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UN Human Rights Council Extends Richard Bennett's Afghanistan Mandate for One Year

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- The United Nations Human Rights Council has extended the mandate of Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, for another year,... Read More


31 US States Back 9/11 Victims Seeking $3.5 Billion in Frozen Afghanistan Assets for Compensation

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Iowa and 30 other US states have urged the US Supreme Court to review a case involving about $3.5 billion in Afghanistan central-bank assets that victims of the September 11, 20... Read More


31 US States Back 9/11 Victims Seeking $3.5 Billion in Afghanistan Assets for Compensation

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- Iowa and 30 other US states have urged the US Supreme Court to review a case involving about $3.5 billion in Afghanistan central-bank assets that victims of the September 11, 20... Read More


Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi missile sites in Yemen

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said Tuesday that it had destroyed a ballistic missile launch platform in the capital, Sanaa, and a missile storage facility in Saada c... Read More


'Your Place Is in Jail': India's Supreme Court Rebukes Rajpal Yadav Over Cheque Case

Afghanistan, Oct. 6 -- India's Supreme Court on Monday sharply rebuked Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav for failing to comply with a payment undertaking in seven long-running cheque-dishonour cases, warni... Read More


Germany at Risk of Violent Conflict With Russia, Intelligence Chief Warns

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- Germany faces a growing risk of being drawn into a violent conflict with Russia as Moscow intensifies what German intelligence describes as an increasingly aggressive "shadow wa... Read More


Moscow Talks Fail to Issue Joint Statement Amid Kabul-Islamabad Dispute

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- The eighth meeting of the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan ended Monday without a joint statement after the Taliban and Pakistan failed to agree on wording related to ... Read More


US Withdraws B-1 Bombers From UK Base After Suspected Terror Plot

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- The United States has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in Britain and redeployed them to their home bases in the United States, about a week after several people were... Read More


Iran Executed Five Afghan Nationals in September, Rights Group Says

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- Iran executed at least 68 prisoners in September, including five Afghan nationals, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, which tracks executions and other right... Read More


Lavrov Rejects NATO Military Presence in Afghanistan

Afghanistan, Oct. 5 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday rejected any deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan or neighboring countries, calling such a presence "absolu... Read More