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Rockets hit neighbourhood near Kabul airport as Europe lobbies for airport safe zone 

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Rockets hit neighbourhood near Kabul airport as Europe lobbies for airport safe zone 

Afghan people are seen inside a house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi Rockets struck a neighbourhood near Kabul’s international airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear who launched them. It comes as the leaders of France, Britain and Germany […]

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US carries out air strike on vehicle linked to IS group near Kabul airport

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US carries out air strike on vehicle linked to IS group near Kabul airport

Taliban fighters patrol a street in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 29, 2021. © Aamir Qureshi, AFP The United States said it destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle with an air strike in Kabul on Sunday, hours after President Joe Biden warned of another terror attack in the capital as a massive airlift of tens of thousands of Afghans […]

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Romney blames both Biden and Trump for crisis in Afghanistan He also said the removal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is not the same thing as ending the war. By Aubree Eweaver

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Romney blames both Biden and Trump for crisis in Afghanistan He also said the removal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is not the same thing as ending the war.  By Aubree  Eweaver

  “The reality is, the fact that we’re in this position is the result of bad decisions made by two administrations ,” said Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). | Liz Lynch/Getty Images  Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday morning that the current situation in Afghanistan is the direct result of decisions made by both the Trump and […]

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Blast heard in Afghanistan’s Kabul amid fears over 2nd Daesh attack

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Blast heard in Afghanistan’s Kabul amid fears over 2nd Daesh attack

Taliban Fateh fighters, a “special forces” unit, patrol along a street in Kabul as suicide bomb threats hung over the final phase of the US military’s airlift operation, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 29, 2021, (AFP Photo)  Aloud blast was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday by Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists, hours after U.S. officials warned […]

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Attention turned to relations between Egypt and Somalia upon a recent visit of Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to Cairo

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Attention turned to relations between Egypt and Somalia upon a recent visit of Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble to Cairo

somali and egypt prime minsters..Rooble and Madbouli As part of Egypt’s strategy to engage further with the African states, especially those in the east of the continent and around the Nile Basin, Cairo unrolled the red carpet for Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble during a visit to Egypt this week. Roble was in […]

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Kabul airport attacks: What is the Daesh threat in Afghanistan?

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Kabul airport attacks: What is the Daesh threat in Afghanistan?

As desperate Afghans crowd Kabul airport trying to get on evacuation flights to flee the Taliban, officials have warned of another threat: the Daesh group. President Joe Biden said there is “an acute and growing risk” of an attack at the airport by the group’s regional chapter, called Daesh-Khorasan or Daesh-K. The United States, Britain […]

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Most end Afghanistan evacuations as Taliban blocks Kabul airport

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Most end Afghanistan evacuations as Taliban blocks Kabul airport

Taliban fighter patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo)  After two decades in Afghanistan, most NATO nations ended their evacuations Saturday as they flew out their troops with the United States beginning their final phase of withdrawal. Meanwhile, Taliban forces sealed off Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport to most Afghans hoping to be […]

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Opposition group leaves Syria’s Daraa under truce

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Opposition group leaves Syria’s Daraa under truce

A picture shows Russian troops in Daraa al-Balad in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, on Aug. 24, 2021. (AFP Photo)  Fifty opposition forces and their families left the southern Syrian city of Daraa Thursday under a Russian-brokered truce aimed at ending the region’s worst fighting in years, a monitor said. A contingent of Russian military police […]

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Kabul airport attacks: What is the Daesh threat in Afghanistan?

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Kabul airport attacks: What is the Daesh threat in Afghanistan?

As desperate Afghans crowd Kabul airport trying to get on evacuation flights to flee the Taliban, officials have warned of another threat: the Daesh group. President Joe Biden said there is “an acute and growing risk” of an attack at the airport by the group’s regional chapter, called Daesh-Khorasan or Daesh-K. The United States, Britain […]

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‘We will hunt you down and make you pay’: Biden vows retribution for deadly attack on U.S. forces in Kabul

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‘We will hunt you down and make you pay’: Biden vows retribution for deadly attack on U.S. forces in Kabul

The president called the dozen fallen service members “heroes” and recommitted to completing the U.S. mission in Afghanistan by Aug. 31. President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the bombings at the Kabul airport that killed at least 12 U.S. service members, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, […]

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