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Neighborhood News Digest - 25 March 2025

Afghanistan

US Removes Two Haqqani Network Members from Wanted List, Says AP-The Khaama Press

The Taliban has claimed that, in addition to Sirajuddin Haqqani, the group’s interior minister, two other members of the Haqqani n....

March 25, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Thailand , UK , WHO , Haqqani network , junta , India-Sri Lanka , Airstrikes , IMF bailout deal , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) , Himmiya lagoon , Genocide Day

Neighborhood News Digest - 17 March 2025

Afghanistan

Afghanistan among Countries in Proposed US Visa Ban-Tolo News

The administration of Donald Trump is considering imposing extensive travel restrictions on citizens of 41 countries, including Afghanistan, for entry i....

March 17, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , UNSC , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Climate Change , Blue Economy , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Balochistan , investment , UNAMA , Tourism , Adani Group , China- Bangladesh , Carbon Negative City , US Visa Ban , NAP

Neighborhood News Digest- 13 March 2025

Afghanistan

UN to hold meeting on Opium Cultivation and Drug Trafficking in Afghanistan-The Khaama Press

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is hosting a meeting to examine drug trends in Afghanistan. This ses....

March 13, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Balochistan , Arakan army , UN , IMF. , India – Bhutan Energy Ties , Fifth Amendment to the Judicature Act

Neighborhood News Digest- 11 March 2025

Afghanistan

Iran Imposes New Restrictions on Afghan Migrants for New Solar Year-Tolo News

Nader Yarahmadi, director general of the Bureau for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants Affairs at Iran’s Ministry of Interior, recently ....

March 11, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , IMF , Remittances , Awami League , RMG , Torkham , Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) , Privatization , Scam Centres , Gender-Based Violence , Usable Reserves , Private Security Service Law.

Neighborhood News Digest- 5 March 2025

Afghanistan

CASA-1000 Project in Afghanistan Reaches 70% Completion-Tolo News

The Ministry of Energy and Water has announced that 70% of the CASA-1000 electricity transmission project in Afghanistan has been completed. Matiull....

March 05, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Kabul , Bhutan , Tehran , Bangladesh , IMF , Sheikh Hasina , Port , Visa , India-Sri Lanka , Myanmar-Russia , CASA , Assam Railway Link , Bannu , Customs , Rakhine Deep Sea Port.

Neighborhood News Digest- 27 February 2025

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate’s Trade Attaché to Begin Work in UAE Soon-Tolo News

Abdul Rahman Feda, the consul general of the Islamic Emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced that Afghanistan’s trade attac....

February 27, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Climate Change , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Assam , UN human rights , UAE , Gender equality , SIGAR , 'Asan Khidmat' , Pakistan Green Taxonomy , Decentralization , Asian Highway , New Political Party , Election.

Neighborhood News Digest- 24 February 2025

Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Uzbekistan discuss financial cooperation and money transfer solutions- The Khaama Press

Noor Ahmad Agha, the Governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan under Taliban control, met with Timur Ishmetov,....

February 24, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Trump , Bhutan , trade , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , Azerbaijan , IMF , UN Human Rights Council , India-Bangladesh , India-Sri Lanka , Myanmar-Russia Relations , US Weapons , Scam Centres , India-Bhutan.

Neighborhood News Digest- 21 February 2025

Afghanistan

Afghanistan revokes membership in the Rome Statute-The Khaama Press

The Taliban government has announced the termination of Afghanistan’s membership in the Rome Statute following a request from the Chief Prosecut....

February 21, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Japan , Bangladesh , IMF , JUI-F , India-Bhutan , India-Sri Lanka , ICC , Maldives-China Relations , DABS , Myanmar-China Relations , Scam Centres. , Foreign Remittances , Language Day , IMF Myanmar , United Wa State Army , UWSA

Afghanistan in 2024: A Year of Diplomacy, Economic Challenges, and Humanitarian Crises under Taliban 2.0

Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF Article

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has found itself at the centre of complex geopolitical dynamics. The Taliban's resurgence as Afghanistan's ruling regime is marked by a mix of isolationism and selective engage....

February 20, 2025 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , economy , Afghanistan , Diplomacy , Humanitarian Crisis , 2024

Neighborhood News Digest- 20 February 2025

Afghanistan

US State Department plans to close Afghan Resettlement Office by April: Reuters-The Khaama Press

The U.S. State Department has directed the Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) to prepare ....

February 20, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , World Bank , COAS , India-Bangladesh , Political Party , BNP , US aid , Afghan refugees , Kurram.