Taliban
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Taliban says committed to providing Iran's water share
Taliban deputy foreign minister for political affairs Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai says that Afghanistan's ruling body is committed to providing Iran's water share from the Hirmand River.
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FM Amir-Abdollahian meets with Mullah Baradar in Tehran
Iranian foreign minister received a Taliban delegation headed by the acting first deputy prime minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for a meeting in Tehran on Sunday.
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Tehran, Kabul Chambers of Commerce Hold First Post-Taliban Meeting
EghtesadOnline: The first meeting between Iran and Afghanistan’s chambers of commerce after the Taliban takeover of the neighboring country was held on Wednesday in a webinar.
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Taliban Offensive Closes Iran's Main Trade Gateway With Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: Due to political turmoil in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s advance to Nimruz Province neighboring Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province’s Hirmand County, Milak border crossing in…
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US, Taliban Sign Peace Deal
EghtesadOnline: The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban on Saturday, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit…
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Taliban Says Has Brought Down US Military Plane in Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: The Taliban said it had shot down a US military plane in the central Afghan province of Ghazni on Monday, killing all personnel on board.
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Zarif Meets Taliban Delegation to Discuss Afghan Peace
EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with a Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the group’s Qatar-based political bureau, in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Iran to Actively Contribute to Afghan Peace Process
EghtesadOnline: Iran will make all-out efforts to help Afghanistan achieve peace and unity, deputy foreign minister for political affairs said on Saturday.
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Tillerson Makes Unannounced Visits to Afghanistan and Iraq
EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, meeting with the two nations’ leaders as he seeks to establish a stronger alliance…
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Trump Leans on Afghanistan Tactics That Failed Under Bush, Obama
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy -- more troops, pressure on Pakistan and diplomatic outreach to the Taliban -- relies on tactics his predecessors tried without…
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Trump Offers Open-Ended U.S. Commitment to Shore Up Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump announced an open-ended commitment to Afghanistan that will put as many as 4,000 more U.S. troops into the nation’s longest-lasting conflict and keep American…
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Iran rejects ‘bizarre’ Saudi claims of support for Taliban
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s embassy in Kabul has dismissed as “bizarre” claims by a Saudi diplomat about the Islamic Republic’s alleged links to Taliban militants and armed groups inside Afghanistan.
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Qatar hosted Taliban on US request: Official
EghtesadOnline: A senior Qatari official says Qatar hosted the Taliban militant group based on a request from the United States, whose president, along with a number of Arab regimes, has been…
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Bomb attack hits U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: Suspected Taliban insurgents on Monday attacked a U.S.-operated base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, officials said, but gave few immediate details of an assault that…
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Death toll in Afghan base attack rises to 140, officials say
EghtesadOnline: As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed on Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military…
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Claim of Iran’s support for Taliban ridiculous: Lawmaker
EghtesadOnline; The head of the Iranian delegation to the 136th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has dismissed as “surprising and ridiculous” the allegation that the Islamic Republic…
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Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow - sources
EghtesadOnline: Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent…
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Taliban claim attacks in Afghan capital, at least three dead
EghtesadOnline: Afghan Taliban militants said they attacked police, military and intelligence targets in Kabul on Wednesday and security officials confirmed attacks in at least two areas of the…
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U.S. to send 300 Marines to Afghanistan's Helmand province
EghtesadOnline: About 300 U.S. Marines will be sent to Afghanistan's Helmand province to assist Afghan security forces battling Taliban insurgents in intelligence and logistics matters, the unit's…
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Taliban claim attack on house of Afghan member of parliament
EghtesadOnline: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the house of an Afghan member of parliament on Wednesday night that officials said killed at least five people and wounded…
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Intelligence gaps may have helped Afghan Taliban breach NATO fortress
EghtesadOnline: In the year before Qari Naib blew himself up on Nov. 12 inside a NATO base near Kabul killing four Americans, Afghan intelligence warned the U.S. military at least twice that…
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Iran rejects reports of presence of Taliban elements in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said the reports about presence of elements of Taliban in Iran are 'baseless'.
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Taliban claims responsibility for explosion at NATO air base in Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: The Taliban claimed responsibility for an explosion at the NATO air base at Bagram, north of the Afghan capital Kabul, on Saturday which local officials said killed at least three…
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Iran calls claims about supporting Taliban “nonsense”
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi rejected the allegation made by the Spokesman for the Afghan militant group Taliban that claimed Iran supports it.
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Afghan Women See Little Gains 15 Years After Taliban’s Ouster
EghtesadOnline: Fifteen years after the U.S. ousted the Taliban regime, Afghanistan remains one of the worst places in the world to be a woman, said the U.S. government watchdog who monitors…
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Opium crops spread in Afghanistan as Taliban gains ground, U.N. says
EghtesadOnline: The cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan, the world's main source of heroin, has risen to its third-highest level in more than 20 years, the United Nations confirmed on Sunday,…
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Clashes continues in Kunduz, 100 Taliban militants killed
EghtesadOnline: The clashes are underway between the government forces and Taliban militants in the Afghan city of Kunduz in the northern part of Afghanistan as most people have taken shelter…
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Afghanistan Wins More Financial Aid as Taliban Gets Stronger
EghtesadOnline: Leaders from more than 70 nations promised another four years of development support for Afghanistan on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the country remains far from paying its…
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Taliban resist Afghan forces' counterattack in northern city of Kunduz
EghtesadOnline: Pockets of Taliban fighters held out overnight against Afghan government forces in the northern city of Kunduz, a police official said on Tuesday, a day after the militants pushed…
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Taliban fighters enter northern Afghan city of Kunduz
EghtesadOnline: Taliban fighters mounted a coordinated assault on the northern city of Kunduz overnight, attacking from four directions and entering the city itself, a senior city police official…