Tajikistan
Afghan Taliban to hold first news conference -Taliban spokesperson
, (Reuters) - Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet that he will hold a news conference on Tuesday...
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‘Is there any way we can get out?’ Afghans in U.S. struggle to help relatives in Kabul
By Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO/FREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) - As the Taliban took over Kabul on Sunday, Besmellah...
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Gorbachev, leader who pulled Soviets from Afghanistan, says U.S. campaign was doomed from start
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989 after Moscow's...
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UK’s Johnson wants to discuss Afghanistan with G7 as soon as possible
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to hold a virtual meeting of Group of Seven leaders at the...
Read moreRussia starts military drills in Tajikistan -I’fax quoting officials
MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 1,000 Russian troops have started a month-long exercise in Tajikistan, a week after concluding the previous...
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Britain asks: Is America back or has it turned its back?
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - The humiliation of the lightning Taliban takeover in Afghanistan after a 20-year war that...
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Russia’s Lavrov discusses Afghanistan crisis with U.S., China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan...
Read moreUzbekistan says hundreds of Afghan soldiers flee over border with dozens of aircraft
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan soldiers have fled to Uzbekistan with 22 military planes and 24 helicopters last weekend,...
Read moreRussia says it has set up contacts with new Afghan authorities to secure its embassy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has set up working contacts with representatives of the new authorities in Afghanistan to ensure the...
Read moreAfghan military jet was shot down by Uzbek air defences – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An Afghan military jet was shot down by Uzbek air defences as it tried to violate the...
Read morePlanes carrying Afghan soldiers land in Tajikistan – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Several military airplanes carrying over 100 Afghan soldiers in total have landed at the airport in the...
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Austria calls for ‘deportation centres’ to host Afghans near Afghanistan
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria, which has insisted that it plans to keep deporting illegal immigrants back to Afghanistan even as...
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Russia says Afghan president fled with cars and helicopter full of cash – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's embassy in Kabul said on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with...
Read moreRussia in contact with Taliban via embassy in Kabul – diplomat
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia is in contact with Taliban officials via its embassy in Kabul, President Vladimir Putin's...
Read moreU.S. State Department says all embassy personnel at Kabul airport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said late Sunday that all American embassy personnel in Kabul had been safely...
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Afghan Pres Ghani leaves for Tajikistan – interior ministry official
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has left the capital Kabul for Tajikistan, a senior Afghan Interior Ministry official...
Read moreAustria plans aid conference for Afghanistan’s neighbours
ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria plans to hold an aid conference at the end of this month or in early September...
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Analysis-Taliban gains give investors cause for concern beyond Afghanistan
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Taliban's rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan's future...
Read moreRussia to finance new Tajik-Afghan border outpost – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will give its ally Tajikistan $1.1 million to build a new outpost on the Tajik-Afghan border,...
Read moreTaliban take control of northern Afghan borders, Russia says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Taliban militants have taken control of Afghanistan's borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Russia's Kommersant daily reported on...
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