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- ↑ "Emran Feroz: Die Fehler der Amerikaner in Afghanistan - Tagesgespräch - SRF" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Emran Feroz: Der längste Krieg. 20 Jahre War on Terror" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Emran Feroz, Autor auf westendverlag.de". Westend Verlag GMBH (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Experte Emran Feroz: "Die Taliban geben sich gerne kosmopolitisch"" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ "Afghanistan - Was geht gerade verloren?" (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ↑ (in German) https://twitter.com/emran_feroz/status/1429860808494833671 . Retrieved 2021-09-03.
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