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UNICEF praises KSA for humanitarian role in Yemen Yemeni pupils stand in line ahead of class on the first day of the new academic year, in a makeshift classroom in their school compound which was heavily damaged two years ago in an air strike, in the countrys third-city of Taez on October 7, 2020. / AFP / AHMAD AL-BASHA
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Israeli warplanes, helicopters launch fresh air raids in Gaza Flames are seen following an Israeli air strike in the town of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 20, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Israeli warplanes and helicopters have carried out fresh strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, targeting farmlands in the coastal enclave.
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Whichever Joker wins, the US has no energy left for self-correction US President Donald Trump watches a video of Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden as he holds a Make America Great Again rally as he campaigns at Erie International Airport in Erie, Pennsylvania, October 20, 2020.
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Ramin Mazaheri is currently covering the... |
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At least 15 dead in stampede near Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad At least 15 Afghans, many of them elderly women, were killed and more than a dozen injured in a stampede in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province while waiting for visas from the Pakistan consulate, officials said Wednesday.
The incident happened on Tuesday in an open ground close to the Pakistan consulate... |
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Pakistan parliament to host trade and investment forum for Afghans Pakistans National Assembly will host a Pakistan-Afghanistan trade and economic forum next week to enhance bilateral relations and find ways to overcome transit and trade challenges.
The two-day seminar in Islamabad will include a 17-member Afghan parliamentary delegation led by the Speaker of the... |
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12 Takhar Police Killed Dozens Missing: Source Takhars deputy police chief, Raz Mohammad Doorandish, and "several security guards" were killed in clashes with the Taliban in the province on Tuesday night, local officials said.
The fighting began with Taliban attacks on security forces in Baharak district, according to local officials.
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Shameful UAE visit will encourage more Israeli aggression: Palestinians An Etihad Airways plane carrying a delegation from the UAE on a first official visit lands at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv, Israeli-occupied territories. (Photo by AFP)
Palestinian officials have blasted as ‘shameful the arrival of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) delegation in the Israeli-occupied... |
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Iran to begin testing indigenous COVID-19 vaccine on humans in Nov. The file photo shows a coronavirus lab at the Pasteur Institute of Iran in Tehran.
Irans health minister says the country is to begin trialing an indigenously-produced COVID-19 vaccine on humans around early November.
Saeed Namaki announced the news on Tuesday, saying the vaccine had been successfully... |
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Iran finds deposit with 8 million tonnes of gold reserves This photo shows Bazman mountains in Sistan and Baluchestan where gold reserves have reportedly been discovered.
Iran has made a gold discovery in southeast Sistan and Baluchestan province, where definite reserves of 8 tonnes of the precious metal have been found, a provincial official says.
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Pompeo smearing economic, trade cooperation between China, other countries: Beijing Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is "smearing" normal economic and trade ties between China and other countries, Beijing says.
The comments on Tuesday by Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian came after Pompeo warned during a virtual summit on... |
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Japan declines to comment on UK claims of Russian cyber-attacks on Olympics Japan has declined to comment on allegations by the United Kingdom that Russia launched cyberattacks to disrupt the now-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"We know about this report of the British side," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said. "The Japanese government is collecting the respective... |
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SIGAR finds almost $19 billion lost to waste, fraud and abuse Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in their most recent report that as of December 19, US Congress appropriated nearly $134 billion since the 2002 fiscal year for Afghanistan reconstruction, of which nearly $19 billion was unaccounted for.
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180 Civilians Killed, 375 Injured in Past Month: MoI 180 civilians have been killed and 375 have been wounded over the last month in a spate of violence across Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday.
This comes as negotiators representing the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in the peace talks with the Taliban are in Doha... |
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HR McMaster Calls Trumps Afghan Policy a Travesty The Washington Post reports that HR McMaster, a retired general and former national security adviser, has publicly said that Trumps Afghanistan policy is a "travesty," and that his deal with the Taliban is similar to Europes appeasement of Adolf Hitler in the Munich agreement of 1938.
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Civilians Killed in Maidan Wardak Blast: Official At least five civilians were killed and nine more were wounded in two roadside bomb blasts in Jalrez district, Maidan Wardak province, early on Tuesday morning, the provincial governors office said.
A statement by the governors office says that five of the wounded are women and four others are children.... |
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Rashid Khan appeals for more Tests against crickets elite Star cricketer Rashid Khan has appealed to cricket bodies to give Afghanistan the chance to play more tournaments against leading cricket teams in order to improve their game.
"To become a big player you have to play against the best," Rashid told the TMS does the IPL podcast on Tuesday.
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Abdullah meets Rouhani to discuss Afghan Peace Process Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on Monday met with Irans President Hassan Rouhani in his ongoing efforts to garner support from regional countries for the Afghan peace process.
After his meeting with Rouhani, Abdullah said: "We exchanged views on Afghan... |
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UN secretary general condemns Ghor attack UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday strongly condemned the attack in Ghor province on Sunday that killed and wounded dozens of civilians.
In a statement issued by the organization, Guterres said he "strongly condemns the indiscriminate attack today on a provincial police headquarters... |
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US peace envoy warns high levels of violence could derail peace process US special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad warned that "distressingly" high levels of violence could derail the peace process and the understanding that there is no military solution to the war in Afghanistan.
In a series of tweets overnight Monday, Khalilzad appeared to have been responding to Sundays... |
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Ghani hands over Kabul security responsibility to Saleh Amid rising crime levels in the country, Afghanistans President Ashraf Ghani has handed over the responsibility of overseeing the security of Kabul to First Vice President Amrullah Saleh for the next few weeks.
In a message on his Facebook page on Friday night, Saleh said: "I will be able to reach... |
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Russia, Turkey call for joint efforts to end Karabakh conflict An unexploded BM-30 Smerch missile is seen on the outskirts of Stepanakert, in Nagorno-Karabakh, on October 12, 2020, during ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region. (Photo by AFP)
Russia and Turkey have called for international cooperation and joint efforts to end... |
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Al-Shabab terrorists kill over dozen army troops in Somalia: Military A boy walks past the site of a car bomb attack near a security checkpoint in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, not far from the presidential palace, on March 7, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
At least 13 Somali soldiers have been killed after members of the Takfiri al-Shabab terrorist group attacked army troops... |
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Kyrgyzstans president resigns after days of unrest Kyrgyzstans President Sooronbai Jeenbekov speaks after voting in parliamentary elections, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on October 4, 2020. Jeenbekov resigned from his post on Thursday. (Photo by Reuters)
Kyrgyzstans President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has resigned amid unrest that erupted after parliamentary... |
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China warns US against provocative actions in Taiwan Strait This US Navy photo shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducting operations in the South China Sea on April 28, 2020. (Via AFP)
China has warned the United States to stop its "provocative actions" in the Taiwan Strait, after an American Navy destroyer sailed through... |
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Asian, European stocks sink as virus, stimulus sour mood A man looks at an electronic board showing a stock price of K-pop management agency Big Hit Entertainment after the companys initial public offering ceremony at the lobby of the Korea Exchange in Seoul on October 15, 2020. (AFP photo)
Concerns about the reimposition of virus lockdowns, stalled vaccine... |
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French police arrest head of Muslim NGO after raiding his house The file photo shows Idriss Sihamedi, the president and founder of the Muslim charity BarakaCity, an NGO based in France.
Police in France have arrested the head of a Muslim non-governmental organization (NGO), shortly after President Emmanuel Macron mounted an abrupt, harsh attack on Islam.
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Over 1,000 prisoners to be freed in largest prisoner swap: Yemeni official A file photo of wounded Yemenis waiting to be evacuated from the Sanaa International Airport in December 2018.
A Yemeni official says the Houthi Ansarullah movement and the former Saudi-allied government are set to swap more than 1,000 prisoners under a UN-brokered peace deal struck in Switzerland... |
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UNAMA calls for urgent end to violence and focus to be on peace United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Thursday reiterated its calls for an end to violence in the country following five days of heavy clashes in the southern province of Helmand.
In a series of tweets, UNAMA said initial reports suggest civilians have been killed and wounded, including... |
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Ghani attends funeral of victims killed in helicopter collision President Ashraf Ghani, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh and other high-ranking officials attended the funeral ceremony of eight Afghan Air Force pilots and personnel on Thursday morning.
The AAF service members were killed in Helmand in the early hours of Wednesday morning when two military helicopters... |
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Abdullah set to visit Iran, will meet with Rouhani Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of Afghanistans High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), will visit Iran from Sunday, said Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh.
According to Iranian media, Abdullah will lead a delegation of HCNR officials, members of the Afghan National Parliament,... |
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