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2022-04-26: News Headlines

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-26). Taliban, Iranian diplomat discuss border issues in Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Deputy Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan discussed the recent border issues with the Taliban in a meeting in Kabul with the official of the Taliban defense ministry on Tuesday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-04-26). Iran-Afghanistan main border crossing reopens after two days. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Dogharoun crossing reopened on Tuesday morning after the Iranian officials and Taliban authorities held consultations on Tuesday.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-26). Inclusive government key to 'lasting security' in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) — Stressing that the key to lasting security in Afghanistan is an inclusive government, Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan said that the more Tehran-Kabul cooperation develops, it will be in the interest of the two countries.

_____ (2022-04-25). UK War Resister Reflects On Troubled State Of 'Veteranhood'. popularresistance.org Military service in the U.S. and the U.K. promised more than it ever delivered for many post-9/11volunteers. As sociologist and Vietnam vet Jerry Lembcke observes, "this generation of veterans went off to Iraq and Afghanistan with more hoopla than any generation since World War II. But a lot of them, particularly the men, came back deflated and disappointed with the experience they had. It did not live up to the mythology of what war is supposed to be, because there is no glory in these inglorious wars." | Adding insult to moral injury, hundreds of thousands of modern-day veterans developed long-term medical or m…

Staff (2022-04-25). Gen. urges punishment for Afghanistan bombings perpetrators. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) — Condemning the recent serial bombings in Afghanistan, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces called for expedient measures to bring the perpetrators to justice and identify the root causes of such attacks.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-04-25). Reparations in Reverse: Afghanistan Pays, Vatican Prays, US Preys. transcend.org 22 Apr 2022 – What better illustration of the perversities of "justice" under colonial modernity, than the grotesquely disparate treatment of Afghanistan versus the Vatican when it comes to exacting recompense for international crimes. The doctrine of 'sovereign immunity' is being used to insulate state violence from legal liability.

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