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2022-08-31: News Headlines

____ (2022-08-31). China urges the U.S. to unfreeze Afghan assets. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the United States to return Afghan assets frozen in U.S.According to a CGTN poll, nearly four in five people in Afghanistan believe the U.S.

Infobrics (2022-08-30). Washington recruiting Afghan pilots to fight in Ukraine. infobrics.org US continues its interventionist policy in the Ukrainian conflict, prolonging tensions and security crisis.

Staff (2022-08-30). Russia calls on US to return money stolen from Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya called on the US to return the money stolen from the Afghan people.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-30). Ukraine: Somewhere Between Afghanization and Syrianization. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Ukraine is finished as a nation — neither side will rest in this war. The only question is whether it will be an Afghan or Syrian style finale. One year after the astounding US humiliation in Kabul — and on the verge of another serious comeuppance in Donbass — there is reason to believe…

Global Research (2022-08-30). Recalculando la atención geoestratégica. globalizacion.ca El dron estadounidense General Atomics lanzó dos misiles R9-X al balcón de una casa en Kabul matando a Al-Zawahiri, el invisible líder de Al-Qaeda, quien había tomado las riendas tras el asesinato de Osama bin Laden. | El vehículo aéreo no…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-30). One Year After Afghanistan Withdrawal, Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation as US Maintains Sanctions. news.antiwar.com Tuesday marked one year since the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan. While violence Martin Griffiths, the UN's humanitarian chief, urged donors to raise $770 million for Afghanistan aid and warned that six million Afghans are facing famine in an address to the UN Securit…

____ (2022-08-30). Tragedy in Afghanistan should never be allowed to repeat, says Chinese envoy. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Monday described the 20-year-war waged by foreign troops in Afghanistan as fiasco, stressing that the tragedy in Afghanistan should never be allowed to repeat.

Staff (2022-08-30). Dozens of checkpoints to be built on Iran-Afghanistan border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — The Taliban announced that dozens of checkpoints are going to be built on the border of Afghanistan and Iran to improve the security of the area.

Staff (2022-08-30). Taliban must respond to world calls to form inclusive govt. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN says the Taliban must respond to the repeated demands of the international community to form an inclusive government…

_____ (2022-08-29). Ukraine And The Politics Of Permanent War. popularresistance.org No one, including the most bullish supporters of Ukraine, expect the nation's war with Russia to end soon. The fighting has been reduced to artillery duels across hundreds of miles of front lines and creeping advances and retreats. Ukraine, like Afghanistan, will bleed for a very long time. This is by design. | On August 24, the Biden administration announced yet another massive military aid package to Ukraine worth nearly $3 billion. It will take months, and in some cases years, for this military equipment to reach Ukraine. In another sign that Washington assumes the conflict will be a long war of attrition it w…

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