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Election Planning Must Go Forward: Khalilzad The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Saturday reacted to a number of "comments" on priorities of the United States in Afghanistan.
Khalilzad said in a tweet that in recent days, a few commentators have raised questions about the USs priorities in Afghanistan.
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Trump says he hopes US does not go to war with Iran President Donald Trump has said he hopes the United States does not go to war with Iran, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran over the Trump administration’s hegemonic policy towards the Islamic Republic.
“I hope not,” Trump said on Thursday at the White House... |
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IRGC commander: Iran enemies have reached end of the line The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the enemies of Iran "have reached the end of the line" and despite their ostentatious appearance, they are suffering from "osteoporosis."
"This is the most decisive moment for the Islamic Revolution, because... |
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UN chief warns of nuclear coffin leaking in Pacific United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the leakage of radioactive material from a concrete dome built to contain waste from atomic bomb tests by the United States amd France during the Cold War.
Guterres, who is on a South Pacific tour to raise awareness of ... |
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UK PM agrees to announce timetable for resignation A senior member of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has said that Prime Minister Theresa May will announce a clear timetable for her resignation in early days of the next month.
Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee which supervises Tory party’s leadership, said on Thursday... |
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Russia continues dumping US debt: Report Foreign investors have accelerated the reduction of US debt securities, selling $21.7 billion of their holdings in March, according to data released on Wednesday by the US Treasury Department.
Russia, which is no longer a leading creditor of the US, after an unprecedented dumping of the US Treasury... |
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Iran FM rules out possibility of talks with US Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif rules out any prospect of negotiation with the United States, calling the Washington regime a “bully” trying to force all others into acting illegally.
Zarif made the remarks to the Japanese media on Thursday during a visit to the country,... |
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UAE Port Attack: Scenarios, Vindications On Sunday, the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen news network broke the news about an attack on a number of oil tankers in Emirati waters. The news was denied by the UAE authorities shortly later. But finally, on Monday morning, the Emirati authorities confirmed the news, saying that it was a “sabotage... |
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Situation In Pul-e-Charkhi Prison Remains Tense After Face Off The situation remains tense in Afghanistans largest prison in the wake of a face-off between police force members and a number of prisoners on Tuesday which left four prisoners dead and 33 others, including 20 policemen, wounded.
Known as Pul-e-Charkhi prison, the facility is home for thousands of... |
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Sahraa Karimi To Lead Afghan Film As First Female Chairperson Sahraa Karimi, filmmaker and director, was appointed as the first female General Director of Afghan Film, the countrys state-run film production company, through a merit-based process conducted at the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission.
"Sahraa Karimi received the required... |
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India Delivers Pair Of MI-24 Helicopters To Afghan Forces The Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Vinay Kumar handed over the first pair of Mi-24 attack helicopters to the Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khaled in Kabul.
India had first presented Mi-24 Helicopters to Afghanistan, in December 2015, the Indian Embassy in Kabul said in a statement.
India was... |
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IEC Decides Not to Use Biometric System in Upcoming Elections Afghanistans Independent Election Commission (IEC) has decided to hold the upcoming four elections without using a biometric system for voters identification.
The presidential elections, provincial council and district council elections, and Ghazni parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held... |
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New Lawmakers Fail to Elect Parliament Speaker Afghan lawmakers on Thursday put ballot boxes to elect the Speaker of the House but none of the candidates were able to obtain over a half of the votes cast.
Omar Naseer Mujadidi, Kamal Naser Osuli, Mir Rahman Rahmani, and Mirwais Yasini contested against each other while no one secured the fifty... |
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China strikes back at US with tariff hike on goods worth $60bn China has announced plans to impose tariffs on 60 billion dollars worth of US goods as of the beginning of next month, a retaliatory measure taken amid escalating trade war between the two sides in the aftermath of Washingtons move to tax almost all Chinese imports to the United States.
The... |
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Sweden reopens rape investigation against Assange Swedish prosecutors have decided to reopen an investigation into a 2010 rape allegation against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is serving a prison term in Britain for skipping bail, as the US seeks his extradition.
“I have today decided to reopen the investigation… There... |
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Trump plan includes extending Israeli law to West Bank: TV US President Donald Trump’s controversial “deal of the century” is expected to include recognition of Israeli law extending to all settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Chanel 12 News says.
Trump’s so-called peace plan will provide for all illegal... |
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Trump to Xi: China will be hurt very badly if you dont make a deal US President Donald Trump has warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that his country would be "hurt very badly" if a deal to end the escalating trade war is not reached between the two countries.
"I say openly to President Xi & all of my many friends in China that China will be hurt very badly... |
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Idlib Operation: Bells Ring for End of Terrorism in Syria The operation to take back the Syrian province of Idlib from militant and terrorist groups continues with heavy fire as it opened last week with swift advances of the Syrian government’s forces and their allies against terrorists in Idlib and Hama provinces’ outskirts. Media reports suggest... |
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Presidential Candidates Propose Caretaker Government After May 22 The Council of presidential candidates on Monday suggested the establishment of a caretaker government after May 22 in Afghanistan.
In a declaration, 12 presidential candidates called on President Ashraf Ghani to choose between remaining in power as caretaker of the government or refrain from candidacy... |
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Abdullah Sees No Progress on Afghan Peace Process Afghanistans Chief Executive on Monday said there is no progress on the Afghan peace process because the Taliban insurgent group has an intractable position toward the government.
"No practical steps have been taken for peace yet. The main reason is that the Taliban insists on continuation of the... |
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Taliban Wants To Take Over Afghanistan: Ex-Pentagon Chief Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said that there is a "real risk" that if American troops are pulled out of Afghanistan, the Taliban might retake control of the country.
Quoted in a report by CBS News, he said that the US should ensure that the Afghan government is stable before bringing... |
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Manchester City Wins Premier League Title +Video Manchester City are champions of England yet again. A 4-1 win at Brighton meant Liverpools 2-0 victory against Wolves went in vain. Meanwhile, Arsenal finally managed to break their poor run away from home with a 3-1 win at Burnley, while Manchester United sunk to another low, falling 2-0 at Old... |
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US missile systems in Japan pose direct threat to Russia: Russian FM Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has blasted persisting US military buildup in Japan, saying Moscow views as a direct "threat" the American missile defense systems deployed to the Asian country.
The Russian top diplomat made the remarks following a meeting in Moscow with his visiting... |
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US gives China one-month ultimatum for trade deal: Sources US President Donald Trump President has reportedly given China a one-month ultimatum to seal a trade deal or face tariffs on all its exports to the United States.
The decision was relayed by people with knowledge of the talks between the two sides on Friday, hours after the Trump administration... |
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Venezuelas former intel chief was CIA mole seeking to orchestrate coup: Maduro Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says his former intelligence chief, who joined opposition figure Juan Guaido during a recent coup attempt, was a "mole" recruited by the CIA to overthrow his government.
“He was captured by the CIA a year ago and was working as a traitor, mole and infiltrator,"... |
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US passes phone number to Swiss in case Iran wants to call: CNN The White House has contacted Swiss authorities to share a telephone number with Iran in hopes that Tehran will contact US President Donald Trump, CNN reports.
The White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday, the same day Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions, the... |
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Afghanistan beats Scotland by 2 runs via D/L method in second ODI match The Afghanistan National Cricket team defeated Scotland by 2 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in the second bilateral One Day International (ODI) match on Friday.
Scotland elected to bat first after winning the toss and set a target of 326 runs for Afghanistan by losing 7 wickets.
Gulbadin Naib taking... |
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Former Afghan Female Journalist Assassinated in Kabul A former Afghanistanian female journalist was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in the capital Kabul on Saturday morning, Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI) said in a statement.
In a statement released on Saturday, MoI said that Mina Mangal, an adviser for cultural affairs commission at the lower... |
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US To Transfer Part Of $1.5B To Border Wall From Afghan Forces Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved the transfer of $1.5 billion to build more than 80 miles (130 km)of barriers on the border with Mexico, US officials said on Friday, including taking about $600 million from an account meant for Afghan security forces.
The latest move was opposed... |
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Russias Red Square military parade marks 74th Victory Day +Video The annual military parade in Moscow’s Red Square was put up on Thursday to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II (WWII).
More than 13,000 Russian servicemen participated in the parade and over 130 units of modern weapons and military equipment were... |
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