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At least 17 killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul: Reports
Straits Times 04 Sep 2021
KABUL (REUTERS) - At least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, news agencies said on Saturday (Sept 4), after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist group ... "There is no doubt we are in a difficult situation ... � ....
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Taliban prepare for government as fighting rages in Panjshir
The New Arab 04 Sep 2021
The Taliban are due to form a government within days despite fighting in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley where forces battling the hardline Islamists say they are enduring "heavy" assaults ... Taliban and resistance tweets suggested the key district of Paryan had been taken and lost again, but that could also not be independently verified. Analysis ... ....
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President George W. Bush and Afghanistan: The Terrorist President?
WorldNews.com 04 Sep 2021
President George W. Bush and Afghanistan. The Terrorist President?. The American public largely shared President George W. Bush’s imagined anxieties when Islamic extremists destroyed the World Trade Center buildings and attacked the Pentagon, killing almost 3,000 Americans ... It was a lie ... Whether or not Americans can see the obvious ... said Paul Pillar.
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New Zealand to criminalise attack planning after mall stabbing
Al Jazeera 04 Sep 2021
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has promised to tighten counterterrorism laws after a knife-wielding man known to the authorities stabbed and wounded seven people in a supermarket ... But Ardern said it would not be fair to assume that the tighter law would have made a difference in this case ... Seeking infamy ... .
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Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government – Taliban sources
Metro USA 03 Sep 2021photo: US Navy / Carlos M. Vazquez II
Biden: US quits role as the world’s policeman
Asiatimes 04 Sep 2021
“America is back,” goes President Joe Biden’s catchphrase, but his unapologetic exit from Afghanistan shows America won’t be back to business as usual. Beyond the trauma of the Kabul evacuation, Biden is pitching a much broader retreat. a halt to using vast military resources to impose order and US values around the planet ... Where Trump, Biden agree.
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Highest Lebanese state visit to Syria since war to talk fuel
The Times of India 04 Sep 2021
DAMASCUS. A senior Lebanese government delegation arrived in Syria on Saturday for talks expected to focus on the crippling fuel crisis that has paralyzed Lebanon. It marked the highest official visit since Syria's civil war began more than a decade ago ... Media reports said the transport is likely to be organized by Hezbollah ... Start a Conversation. .
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US open: Naomi Osaka tearfully admits she doesn’t know when she’ll play next after shock defeat
The Independent 04 Sep 2021
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Women march in Kabul to demand role in Taliban government
Al Jazeera 04 Sep 2021
Kabul, Afghanistan – Dozens of women took to the streets of the capital on Saturday to demand their right to work, a role in any future government, and a seat at the table in discussions with the Taliban. The protest began with 50 women marching towards the presidential palace ... “These weren’t ordinary Taliban forces,” she said ... Decision-making roles ... .
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Thai PM Prayuth survives vote of no confidence, rallies planned
Al Jazeera 04 Sep 2021
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers have comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in parliament as activists plan more protests against the government. Prayuth received 264 votes in favour and 208 against on Saturday ... The opposition needed 242 of the 482 parliamentary votes to remove the prime minister ... .
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‘Panic made us vulnerable’: how 9/11 made the US surveillance state – and the Americans who fought back
The Guardian 04 Sep 2021
On the morning of 11 September 2001, an 18-year-old was driving his white Honda Civic on the way to work as a freelance web designer ... .
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The student, who dared to correct Putin, and the aftermath of his deed
Pravda RU 03 Sep 2021
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Biden moves to declassify documents about Sept. 11 attacks
Lehigh Valley 04 Sep 2021
President Joe Biden on Friday directed the declassification of certain documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a supportive gesture to victims’ families who have long sought the records in hopes of implicating the Saudi government ... First responders, survivors, and family member of the victims of the Sept ... FROM 2020 ... By ERIC TUCKER ... .
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China premier urges major powers to ‘take responsibility’ for environment
Metro USA 04 Sep 2021
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged major powers to “show responsibility” and play a leading role in improving global environmental governance and addressing such challenges as climate change ... U.S ... (Reporting by David Stanway; Editing by William Mallard) ... .
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Sahel jihadists: West Africa faces up to policing its terror triangle
BBC News 04 Sep 2021
With Chad's withdrawal of troops and the imminent reduction in French troop strength across from the vast Sahel region of West Africa - where jihadist groups continue to stage attack after attack, targeting civilians and soldiers without discrimination - new anti-terror tactics are afoot ... Motorbikes massacres ... Recent attacks have been typical ... .
