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Afghanistan

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Capital Kabul
Population35. 53 million (2017)
Presidents Ashraf Ghani
Currency Afghan afghani
Official_languagesPashto
Dari
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Captains Farshad Noor
Head coach Ashley Westwood
Arena stadium Ghazi Stadium
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The Afghanistan national football team is the national football team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. Founded in 1922, they played their first international game against Iran in Kabul, 1941.

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War in Syria: Turkey is refugees exit in the direction of Europe

Dec 21,2022 7:21 am

Some of The Migrants on their way to Greece-Kastanies border - But The Greeks closed it

groups of refugees and migrants in the direction of the EU, after Turkey said it would not participate in a deal, to stop them reaching Europe.

Turkey 's communication chief said the country had enough support in hosting millions of Syrian refugees.

His decision followed a deadly attack on Turkish troops, the troops of the Syrian government in Northern Syria.

The Incident raised fears of a major escalation with Turkey and Syria's military ally Russia.

Greece and Bulgaria , have sent border of Turkey , to prevent reinforcements to enter that people.

a minimum of 33 Turkish soldiers, The Last of the Syrian province, were killed in a bombing in Idlib, where Syrian rebel groups hold significant territory.

the Syrian government forces, supported by Russia, have you tried back to Idlib from jihadist groups, and Turkish conquer-backed rebel groups. to meet

the United Nations security Council is set, and, later, in response to the events In Syria . EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell , warned that The Situation risked "sliding into a large, open international military confrontation".

Why to leave Turkey , hire migrants?

the country is The host 3. 7 million Syrian refugees as well as migrants from other countries, such as Afghanistan , But not before they had stopped, they leave for Europe under the aid-linked deal with the EU.

Turkish television showed The Migrants , making their way on foot to The Border with Greece, near the Turkish city of Edirne, and boarding-cross boats to Lesvos.

Greek Prime Minister , Kyriakos examine Mitsotakis said, "a significant number" of migrants had gathered at The Border , But said, "no illegal entries into Greece tolerated". Land and sea border security was tightened, he said.

the Turkey is Altun communications director Fahrettin, said The Migrants were in Europe and in The World the problem. He said that Turkey had "no choice" But to relax border checks because there is not enough support in the hosting Syrian refugees.

However, there was confusion about the Turkish policy to the EU, Mr Borrell said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had assured him that Turkey remained committed to controlling the flow of migrants into the EU.

A boat carrying Afghans, landed on The Greek island of Lesvos on Friday

Mr Altun had previously said that Turkey had the capacity to entry to the nearly one million Syrians fleeing from the fighting in Idlib. He urged The International community to protect civilians in Idlib of "genocide" by the introduction of a no-fly zone.

at least 465 civilians, including 145 children, were killed in Idlib in December, the vast majority of the victims of the attacks by the Syrian government and its allies, according to the United Nations. Children also die of the cold.

What has happened since The Attack on the Turkish troops?

The Turkish and Russian presidents spoke by telephone on Friday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin agreed on the need for "additional measures" to normalise The Situation , with the possibility of a summit in the near future, the Kremlin said.

Russia also says top Russian and US military have about The Situation in Idlib.

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg promised "strong political support and. practical support" for Turkey , while the told US that it is a "Stand" of the Turkey .

Russia says that the Turkish troops were attacked, while the by-jihadist-fighters. Moscow denies its own forces were involved in the fighting in the Balyun area.

Turkey said it had hit 200 Syrian government targets in retaliation, "neutralization" 309 soldiers. UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights of the 20 Syrian troops said had been killed.

Russia said it was in Constant Contact with Turkey to ensure that Turkish troops were not targeted in Idlib and had not been informed that the Turkish forces were actively Balyun.

But the Turkish defense Minister Hulusi Akar insisted, the Russians were informed about the locations of the Turkish troops and said that no armed groups were present in the vicinity of The Soldiers , who were attacked. He also said ambulances had been hit in The Attack .

Two Russian war ships, equipped with cruise missiles, Istanbul Bosphorus have passed through on their way to the Syrian coast.

What is the context?

The Attack on the Turkish troops came after the Turkish-backed rebels in The Key town of Saraqeb, the North conquered-East of Balyun. Idlib is The Last of the Syrian province, where Syrian rebels still control significant territory.

Russia and Turkey behind the opposing sides in the Civil War . Turkey is against the government of Bashar al-Assad and supports some of the rebel groups.

Syria and Russia, President Erdogan has to pull the call back to weapons agreed ceasefire lines, in the year 2018.

Turkey is also actively trying to prevent Syria of the Kurdish community, the control over The Border region, fearing that this would encourage Kurdish separatism in Turkey itself.

He has been accused, to search, to drive away the Kurds from The Border , in order to establish a safe Zone In Syria to rehouse two million refugees, hosts it.

Russia, calls on the security Council of the UN for a humanitarian ceasefire in Northern Syria, said the only solution is to chase what it calls terrorists from the country.

The Syrian government, which is accused of regularly committing atrocities against civilians, which says, it is liberating Idlib from "Terrorism ".



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Source of news: bbc.com

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