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Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a landlocked country in South-Central Asia, bordered by Iran, Pakistan, China, and several Central Asian nations. With a population of over 40 million, it is known for its mountainous terrain, diverse ethnic groups, and a long history shaped by regional and global powers. The country has faced decades of conflict. The overwhelming majority of Afghans are Muslim, and Islam plays a central role in the nation’s cultural, social, and political life.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The disastrous way in which the US withdrawal from Afghanistan has proceeded will seriously damage US President Joe Biden’s standing in public opinion, a scholar said.
News ID: 3475696    Publish Date : 2021/09/13

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  Pakistan and Qatar urged the US to unfreeze Afghanistan 's assets to save the country from total economic collapse.
News ID: 3475677    Publish Date : 2021/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – There is no question that the United States’ actions in Afghanistan and Iraq in particular have been a distinct failure, a scholar said.
News ID: 3475658    Publish Date : 2021/09/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban announced the formation of a caretaker government in Afghanistan , three weeks after their takeover and a power vacuum in the war-ravaged country.
News ID: 3475657    Publish Date : 2021/09/08

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban claimed victory over opposition forces in the last holdout province of Panjshir, completing their takeover of Afghanistan three weeks after capturing Kabul.
News ID: 3475642    Publish Date : 2021/09/06

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Fresh fighting was reported Saturday between the Taliban and resistance forces in Afghanistan 's Panjshir Valley, even as the Taliban finalize a new government that will set the tone for their rule.
News ID: 3475624    Publish Date : 2021/09/04

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Crowds seeking to flee Afghanistan flocked to its borders while long queues formed at banks on Wednesday, as an administrative vacuum after the Taliban's takeover left foreign donors unsure of how to respond to a looming humanitarian crisis.
News ID: 3475604    Publish Date : 2021/09/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Almost 33,000 children were killed and maimed in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, an average of one child every five hours, Save the Children said as the last of foreign military forces pulled out of Kabul.
News ID: 3475601    Publish Date : 2021/09/01

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A Taliban spokesman said a US drone strike targeting a suspected suicide bomber in Kabul on Sunday resulted in civilian casualties, and condemned the United States for failing to inform the Taliban before ordering the strike.
News ID: 3475587    Publish Date : 2021/08/30

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The US inability to act against Pakistan, which was prime actor for the survival of the Taliban for two decades in the sanctuaries and cities like Quetta and Peshawar, was the factors that played a major role in ensuring the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan , a scholar said.
News ID: 3475586    Publish Date : 2021/09/06

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The secretary-general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement said the Daesh terrorist group has been brought to Afghanistan by the United States.
News ID: 3475580    Publish Date : 2021/08/28

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to make people line up in orderly queues outside Kabul airport on Sunday, witnesses said, a day after seven people were killed in a crush at the gates.
News ID: 3475554    Publish Date : 2021/08/22

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah said a ship carrying Iranian fuel will set sail for Lebanon within hours, adding that the resistance movement would regard this vessel and other tankers to carry Iranian fuel as Lebanese territory, in an apparent warning to Israel and the United States.
News ID: 3475534    Publish Date : 2021/08/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The International Union of Muslim Scholars said it was mulling what it could offer to the new leadership in Afghanistan .
News ID: 3475527    Publish Date : 2021/08/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The mourning rituals marking Ashura will be held in the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif and Ghazni in Afghanistan like previous years.
News ID: 3475525    Publish Date : 2021/08/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The leader of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says the US failure in Afghanistan shows that Washington’s foreign policies are miscalculated and ignorant.
News ID: 3475522    Publish Date : 2021/08/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The spokesman for Iraq’s al-Nujaba resistance movement said that Afghanistan ’s situation today should serve as a lesson for the US’ allies and mercenaries.  
News ID: 3475521    Publish Date : 2021/08/17

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Taliban moved Tuesday to quickly restart the Afghan capital following their stunning takeover of Kabul and told government staff to return to work, though residents reacted cautiously and few women took to the streets.
News ID: 3475520    Publish Date : 2021/08/17

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Peace prevailed across Afghanistan on Monday, Taliban officials said, as they declared the war over a day after seizing the capital, while Western nations scrambled to evacuate their citizens from an increasingly chaotic Kabul airport.
News ID: 3475509    Publish Date : 2021/08/16

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said it will surely take action to import gasoline from Iran as means of countering Lebanon’s dire fuel shortage, a product of the country’s worsening economic situation.
News ID: 3475508    Publish Date : 2021/08/16