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Italy PM defends reform of euro zone bailout fund but seeks concessions Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has told parliament on Monday a contested reform of the euro zones bailout fund was in Italys national interest, but that it should only be adopted as a package alongside other measures.
A reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is due to be approved by the... |
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Khalid, Miller Meets VP Dostum in Jawjzan Afghan Acting Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid, and General Scott Miller, the Commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, visited Jawjzan province on Sunday and met with First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum.
War against insurgents, and security of Northern provinces are issues discussed... |
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Freed Taliban Hostage Australian Professor Says He Never Gave Up Hope Timothy Weeks, an Australian professor who was recently freed by the Taliban in a prisoner swap said on Sunday that the "long and tortuous ordeal" had an intense effect on him.
Speaking in a press conference in Sydney, Weeks, 50, said that hope helped him survive the ordeal.
Weeks and an American... |
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Politicians Working on Plan to End Crisis A group of well-known political figures and religious scholars is working on a plan to "save the country" from the current crisis, which they believe is the outcome of a constant delay in presidential election results and a postponement of the peace talks.
Politicians with "Peace and Rescue Council... |
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Ghani Orders Termination of Gold, Copper Mining Contracts President Ashraf Ghani ordered the termination of two major mining contracts - for Balkhab copper deposit in Sar-e-Pul province and for a gold deposit in Badakshan -- during a High Economic Council meeting last week.
The order was confirmed by Abdul Qadir Mutfi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Mines... |
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Knowledge Summit 2019: MBRF Unveils Findings of Future of Knowledge The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) revealed findings from its Future of Knowledge: A Foresight Report to audiences attending the Knowledge Summit 2019 in Dubai on November 19-20.
The Report was compiled by MBRF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as part... |
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Australian Professor on Three-Year Ordeal Taliban Hostage Australian professor Timothy Weeks has spoken publicly for the first time after spending over three years as a Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan.
Joined by his two sisters at a news conference held in Sydney on Sunday, he said his time as a Taliban hostage had a "profound and unimaginable effect" on him.
"At... |
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Ayatollah Sistani warns of enemy plot seeking to create civil strife, bring back era of dictatorship Iraqs top cleric has warned that enemies of Iraq and affiliated groups in the country are plotting to create internal strife and bring the country back to the "era of dictatorship", an apparent reference to the former rule of Saddam Hussein.
Addressing worshipers during Friday prayers in the holy... |
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Ayatollah Khamenei blasts Americans for unauthorized trips to regional states Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Irans Islamic Revolution, says US leaders unauthorized trips to regional countries insult the freedom and independence of nations.
"Americans come [to the region] and enter a country like Iraq without any permission, do not visit the countrys government,... |
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Mixed Reactions to Abdullah-Led Protest The protest march initiated by Abdullah Abdullahs campaign team on Friday in Kabul was met with diverse reactions from both prominent leaders and the general public.
The roads were blocked for several hours, which irritated residents.
"I am an old man, what is the benefit of these protests? I came... |
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Trump makes surprise visit to troops in Afghanistan The Taliban wants to make a deal, and we’re meeting with them,’ Trump said
US President Donald Trump arrived in Afghanistan Thursday on an unannounced trip, visiting the US troops stationed in the war-torn country.
The Thanksgiving trip, shrouded in secrecy for security reasons, was the... |
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Abdullahs Team Calls for Kabul Protest The Stability and Convergence election campaign, led by Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, has announced a protest in Kabul city on Friday to demand "transparency" in the election process.
"The protest is aimed to defend the valid votes of the people, and the people will not allow fraud to once... |
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EU Envoy Condemns Extrajudicial Detention of Rights Activists Pierre Mayaudon, head of the European Unions delegation to Afghanistan, on Thursday condemned the "extrajudicial detention of human rights activists" by the National Directorate of Security (NDS), and called for the protection of all activists and the children who were sexually abused in Logar province.
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Peace in Near Term Possible: US Gen. Milley Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Kabul on Wednesday said that the chances of a successful outcome from peace talks to end the Afghan war is higher than before and could happen in the "near term," Reuters reported.
"I think the chances of a positive outcome through negotiations... |
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Ghani Orders Probe into Logar Sex Abuse Allegations President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations of hundreds of cases of sexually abused school children in Logar province in eastern Afghanistan.
Ghani said he is deeply disturbed about the recent reports of sexual abuse that were first revealed by civil society members in... |
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Afghan Forces Receive Five More MD530 Helicopters From US The Afghan Air Force received five MD-530 Cayuse Warrior light attack helicopters on November 22.
The helicopters were delivered to Kandahar via a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft on October 27 and were reassembled for active service within ten days, according to a statement by the US-based defense contractor... |
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NDS Says Claims of Sexual Abuse of School Boys Made up for Seeking Asylum Abroad The National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistans intelligence agency, has rejected claims of sexual abuse of boys in Logar schools, saying that seeking asylum was the main reason behind the allegations.
In a statement released on Tuesday, NDS said that the claims made by Mohammad Musa Mahmudi,... |
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Karzai: Situation of Afghanistan Is Deteriorating Former President Hamid Karzai on Monday warned that the situation of the country is deteriorating.
Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Karzai urged his successor, the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani, to take action to prevent this crisis before worsening.
Karzai warned that many young Afghans... |
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Blast in Kabul Leaves One Foreign National Dead The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the target of the attack was a UN vehicle.Related News
A hand grenade attack occurred in Kabuls police district 9 (PD9) near Makrorayan area on Sunday evening, targeting a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) vehicle, the Ministry of Interior confirmed.
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Farah Residents Protest Civilian Casualties From Airstrike A group of Farah residents gathered in Farah city on Sunday to protest the killing of nine civilians who they claim were targeted in an airstrike in Posht Rod district on Saturday.
They brought the bodies on Saturday evening to the governors office and called for an investigation into the incident.
The... |
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Afghan Forces Had 30 Insider Attacks in Three Months: SIGAR 30 insider attacks occurred within Afghan forces between June and August of 2019, according to a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which is "nearly double the number" reported last quarter.
That brings this years total to 49 attacks, which resulted in... |
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Violence Against Women Increases by 8%: Report The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, or AIHRC, in a new report claims that violence against women in the country has increased 8 percent with 2,762 cases this year.
The report, which was made public at a gathering in Kabul on Saturday, compares 2,536 cases of violence against women... |
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Pregnant Muslim woman violently attacked in Sydney cafe A pregnant Muslim woman who was targeted in a vicious attack while sitting in a cafe in Sydney says she fears for the world children will grow up in if racism is not addressed.
Rana Elasmar, a 31-year-old woman 38 weeks pregnant, was with her friends at a cafe in Parramatta on Wednesday night when... |
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Trump: US Working on an Agreement With the Taliban More than two months after the cancellation of the previous year-long talks between the US and the Taliban in Doha, President Donald Trump seemed to indicate in a phone-in interview with Fox News on Saturday morning that the negotiations with the Taliban were back on.
Shifting the conversation from... |
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Afghanistan Beats Turkmenistan 2-1 at CAFA U-23 Women Championship Afghanistan womens national under-23 football team defeated Turkmenistan 2-1 in their first game at the Central Asian Football Association U-23 Women Championship on Friday.
Afghan under 23 female footballers will face Uzbekistan in their second match on Saturday.
The CAFA U-23 Women Championship... |
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China wants US trade deal but not afraid to fight: Xi China wants to reach an initial trade deal with the United States, President Xi Jinping said Friday, but is "not afraid" to fight back when necessary and will enact economic reforms at its own pace.
It is rare for Xi to speak so directly about the trade war, and his comments come two days after... |
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Iranians rally to support establishment as riots contained There was disappointment in Washington when recent violent riots in Iran that sought to take advantage of protests over a gasoline price hike ended within 48 hours, says deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
"Based on information we have received, the Americans have gone... |
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Beijing warns US against provocations after two warships sailed in South China Sea Two US warships have sailed close to the islands claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea in a move harshly denounced by China as provocative acts, which could result in “unforeseeable accidents” in the strategic waterway at a time of heightened tension between the world’s... |
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Clashes erupt in Colombia amid protests, nationwide strike against government Clashes erupted between Colombian police and protesters, who took to the streets of the capital, Bogota, against the US-backed government of President Ivan Duque, in what became one of the biggest rallies in recent years.
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in the streets of Bogota on Thursday... |
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Support for huge general strike building in France President Emmanuel Macrons forced march of far-right economic reforms may produce Frances largest general strike since 1995.
Despite widespread public opposition Macron is forcing through an unprecedented, universal, one-size-fits-all pension system, which includes a back-door raising of the retirement... |
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