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Iran’s Long Standing ‘Strategic Hedging’ in Afghanistan to Intensify Due to US Troop Withdrawal

June 6, 2021
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Iran has long claimed to follow the policy of supporting political stabilization in Kabul while also simultaneously expanding ties with the Taliban. In wake of the Sept. 11 deadline of troop withdrawal of the U.S. forces this contradictory policy is gaining momentum and will likely breed more chaos and violence inside Afghanistan, warn experts. This…

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EXCLUSIVE: Afghanistan’s Security Is Linked to World Security, Says Senior Afghan Diplomat

April 9, 2021
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NEW DELHI—Ahead of the May 1 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s Ambassador to India and the former senior political advisor to the Afghan National Security Council told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview that the Afghans are not fighting a civil war but international terrorism. The withdrawal of troops shouldn’t be time-bound, he said….

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US Proposes UN Meeting With 5 Other Nations for Comprehensive Afghan Peace

March 10, 2021
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NEW DELHI—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has proposed a UN meeting with five other nations, including India, China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan, for a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in Afghanistan, in a letter to the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week. Many of these nations are regional adversaries with competing stakes and experts said…

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