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Rep. Michael McCaul threatens Blinken with contempt over Afghanistan dissent cables

The House Foreign Affairs Committee has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt after he failed to turn over an unredacted copy of a July 2021 “dissent cable” in which 23 diplomats reportedly warned of…
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Russia proposes regional grouping to deal with Taliban

Russia has proposed forming a regional security group with India, China, Iran and Pakistan to influence Afghanistan‘s Taliban administration to usher in an effective governance model and bring stability to the…
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Pakistan, China to work for peaceful, stable Afghanistan: PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday said the 5th Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue held in Islamabad on Saturday underscored the unwavering consensus of Pakistan and China to work for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan in…
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Peace and stability in Afghanistan vital for region’s socioeconomic development, says Pakistan FM

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto on Saturday stressed the importance of “peace and stability in Afghanistan” for the region’s socioeconomic development and vowed to work together with all stakeholders, including China, towards its achievement. Addressing…
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US trying to meddle in Afghanistan’s affairs: Lavrov

Washington is trying to interfere in Afghanistan again and there is solid evidence to confirm this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)…
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China’s foreign minister to hold talks with the Taliban

China’s foreign minister will meet officials from the Taliban at the weekend as Beijing explores boosting investment in Afghanistan, including bringing the crisis-hit country into its Belt and Road infrastructure project. Qin Gang will hold…
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U.S. “anti-terror” operations lack democratic accountability: Al Jazeera report

Twenty years have passed since the U.S. declared "major combat operations in Iraq have ended," yet the U.S. military deployment under the pretext of fighting terrorism around the world has not ceased, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. The declaration…
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UN will stay in Afghanistan but funding is drying up, chief says

The United Nations will stay in Afghanistan to deliver aid to millions of desperate Afghans despite the Taliban's restrictions on its female staff, but funding is drying up, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Guterres,…
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Impossible to Assist Afghanistan when UN holds crucial Afghanistan talks in Qatar, without Taliban

The Taliban has not been invited to a United Nations-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha. Envoys from the United States, China and Russia, as well as major European aid donors and key neighbours such as Pakistan, are among the representatives…
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Iran Can Use Rial in Trade With Afghanistan, Iraq, Says President Raisi

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the country is considering using its currency, rial, in trade with Afghanistan and Iran. He made the remarks at an event with Iranian traders. “With Iraq, we can use rial, we can do…