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www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

At Least Three Are Killed in Clashes on Iranian-Afghan Border

At least three people were killed and several others injured after clashes broke out along the Iranian-Afghan border on Saturday night, according to Iranian state media and an Afghan official, escalating tensions between the two countries amid a heated dispute over water rights in recent weeks.At least two Iranian border guards were killed in the fighting, which began around noon on Saturday and ended after six hours along the southwestern border of Afghanistan, according to Iranian state media and Afghan news reports.
www.aljazeera.com
11 months ago
World news

Pakistan set to host trilateral dialogue with China, Afghanistan

The meeting is taking place following the Chinese and Afghan foreign ministers' arrival in Islamabad.. Pakistan is set to host a day-long trilateral dialogue with China and Afghanistan in Islamabad after the arrival of the Chinese and Afghan foreign ministers, Qin Gang and Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Friday.
Washington Post
1 year ago
World news

Taliban raid kills 2 IS; embassy in Tehran changes control

ISLAMABAD - Taliban security forces killed two militants from the Islamic State group and detained a third in an overnight raid in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday.Are you on Telegram?Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Afghanistan watchdog not super optimistic' that US will learn its lessons from Afghanistan to help Ukraine

The head of the US government watchdog for the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday that while there are a number of things the US could learn from the nearly 20-year conflict in Afghanistan and apply to the war in Ukraine, he's not optimistic that officials will actually do so.I'm not super optimistic that we are going to learn our lessons learning lessons is not in our DNA in the United States, unfortunately, John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, told reporters at a Defense Writers Group event on Tuesday.
Washington Post
1 year ago
World news

How strong is the Islamic State in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan?

A bomb blast that killed at least 21 worshipers, including an influential cleric, and injured more than 30 others in Afghanistan's capital during evening prayers on Wednesday evening, according to Taliban officials and residents, has renewed focus on the threat to the Taliban posed by Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Tyler Michals: One year after messy withdrawal, America shuns Afghanistan and its women

America's exit from Afghanistan was going to come eventually.Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both declared their intentions to extricate the U.S. from its "forever war."
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

US withdrawal triggered catastrophic defeat of Afghan forces, damning watchdog report finds

Afghan armed forces collapsed last year because they had been made dependent on US support that was abruptly withdrawn in the face of a Taliban offensive, according to a scathing assessment by a US government watchdog.
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

Six killed in bomb blasts at Shia school in Afghan capital

At least six people have been killed and 11 wounded by two bomb blasts at a boys' school in the Afghan capital, with social media showing grisly images from the Hazara Shia neighbourhood.
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