[Link] Afghanistan’s neighbours gather in Tehran to discuss its future

Read: 4/11/2021 www.aljazeera.com

Iran says the main goal of the event is to emphasise the call for the formation of an ‘inclusive’ government in Afghanistan.

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[Link] Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways

Read: 4/11/2021 coffeeordie.com

KHOST, Afghanistan — It’s one of few stretches of road among these winding hills and twisting valleys that remains paved and intact, untouched by the two-decade war that crippled most of Afghanistan’s land arteries.

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[Link] With No U.S. Support, Leaders of Afghan Resistance Flee the Country

Read: 22/9/2021 theintercept.com

Ahmad Massoud, son of the late Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, fled to Tajikistan shortly after the Taliban seized control of the Panjshir Valley on September 6, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, a Pentagon consultant, and two former senior Afghan government officials.

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[Link] One of the World's Most Wanted Terrorists is Strolling Freely Through Kabul

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

One of the United States’ most wanted terrorists and a senior member of a group with strong ties to al-Qaida appeared in the Afghan capital of Kabul late last week.

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