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Blinken discusses Afghan peace with Uzbek, Tajik counterparts

Blinken and the Tajik Foreign Minister agreed that a just and durable settlement in Afghanistan would advance regional economic growth and integration…reports Asian Lite News US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on

July 2, 2021

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Huge surge in poppy cultivation, drug smuggling in Afghanistan

This development comes amid a surge in violence in recent weeks in the middle of the US drawdown from the war-torn country….reports Asian Lite News Afghanistan has witnessed a 45 per cent

July 2, 2021

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33 Taliban terrorists killed in Afghan airstrikes

During the air raids huge quantity of arms and ammunition of the insurgents was also destroyed….reports Asian Lite News As fighter planes struck Taliban gatherings in Kaldar and Shortepa districts of Afghanistan’s

July 2, 2021

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‘Troop exit may undermine Pak leverage’

The report further warns that Islamabad’s failure in persuading the Taliban to opt for a peacefully-negotiated political settlement, would strain its ties with Washington….reports Hamza Ameer The quick withdrawal of foreign troops

July 1, 2021

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Today’s Taliban is Closer to India: Former Pak Security Czar

Former Interior minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik has written an op-ed in a Pakistani daily The Nation on how Pakistani army and the various governments have helped the Taliban, a report by

July 1, 2021

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Afghan forces retake 3 districts, but lose 2

Fierce clashes erupted since the May 1 announcement of the withdrawal of the US-led forces from Afghanistan….reports Asian Lite News Afghan forces have retaken three districts from the Taliban amid continued fighting

July 1, 2021

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Provinces hit by blackout after power pylon destroyed

The incident took place before dawn in Jangal Bagh locality in eastern Parwan province…reports Asian Lite News One dozen Afghan provinces, including Kabul, remained without electricity as another power pylon was destroyed

July 1, 2021

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Germany completes troop pull-out from Afghanistan

Germany maintained a contingent of around 1,100 troops before starting the drawdown in May….reports Asian Lite News The last of the remaining German troops have left Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of

July 1, 2021

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Tribal leaders hold rally in Kandahar in support of democracy

The rally witnessed the participation of a large number of people from the Kandahar, Zabul, and Urozgan provinces….reports Asian Lite News Amid the rise in violence in Afghanistan, prominent tribal leaders of

June 30, 2021

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Top US General warns of civil war in Afghanistan

The commander of US forces in Afghanistan said the US will support the Afghan security forces as foreign forces leave the country….reports Asian Lite News The top US military commander in Afghanistan

June 30, 2021

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