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Get the latest breaking news from RT in Afghanistan and its capital Kabul. Afghanistan is a country in South and Central Asia, which has significant cultural heritage and mineral deposits, but remains undeveloped due to ongoing military conflicts. Find news and information on history, politics and economy in Afghanistan. Since many parts of Afghanistan are controlled by Taliban movement, the country has been in a critical situation. Taliban captured Afghanistan in 1996 and ruled for five years. The UNSC officially recognized the Taliban as a terrorist organization in 2003. Don’t miss the news and updates on the Taliban, terrorist attacks committed by them, and on their statements. Following 9/11 attacks in 2001 the US invaded Afghanistan blaming Taliban for backing Osama bin Laden, who was apparently hiding in Afghanistan. Read RT to get news and articles on the US invasion in Afghanistan and their joint “Operation Enduring Freedom” with Britain. Don’t forget to check out authors’ opinions on the news and current events taking place in Afghanistan.
- Pursued for ‘exposing evidence of US atrocities’: Corbyn opposes extradition of Assange
Leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has publicly opposed UK’s possible extradition of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange to the US, saying he exposed evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan.Apr 11, 2019 20:25UK News - Don’t mock college students because they handle failure poorly; they learned it from their gov'tThe usual eye-rolling followed news that US colleges are having to teach stressed-out students "it's OK to fail," blaming everything from millennial entitlement to helicopter parenting - but the blame belongs with the government.Apr 9, 2019 07:19
- Three American service members and contractor killed in Afganistan — US militaryThree US service members and a contractor were killed and three other soldiers injured near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in a blast from an improvised explosive device, the US military has said.Apr 8, 2019 19:08USA News
- US denies visa to ICC chief prosecutor, unhappy with her probing American war crimes in AfghanistanWashington has annulled the entry visa of Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, after the State Department vowed to shield Americans from “unjust prosecutions” of possible war crimes in Afghanistan.Apr 5, 2019 07:29World News
- ‘Censorship push by Syria regime-change lobby’: Max Blumenthal on canceled book launch eventThe anti-Damascus lobby in the US has coerced a bookstore in Washington DC to “postpone” the launch of investigative journalist Max Blumenthal’s new book, which exposes dirty secrets of US regime-change tactics, he has told RT.Apr 4, 2019 03:34USA News
- Billions in US funds & equipment lost to ‘out of control’ corruption in AfghanistanA lack of accountability breeds corruption in Afghanistan but money is still funneled into the country, as a fall of its government would become a geopolitical disaster for the US, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof told RT.Apr 4, 2019 01:52World News
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