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US asks 150 countries not to come to UN meeting
The Independent 19 Aug 2021
The United States is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader or a government minister to New York to speak in person at the UN General Assembly next month to consider giving a video address instead to prevent the annual high-level week from becoming “a super-spreader event.” ... ASSOCIATED PRESS. .
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Father of first American killed: Afghanistan end ‘shameful’
Federal News Radio 19 Aug 2021
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Mike Spann, a Marine turned CIA officer, felt a duty to go to Afghanistan in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. In one of his last phone calls home to check on his children, he told his father he was hopeful they would gather information to locate the mastermind of the attacks, Osama bin Laden, his father recalled ... U.S ... .
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Taliban Spokesman Gives Interview to Israeli TV, Unaware Who Exactly He Was Speaking With
Sputnik 19 Aug 2021
The spokesman for the Taliban later reportedly explained that he hasn't "done interview with anyone introducing himself he is from an Israeli media", noting that some journalists might have been "masquerading" ... .
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Afghanistan: Taliban carrying out door-to door manhunt, report says
RNZ 20 Aug 2021
The Taliban have stepped up their search for people who worked for Nato forces or the previous Afghan government, a UN document has warned. It said the militants have been going door-to-door to find targets and threatening their family members ... But there are fears the Taliban have changed little since the brutal 1990s ... In other developments ... -BBC. .
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Evacuation flights for Americans and Afghans in Kabul are not guaranteed to be free as the country plunges into economic chaos in the wake of the Taliban takeover
Business Insider 20 Aug 2021
Indian national sit aboard an Indian military aircraft conducting an evacuation at Kabul airport on August 17, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images Evacuation flights for Americans and Afghans out of Kabul are not guaranteed to be free ... See more stories on Insider's business page ... "The cost may be $2,000USD or more per person," the bulletin post continued.
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Taliban takeover risks emboldening jihadists worldwide: analysts
The Jakarta Post 19 Aug 2021
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photo: US Army / Master Sgt. Michel Sauret
'We were bribing them to fight!' Trump inadvertently admits Biden is 100 percent right about Afghan army
Raw Story 18 Aug 2021
In a strange agreement with President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump railed against the war in Afghanistan and the pointlessness of continuing to be there ... He claimed that, for years, Afghan fighters were doing the work on the ground because the U.S ... The U.S ... .
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Ethiopia: UN head decries 'hellish' humanitarian situation
Deutsche Welle 20 Aug 2021
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the unfolding crisis in Tigray and called for a cease-fire ... .
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Taliban kill Deutsche Welle reporter’s relative in Afghanistan
Indian Express 20 Aug 2021
German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle says the Taliban shot and killed a family member of one of their reporters in Afghanistan and severely injured a second family member. The broadcaster said in a statement on Thursday that Taliban fighters were looking for the Deutsche Welle reporter and searching homes in western Afghanistan ... He added ... Tags ... X ... .
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Vice President Harris's trip to Asia will show US is in region 'to stay'
The National 20 Aug 2021
US Vice President Kamala Harris's coming trip to Vietnam and Singapore will show that the US is in the region “to stay”, a senior administration official said, as the US seeks to bolster international support to counter China's growing global influence ... US accelerates Afghanistan relocation operations as evacuee number hits 12,000 ... Belt and Road ... .
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Man who claimed to have bomb near US Capitol surrenders after long standoff
The Guardian 20 Aug 2021
Related. Investigators seek clues after California family found dead on hiking trail ....
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Guinean authorities identify 58 contacts of Ebola sufferer
Manila Standard Today 19 Aug 2021
Guinean authorities on Wednesday announced that 58 people had been confined to their homes after being identified as contacts of a woman who contracted the Ebola virus ... It was Ivory Coast's first known case of the disease since 1994. Ebola is often deadly, causing severe fever and, in the worst cases, unstoppable bleeding ... .
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'A big win': USPS must turn over docs about DeJoy's potential conflicts of interest
Alternet 19 Aug 2021
A leading government ethics watchdog on Wednesday cheered a federal judge's ruling ordering the United States Postal Service to hand over documents concerning potential conflicts of interest involving embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. U.S. District Judge John D ... USPS claimed the documents were FOIA-exempt ... This is a big deal ... Rep ... Rep ... .
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North Korea’s no-sail warning expires without missile launches, suggesting ‘technical glitches’
South China Morning Post 19 Aug 2021
A spokesman for Seoul’s defence ministry… .
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European signatories to JCPOA urge Iran to restart Vienna talks ‘as soon as possible’
Press TV 19 Aug 2021
The three European signatories to a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have urged Iran to return to talks aimed at reviving the agreement “as soon as possible.” ... Iran has produced 200g of 20%-enriched uranium metal. UN nuclear agency ... Iran ... FM spox ... www.presstv.ir ... .
