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Azerbaijan denies Israel military presence on its soil
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
Iran made the claims about its sworn enemy Israel on Thursday and a day later, state television showed tanks, howitzers and helicopters firing at targets in the...
Iran begins war games near Azerbaijan border
Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)
The exercises took place in open areas in northwestern Iran, said state television, which showed tanks, howitzers and helicopters firing at targets on the groun...
US 'lost' the 20-year war in Afghanistan: top US general
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
"It is clear, it is obvious to all of us, that the war in Afghanistan did not end on the terms we wanted, with the Taliban in power in Kabul," General Mark Mill...
Death by sadness, or the Taliban: LGBTQ Afghans in hiding
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
The hurried marriage was conducted with no ceremony or family around them. "I was telling myself that the Taliban would come and kill me," the 24-year-old told ...
US generals say they recommended keeping 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, said they had personally recommen...
Afghan army collapse took US by 'surprise': Pentagon chief
Sep 28, 2021 (AFP)
"We helped build a state, but we could not forge a nation," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the US troop wit...
What we know about the Taliban's political agenda
Sep 25, 2021 (AFP)
The lack of clarity is fuelling concern among Afghans and the international community that the hardline Islamists are heading towards imposing the same brutal p...
Iraq-Kurd forum pushes Israel normalisation, Baghdad condemns
Sep 25, 2021 (AFP)
The first initiative of its kind in Iraq, a historic foe of Israel and where its sworn enemy Iran has a strong influence, the conference was held Friday. The or...
Blinken sees unity on Taliban after talks with Pakistan, China
Sep 23, 2021 (AFP)
Blinken met Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with his counterpart from Pakistan, the chief ally of the Taliban regime that was toppled by US...
UK reveals contacts of 250 Afghan interpreters in email
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
The error came as the UK acknowledged it had left behind hundreds of Afghans eligible for relocation in the rushed evacuation following the Taliban takeover. Th...
UK official suspended over email error involving 250 Afghan interpreters
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
Ben Wallace told parliament that the error, which saw the hundreds of Afghans openly included rather than blind copied on a weekly email sent out late afternoon...
Dutch defence minister quits as Afghan scandal widens
Sep 17, 2021 (AFP)
Bijleveld had originally refused to quit but finally bowed to pressure after parliament formally censured her over a debacle that has left dozens of interpreter...
China and Russia urge Taliban to keep security promises
Sep 17, 2021 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke via video link at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), an eight-member ...
Russia-led bloc to hold army drills on Afghan border as Russia China meet
Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)
Moscow has moved to cement its position as a key player in the region after the United States' hasty retreat from Afghanistan and the Taliban's takeover of the ...
Afghan Hazaras studying in Iraq fear return home to Taliban rule
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
And while they feel safe for now, they fear for their families back home -- and for their own safety should they ever return. Millions of Shiite pilgrims come e...
Blinken says US probing if Afghan strike killed aid worker
Sep 14, 2021 (AFP)
In the last known hit before US troops ended their 20-year war in Afghanistan, a Reaper drone struck a car in Kabul as the Pentagon said it disrupted a plot by ...
Taliban takeover sparks fear for Afghanistan's heritage
Sep 10, 2021 (AFP)
But the red carpet celebrations will have to wait. After the Taliban swept triumphantly into the capital Kabul, everything was put on hold. "Everything is suspe...
UN says Taliban-led Afghanistan needs funds to avoid collapse
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
Deborah Lyons, the secretary-general's special representative on Afghanistan, called on the world at least to give a chance to the victorious Taliban as the Isl...
Triumphant Taliban start putting policies into practice
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
While promising a more inclusive government, top posts have been handed to veteran leaders who played key roles in their notoriously brutal 1996-2001 rule. Hiba...
Taliban govt begins work as protests grow; China welcomes 'end of anarchy'
Sep 08, 2021 (AFP)
As they transition from militant force to governing power, the Taliban are already facing opposition to their rule, with scattered protests -- many with women a...
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