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Fearing Afghan refugee influx, Turkey reinforces border
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Fearing Afghan refugee influx, Turkey reinforces border

TATVAN, Turkey (AP) — Fearing a new refugee crisis, Turkey is sending soldiers to reinforce its border with Iran in…
Afghanistan: Taliban to reap $1 trillion mineral wealth
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Afghanistan: Taliban to reap $1 trillion mineral wealth

The Taliban have been handed a huge financial and geopolitical edge in relations with the world’s biggest powers as the militant group seizes…
Evacuations from Afghanistan gather momentum as Taliban promise peace
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Evacuations from Afghanistan gather momentum as Taliban promise peace

KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) – More than 2,200 diplomats and other civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan on military flights,…
Turkey welcomes Taliban statements since their takeover in Afghanistan
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Turkey welcomes Taliban statements since their takeover in Afghanistan

ANKARA, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Turkey is in talks with all parties in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, and views positively…
Explained: Who are the Taliban?
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Explained: Who are the Taliban?

They call themselves “students” ― that’s the verbatim translation of the word “Taliban” from Pashto. Today, the name of the Islamist…
Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pullout as Taliban take control
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Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pullout as Taliban take control

The US and the rest of the international community scrambled on Monday to react to the shocking fall of Kabul to the…
Taliban seek to project calm as US speeds chaotic evacuation
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Taliban seek to project calm as US speeds chaotic evacuation

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The US military struggled to manage a chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan on Monday as the Taliban…
Biden orders 1,000 more troops to aid Afghanistan departure
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Biden orders 1,000 more troops to aid Afghanistan departure

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden authorized an additional 1,000 US troops for deployment to Afghanistan, raising to roughly 5,000…
Taliban at door of Afghan capital after eastern city falls, US starts evacuating embassy
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Taliban at door of Afghan capital after eastern city falls, US starts evacuating embassy

KABUL, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents captured the key eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad without a fight on Sunday,…
Longest war: Were America’s decades in Afghanistan worth it?
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Longest war: Were America’s decades in Afghanistan worth it?

Here’s what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S.…
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