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Neighborhood News Digest – 28 December 2023

Afghanistan
'Afghanistan Future Thought Forum' Held in Istanbul-Tolo News
Sultan Barakat, the founding director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies of Doha said that the 8th Afghanistan Future Thought Forum (AF....

December 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , insurgency , elections , Tourism , Borders , Economic crisis , Bangladesh Election , Reconciliation , Nepal-India , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Cabinet reshuffle , Electoral Laws Violations , Awami League Election Manifesto , Economic Partnership Agreement , Maldives State Expenditure , Mosquito control program , Istanbul
Neighbourhood News Digest- 27 December 2023

Afghanistan
Stanikzai admits failure in reopening girls’ schools beyond 6th grade to Iranian delegation- The Khama Press
Abbas Stanikzai, the political deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban administration,....

December 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Hindu , Maldives , Kazakhstan , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Taliban , Tourism , Economic crisis , Bangladesh Election , Drugs , Nepal-China , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Awami League Alliance , Electoral Laws Violations , Villimale , Nepal-Russia
Neighborhood News Digest – 22 December 2023

Afghanistan
India calls for formation of an inclusive and representative government structure in Afghanistan- The Telegraph
Addressing a Security Council meeting on the topic of ‘Situation in Afghanistan’ on Wednesday, Ind....

December 22, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Russia , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Taliban , Imran Khan , military , Arakan army , United Nations , FDI , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , Nepal-China , PDP , NPP , Myanmar resistance , BTP , Energy imports , Baloch women , TradeNet Maldives , Maldives State Debt , Garment Sector , Nepal-Sri Lanka , Shan state
Neighborhood News Digest – 21 December 2023

Afghanistan
Haqqani Welcomes Recommendations of Turkish Scholars-Tolo News
The Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, in a meeting with a delegation of religious scholars from Turkey, said their recommendations for stren....

December 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , democracy , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , UN General Assembly , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , Kuwait , COP28 , Forests , Bhutan Prince , Maldives-Mauritius , Foreign Reserve , Digital development , Highway , Ethnic
Neighborhood News Digest – 20 December 2023

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Considers Witholding of UN Seat 'Illegal'- Tolo News
The United Nations Credentials Committee has deferred its decision on assigning Afghanistan’s seat in the organization to the Islamic Emirate f....

December 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , India-Nepal , SAARC , refugees , Migration , Business , Militants , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , ADB , Rohingyas , BNP , India-Myanmar , China-Myanmar , Climate action , Royal vision , Austerity , Dam , Illegal , China Earthquake , Impeachment Resolutions
Radicalisation in Bharat: Case Studies of Kashmir and Kerala
Dhvani Samir Joshi Article

Introduction
Bharat has been facing terrorism ever since it became independent in 1947. Post-invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan-sponsored militants in October 1948 and followed by the defeat in the Indo-Pak war in 1965, Pakistan realised tha....

December 20, 2023 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Iraq , Syria , LeT , NIA , JeM , PFI , Bharat , Kerala , HM
Neighborhood News Digest – 19 December 2023

Afghanistan
Women’s Rights Activist Julia Parsi freed from Taliban prison- The Khama Press
Julia Parsi, a women’s rights activist, senior member of the spontaneous women’s protest movement and founder of the women’s li....

December 19, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Imran Khan , WHO , AI , United Nations , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , National Day , Suu Kyi , ADB , Asim Munir , Prison , Railway , Housing Crisis , Maldives International Aviation , Indian workers , Turbat protests , Foreign Research Vessel , Sri Lanka Nepal
Neighborhood News Digest – 18 December 2023

Afghanistan
India's approach to Afghanistan continues to be guided by historical relations, friendship with Afghan people: Jaishankar- The Hindu
In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister S. Jaish....

December 18, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , SAARC , Arakan army , Tourism , refugees , Awami League , PTI , BNP , India-Myanmar , Internet , Development Projects , Bangladesh Election Commission , Unskilled laborers , SEZ Investment , Green city , Domestic revenue , TTP< Dawood , Artificial rain , Decentralised Budget , India-Afghan , UN Chief , Taliban Remittances
Neighborhood News Digest – 15 December 2023

Afghanistan
Pakistan punishes Kabul with Sirajuddin Haqqani ‘Disclosure’-The Khama Press
Pakistan has let out its worst-kept secret that the top mujahideen personnel of its anti-Russian and, later, anti-US campaigns in Afg....

December 15, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , US , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Pakistan Elections , OIC , refugees , Bangladesh Election , National Day , coup , China-Myanmar , Human Trafficking , Bilawal Bhutto , UNP , Afghan refugees , PM Kakar , Chinese Research Vessel , SJB , Sirajuddin Haqqani , Humanitarian , Budget 2024 , Hydrographic Surveys , Women Empowerment.
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
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