Afghanistan
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Mar- 2021 -12 MarchAsia Pacific
Russia Backs Plans for Afghanistan Interim Rule With Taliban
Russia said Friday it was in favor of Afghanistan forming an interim government including members of the Taliban, ahead of talks next week in Moscow aiming to resolve the conflict.
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9 MarchDrones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion
Biden Halts Drone Strikes Outside of War Zones Where US Troops Deployed
President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump.
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4 MarchAsia Pacific
Seven Ethnic Hazaras Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
At least seven members of Afghanistan's persecuted Hazara ethnic group were brutally murdered in the country's restive east, officials said Thursday.
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2 MarchAsia Pacific
Three Female Media Workers Shot to Death in Eastern Afghanistan
Three female media workers were shot and killed in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, their TV network said.
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1 MarchAsia Pacific
US Envoy in Kabul as Questions Over Troop Withdrawal Swirl
The US special envoy to Afghanistan touched down in Kabul for meetings with Afghan leaders, in a bid to revive a flagging peace process as violence soars in the war-weary country and a deadline for US troop withdrawal draws closer.
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Feb- 2021 -19 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Taliban ‘Clearly’ Behind Violence in Afghanistan: US
The Taliban are "clearly" responsible for violence in Afghanistan, with civilians and Afghan security forces taking the brunt of the bloodshed, the commander of US forces in the Middle East said.
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17 FebruaryAmericas
NATO Eyes Post-Trump Reset as Afghanistan Call Looms
NATO defense ministers meet Wednesday for their first talks since US President Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump with a vow to soothe tensions between Washington and its closest partners.
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16 FebruaryAsia Pacific
30 Taliban Fighters Die in Explosion During Bomb-Making Class
Thirty Taliban militants were killed when a bomb exploded during a bomb-making class at a mosque in Afghanistan’s Balkh province.
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15 FebruaryAsia Pacific
NATO Will Not Leave Afghanistan Before ‘Time Is Right’
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said the alliance will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan "before the time is right," ahead of a discussion by defense ministers on the deployment.
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9 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Four Afghan Ministry Staff Killed in Rush-Hour Ambush
Militants shot dead four government employees in central Kabul Tuesday in the latest rush-hour violence to rock the Afghan capital.
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