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Neighborhood News Digest- 03 January 2024

Afghanistan
Work on 500 Projects Continues Across Afghanistan: Deputy PM-Tolo News
The deputy prime minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, said that work on more than 500 small and big development projects ....

January 03, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Afghanistan , Bhutan , BRICS , Tajikistan , IMF , Sri Lankan economy , S Jaishankar , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , Myanmar China , Myanmar India , BTP , United Arab Emirates , Bangladesh National Election , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Maldives-China Relations , Japan Earthquake , FMR , Gelephu Mindfulness City
Neighbourhood News Digest - 14 December

Afghanistan
Attack in Pakistan Not Related to Afghanistan: Mujahid- Tolo News
The spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that attacks in Pakistan on December 12 were not related to Afghanistan and called Pa....

December 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , IMF , Solar energy , Space Policy , Gold Smuggling , Myanmar resistance , United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) , UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) , Australian Immigration Rules , Ooredoo Group , INS Tarmugli , LGBT
Neighborhood News Digest – 13 December 2023

Afghanistan
Taliban Should Change Their Policy: Andisha - Tolo News
The permanent representative of Afghanistan to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaratio....

December 13, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , elections , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Taliban , IMF , Human Rights , Hydropower , Pak Army , earthquake , COP28 , LDC , Indo-Bangladesh Border , SAARC Charter Day , Digital Connectivity
Neighborhood News Digest – 05 December 2023

Afghanistan

The Vienna Conference: Amplifying Anti-Taliban Voices for Democracy- Hasht e Subh Daily
The Vienna Conference, organized by the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, is being held for the third time from D....

December 05, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Japan , Bangladesh , Political Violence , Taliban , Imran Khan , EU , Tourism , IMF , SDG , Aid , ADB , imports , Khalistan , Maldives-India relations , Carbon negative , Sajid Mir , Asian Development Bank , Chagos Island.
Neighborhood News Digest – 04 December 2023

Afghanistan

Kabul Rejects US Report on Al-Qaeda, Daesh in Afghanistan- Tolo News
On November 30, the US State Department released a report dated April 2023 that focused on terrorism in 2022 and which claimed that Al-Qaeda, Da....

December 04, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , United Nations Security Council , Nepal , Maldives , Kabul , Climate Change , Daesh , Nepal China , Bangladesh , New Delhi , Imran Khan , Bhutan elections , al-Qaeda , IMF , minorities , Colombo port , Myanmar military , PDP , Resistance , PM Kakar , cop 28 , Sri Lanka’s Northern Province , China land , Meetings , Maldives-India relations , China Myanmar
Neighborhood News Digest – 21 November 2023

Afghanistan
Earthquake Of Magnitude 4.1 Hits Afghanistan – NDTV
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. The quake took place in early hours today at ....

November 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Taliban , IMF , India-Bangladesh , Sharia , Bhutan border , fuel Prices , UNDP , Pak Military , Afghan refugees , Muizzu , Afghan Earthquake , Rohingya Myanmar , CARAT exercise , Turkish-Islamic Union , Pakistan IMF board , Punjab drones
Neighborhood News Digest – 20 November 2023

Afghanistan
Pakistan military says four fighters killed near Afghanistan border – AlJazeera
Pakistani security forces have killed four armed fighters, including a highly sought individual, near the northwestern border with ....

November 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , ASEAN , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Myanmar politics , elections , IMF , Humanitarian aid , Baluchistan , India-Maldives relations , Nepal-China , Bhutan-India , Bangladesh-India , Afghan refugees , Saffron , Indian Fisherman , Indian Troops in Maldives , China EXIM Bank , Second Voice of Global South Summit , Afghan border , Karachi containers , Bhutan potatoes , US Lawmakers , ICC
Neighborhood News Digest – 14 November 2023

Afghanistan

WFP’s $400 million appeal to prevent Afghanistan winter food crisis – The Khaama Press
The World Food Program (WFP) in Afghanistan faces a pressing challenge as winter approaches, with a staggering $400 millio....

November 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Border , elections , JeM , WHO , refugees , IMF , minorities , Nepal-China , earthquake , India-Myanmar , Sri Lanka Budget 2023 , WFP , Bhutan tourism , Myanmar Coup , US-Bangladesh , Afghan Migrants , President Swearing-in Ceremony , Digi-Econ (DIGIECON) , Turkish envoy , Hydropower project , Navy drills
Neighborhood News Digest – 07 November 2023

Afghanistan

Over 15,000 Afghan families expelled from Pakistan in 6 days – The Khaama Press
The de facto administration has announced that in the past six days, from the first of November until the 6th, approximately 15,270 ....

November 07, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Bangladesh elections , Sri Lanka , India-Nepal , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , IMF , Aid , Drugs , Nepal-China , earthquake , forex reserves , Myanmar India , Bhutan King , KPK , Afghan refugees , Tamil Nadu Fishermen , U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (US-DFC) , District Coordination Committee (DCC) , Sri Lankan Tamil , Regional connectivity , Golden Triangle
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: September 2023
Commodore Gopal Suri

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held discussions on the recently concluded BRICS Summit and developments in Pakistan while also looking at geoeconomic implications from economic growth rates to energy transition and trade for India during ....

November 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , Pakistan , Eurasia , BRICS Summit , IMF , Geoeconomic implications
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