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Central Asia

Taliban’s Internet Ban Triggers Nationwide Connectivity Crisis in Afghanistan

According to officials and watchdogs, the shutdown began late Monday when mobile signals and internet connections gradually dropped to less than one per...

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Four-Party Meeting Calls on Kabul to Intensify Anti-Terror Efforts

NEW YORK: Foreign ministers from China, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia have jointly urged Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government to take tangible and verifiable steps to...

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Experts Alarmed as Mass Afghan Repatriation Raises Terror Concerns

KABUL: The forced return of millions of Afghan migrants from Pakistan and Iran has triggered serious concerns among international security and diplomatic experts,...

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Iran Rejects Pressure Tactics on Nuclear Programme, Says Araqchi

Iran has reiterated that diplomacy remains the only path to resolving its decades-long nuclear dispute with the West, warning it will not bow...

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Russia, Iran Seal Deal on New Nuclear Power Plants

MOSCOW: Iran and Russia are preparing to sign major new agreements this week to expand nuclear cooperation, including the construction of multiple nuclear...

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Bagram Airbase Sparks Tensions Between Kabul and Washington

KABUL: Afghanistan’s defence ministry on Sunday firmly rejected the possibility of ceding control of the former US military hub at Bagram airbase, after...

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Trump Issues Warning Over Bagram Air Base Control in Afghanistan

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Afghanistan that “bad things” will ensue if Kabul does not return control of Bagram Air Base to...

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Washington in Talks with Taliban Over Re-Establishing Forces in Afghanistan

The United States is in negotiations with the Taliban about re-establishing a limited military presence at Afghanistan’s Bagram air base, once the hub...

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Key Iranian Officials Targeted in U.S.–Israel Coordinated Strikes

Several of Iran’s most senior leaders have been killed in what Tehran described as “unprovoked and unwarranted” airstrikes carried out by Israel and...

Iran Mourns as Khamenei Martyred in Joint U.S.–Israeli Air Strikes

TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been assassinated following large-scale strikes carried out by the United States and Israel, according to...

Tensions Rise as Iran Targets US and Israeli Military Bases

Tensions across the Middle East have dramatically escalated following coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets, triggering a wave of retaliatory missile...