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UN split over ban on Taliban officials' travel
UN split over ban on Taliban officials' travel
by  AFP

Members of the United Nations Security Council remained divided Monday over whether to exempt some of Afghanistan's Taliban officials from a travel ban, diplomatic sources said. "These exemptions are still just as necessary," the Chinese presidency of the Security Council said last week, deeming it "counterproductive" to link human rights to travel issues for Taliban officials.

US says it is not delaying Iran nuclear talks
US says it is not delaying Iran nuclear talks
by  AFP

Washington denied Monday suggestions it is stalling a potential agreement to resurrect the Iran nuclear deal after a "final" draft was circulated, but said outstanding questions remain. Earlier Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who is leading the effort to bring the United States and Iran together in agreement, suggested Washington was now slowing the process.

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