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Australian War Hero, Found Guilty Of Four Afghan Murders, Files Appeal
Australia's most decorated living war veteran lodged an appeal on Tuesday against a civil court defamation ruling that found he played a part in the murder of four Afghans while serving in Afghanistan, court records showed.
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Pervez Musharraf's Pro-Taliban Afghan Policy Proved Bittersweet For Pak
Pervez Musharraf's Afghan policy of siding with the US in its war on terror after the 9/11 attacks while also going soft on the Taliban proved a double-edged sword for his country.
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Imran Khan Slams Pak Government Over "Irresponsible Statements" Against Taliban
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has condemned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz- led government's "irresponsible statements" against the Taliban and warned that a deterioration in Afghan ties could result in a "never-ending" war against terrorism.
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Pentagon Training Afghan Pilots For Deployment In Ukraine: Report
The US Department of Defence, also known as the Pentagon, is set to train former Afghan pilots in California and send them via Poland to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, Russian media agency Tass claimed citing a military diplomatic source.
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Taliban Impose "Harsh" Limits On Afghans' Religious Freedom: US Panel
Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after 20 years of war, a bipartisan U.S. commission said on Tuesday.
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"Very Bad Luck": Afghan Who Moved To Ukraine Forced To Flee Again
After leaving Afghanistan a year ago, Ajmal Rahmani believed he had found a haven of peace in Ukraine.
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Taliban "Hopes To Strengthen Ties" Through Underplayed Oslo Talks
A Taliban delegation arrived Saturday in Norway for three days of talks with Western diplomats and members of Afghan civil society, which it hopes will help "transform the atmosphere of war" in Afghanistan.
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US Strike That Killed 10 Afghans Did Not Violate Law Of War: Pentagon
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said Wednesday after an investigation.
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US Hopes To Soon Relocate Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan: Official
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a USofficial said.
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Afghan Army Collapse "Took Us All By Surprise", Says US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America's longest war including corruption and damaged morale in Afghan ranks.
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War Crimes Prosecutor Would Not Focus On US Forces In New Afghan Probe
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said he was seeking approval to resume a war crimes investigation into Afghanistan, focusing on the actions of the Taliban and the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) militia.
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"We Have To Consider Afghan Children, Our Children": Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Stating that children are the worst sufferers in any war or insurgencies, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, called for prompt and sustainable efforts for the protection of Afghan children.
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One Of The Last US Marines Killed In Afghanistan Returns Home In Casket
US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Victorious Taliban Gloat Over Ruins Of CIA's Afghan Base
After America's longest war, Taliban commander Mullah Hasnain contemplates all that is left of what was part of the last CIA base -- demolished buildings, destroyed vehicles and piles of ammunition.
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Afghan Resistance Leader Asks For End To War, Seeks Talks With Taliban
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.
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Australian War Hero, Found Guilty Of Four Afghan Murders, Files Appeal
Australia's most decorated living war veteran lodged an appeal on Tuesday against a civil court defamation ruling that found he played a part in the murder of four Afghans while serving in Afghanistan, court records showed.
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Pervez Musharraf's Pro-Taliban Afghan Policy Proved Bittersweet For Pak
Pervez Musharraf's Afghan policy of siding with the US in its war on terror after the 9/11 attacks while also going soft on the Taliban proved a double-edged sword for his country.
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Imran Khan Slams Pak Government Over "Irresponsible Statements" Against Taliban
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has condemned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz- led government's "irresponsible statements" against the Taliban and warned that a deterioration in Afghan ties could result in a "never-ending" war against terrorism.
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Pentagon Training Afghan Pilots For Deployment In Ukraine: Report
The US Department of Defence, also known as the Pentagon, is set to train former Afghan pilots in California and send them via Poland to conflict-ravaged Ukraine, Russian media agency Tass claimed citing a military diplomatic source.
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Taliban Impose "Harsh" Limits On Afghans' Religious Freedom: US Panel
Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after 20 years of war, a bipartisan U.S. commission said on Tuesday.
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"Very Bad Luck": Afghan Who Moved To Ukraine Forced To Flee Again
After leaving Afghanistan a year ago, Ajmal Rahmani believed he had found a haven of peace in Ukraine.
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Taliban "Hopes To Strengthen Ties" Through Underplayed Oslo Talks
A Taliban delegation arrived Saturday in Norway for three days of talks with Western diplomats and members of Afghan civil society, which it hopes will help "transform the atmosphere of war" in Afghanistan.
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US Strike That Killed 10 Afghans Did Not Violate Law Of War: Pentagon
A US drone strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a tragic mistake but did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector general said Wednesday after an investigation.
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US Hopes To Soon Relocate Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan: Official
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, a USofficial said.
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Afghan Army Collapse "Took Us All By Surprise", Says US Defence Secretary
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Tuesday that the Afghan army's sudden collapse caught the Pentagon off-guard as he acknowledged miscalculations in America's longest war including corruption and damaged morale in Afghan ranks.
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War Crimes Prosecutor Would Not Focus On US Forces In New Afghan Probe
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said he was seeking approval to resume a war crimes investigation into Afghanistan, focusing on the actions of the Taliban and the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) militia.
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"We Have To Consider Afghan Children, Our Children": Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Stating that children are the worst sufferers in any war or insurgencies, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, called for prompt and sustainable efforts for the protection of Afghan children.
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One Of The Last US Marines Killed In Afghanistan Returns Home In Casket
US Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American soldiers killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion exactly two decades ago by the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Victorious Taliban Gloat Over Ruins Of CIA's Afghan Base
After America's longest war, Taliban commander Mullah Hasnain contemplates all that is left of what was part of the last CIA base -- demolished buildings, destroyed vehicles and piles of ammunition.
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Afghan Resistance Leader Asks For End To War, Seeks Talks With Taliban
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.
