country, the U.S.-led international coalition has reluctantly conceded defeat to insurgent groups, after miserably failing in counter-terrorism efforts. Today, security situation remains volatile, government is in disarray, terrorists are stronger than ever, and civilians continue to pay the heavy price.
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2018-10-07 09:23
‘U.S.-Russia war moving to Afghanistan’
TEHRAN - Noting that the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Russia were moving toward Afghanistan, Afghanistan’s deputy foreign minister said it could have “negative repercussions” for the war-torn country.
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2018-10-03 22:30
Ghani says no to ‘foreign mercenaries’
TEHRAN - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, reacting to recent remarks made by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, has said that Afghan security forces have enough capability and have managed to save the country from “collapse”.
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2018-09-29 22:10
War with India is not an option; only solution is dialogue: Pakistan’s FM
TEHRAN - Following the war of words between India and Pakistan last week, the prospects of peace and reconciliation between the two estranged South Asian neighbors have again dimmed.
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2018-09-26 23:48
Deadly U.S. air raids continue to claim civilian lives in war-torn Afghanistan
TEHRAN - The deadly air raids by the U.S.-led coalition forces continue unabated in war-torn Afghanistan. In the latest, at least 25 civilians, including women and children, were killed in two separate aerial operations in Kapisa and Maidan Wardak provinces, according to officials.
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2018/09/24
By Mudasir Sheikh
U.S. losing its technological and economic might
TEHRAN - According to Alibaba group co-founder Jack Ma, U.S. has spent $14.2 trillion on 13 wars during the past 30 years. Bloomberg recently reported that the U.S. spending will exceed its revenues by $804 billion in the fiscal year through September and till 2020. U.S. budget deficit is estimated to surpass $1 trillion and country’s debt has already crossed $21 trillion mark.
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2018-09-18 09:44
Afghan refugees born in Pakistan to get nationality
TEHRAN - The newly-elected Pakistan government led by Imran Khan has announced that it will grant nationality to all Pakistan-born refugees of Afghan and Bangladeshi origin, ending months of suspense and speculation.
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2018-09-18 09:19
Afghan war to be deadlier than Syria this year
TEHRAN - The protracted Afghan conflict, which has entered its 17th year now, could overtake Syria as the deadliest conflict in the world this year with surging violence, according to a report in AFP.
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2018-09-11 09:48
‘U.S. govt. misleading people on Afghan war’
TEHRAN - A scathing report that indicts the U.S. government for its failure in Afghanistan despite 17 years of war and investment worth billions of dollars has blasted Trump administration for misleading the people of America on facts about war in Afghanistan.
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2018-09-08 10:00
‘Unaware we are in war condition’: cleric
TEHRAN – A Tehran Friday prayer leader says U.S. President Donald Trump has said that “we are seeking to conquer the Middle East”, but Trump and his companions will soon take this wish to the grave, Mehr reported.
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2018-09-06 00:38
Number of militants in Kashmir crosses 300
TEHRAN - For the first time in over a decade, the number of militants in volatile Kashmir valley has crossed 300, triggering alarm among security and intelligence agencies, according to a report in The Tribune.
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2018-09-06 00:37
Time to end Afghan war, says U.S. commander
TEHRAN - Bearing testimony to America’s failures in Afghanistan, the outgoing commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. John W. Nicholson urged all sides to bring an end to the protracted war.
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2018/09/06
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
Life, death and legacy of U.S. ally turned foe Haqqani
TEHRAN - The death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the patriarch of the dreaded militant group Haqqani Network, has generated a palpable buzz and made international headlines. The announcement was made by the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday, hailing him as a “religious scholar and exemplary warrior”, even though Afghan officials insist that he had been dead for at least four years.
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2018-08-16 13:16
Syed Zafar Mehdi
India, Pakistan look to bury the hatchet and create space for betterment of ties
TEHRAN - India and Pakistan, the two South Asian warring neighbors, have been at loggerheads over the issue of Kashmir since 1947. The two countries have gone to war on two occasions and despite the strenuous efforts made by peaceniks on both sides, the bilateral relations have failed to mend.
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2018-08-07 11:02
ISIS war against Shias in Afghanistan gathers momentum
TEHRAN - With heavy hearts and moist eyes, mourners laid to rest the victims of twin suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday. The death toll in the deadly attack, according to local officials, was 35.
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2018-07-29 11:31
Billions of American taxpayer’s money wasted in Afghanistan, says a report
TEHRAN - Billions of American taxpayer’s money has been lost on waste, fraud, abuse and spent on massive reconstruction projects in Afghanistan that have utterly failed and even led to rampant corruption in the war-ravaged country, says a scathing new report released by a U.S. government watchdog body.
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2018/07/17
Syed Zafar Mehdi
The curious case of Afghanistan-Pakistan shaky relationship
A few weeks ago, at an event in Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani remarked that an agreement had been reached with Pakistan on rooting out terrorism and extremism in the region. The announcement, after a flurry of accusations and counter-accusations in recent years, brought cheer to many peaceniks who have grown weary of war, death and destruction.
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2018-07-15 10:17
Trump won’t pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Ghani says after NATO Summit
TEHRAN _ After their meeting at the NATO Summit, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump will withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, where the U.S. in involved in the longest and disastrous war in its history.
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2018-07-15 09:50
Widening cracks in India-U.S. trade ties as tariff war continues
TEHRAN _ The cracks in the India-U.S. trade ties are widening with many top Indian executives and government officials expressing concern over the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries and questioning the hard-nosed stance of Washington.
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2018/07/12
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
After 17 years of ‘wasted effort’ in Afghanistan, no lessons learnt by U.S.
After nearly 17 years of war, chaos, mayhem, misery, death and destruction, the United States is seeking peace negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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2018-07-03 09:44
The war in Afghanistan has been ‘imposed’ by foreigners: Karzai
Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president, has urged all the parties to end the war after the Afghan government on Saturday announced the unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban had come to an end.
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2018-07-01 10:56
Afghan government ends ceasefire with Taliban, to resume operations
The Afghan government on Saturday announced the end of unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban and ordered its forces to resume military operations against the insurgents across the country.
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2018-06-24 15:50
U.S. has delusions, says Chinese media, as trade war intensifies
U.S. protectionism is self-defeating and a “symptom of paranoid delusions” that must not distract China from its path to modernization, Chinese state media said on Friday, as the war of words intensifies between the two countries over trade.
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2018-04-24 09:25
By Mohammad Ghaderi
The only way of Trump in Syria
TEHRAN - About five years ago, when former U.S. President "Barack Obama" spoke of a military strike in Syria, "Zbigniew Brzezinski", the former U.S. national security adviser and one of the country's main foreign policy strategists, objected to the call of the White House. He noted that the United States lacks a proper strategy towards the Middle East and Syria. Military action should, if it is inevitable, take place within a more developed strategy.