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Neighbourhood News Digest - 10 December 2024

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Shaheen Criticizes US for Actions Related to Doha Agreement – Tolo News
Suhail Shaheen, the head of the Political Office of the Islamic Emirate in Qatar accused the United States of violating the Doha Agreement. ....

December 10, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Climate Change , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Cybercrime , BRI , SAARC , India-Bangladesh Relations , India-Bhutan Relations , ADB , Doha Agreement , UNHCR , Asian Development Bank , Maldives-Japan Relations , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , Afghan-US relations , Electoral Reforms , Bhutan-Japan Relations , Bangladesh-Myanmar border , Pakistan-China Relations , Pakistan-US Relations , US-Sri Lanka Relations
Neighborhood News Digest – 06 March 2023

Afghanistan
Iran opens trade center, permanent exhibition in Kabul – Tehran Times
Iran’s trade center and permanent exhibition of Iranian products was inaugurated in Kabul on Sunday, the Iranian Embassy in Afghanistan announc....

March 06, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , ASEAN , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , India-Nepal , election , Security , Taliban , Ukraine , Imran Khan , G20 , IMF , UN , Pakistan Economy , Germany , women rights , TTP , counterterrorism , Doha Agreement , Bhutan politics , Bhutan India , US-Myanmar , local elections , Bangladesh-India , Rupee and Taka , Cox's Bazar
Lost in Afghanistan
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Eleven days changed the fate of Afghanistan much faster than expected as the US withdrawal date seemed to have been advanced by a month instead of 9/11 - the 20th anniversary of the Twin towers demolition by Al Qaeda terrorists. A cryptic social medi....

August 20, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , India , US , China , Taliban , Doha Agreement , Islamabad
IPIS-VIF Dialogue on Bilateral, Regional and International Issues

India and Iran share close historical and cultural links dating back to ancient times. In contemporary times, this relationship is multi-faceted and includes cooperation in political, trade-economic, security and multiple other sectors. In order to a....

July 27, 2021 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , JCPOA , South Asia , Joe Biden , Gulf , Doha Agreement
US / NATO Withdrawal from Afghanistan and its Implications
Amb Amar Sinha Article

The author had the opportunity to attend on 5 May 2021 a very engaging round table jointly hosted by the Vivekananda Foundation, New Delhi, and Hudson Institute, Washington DC on the imminent US/NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan and its impact on the ....

May 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , Iran , Afghanistan , Taliban , Biden , Doha Agreement
Afghanistan Stares at an Uncertain Future
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The American troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan without an agreed political system in place. After nearly 20 years of a democratic period, Afghanistan is at the risk of losing the gains it made in the last 20 years of a democratic system. ....

May 11, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , China , Russia , Afghanistan , Taliban , Al Qaeda , Biden , Doha Agreement , Iran Pakistan , President Ghani , Troops withdrawal
Afghanistan: Status of Doha Agreement and the Way Forward
Amb Amar Sinha Article

To mark one year of the Doha Agreement between the US and the Taliban, signed on 29 February 2020 in Doha, the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with a prominent Kabul based think tank, Afghans Institute for Strategic St....

March 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , NATO , Shia , ANDSF , Doha Agreement , Hanafi , US options
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