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Neighborhood News Digest – 28 September 2023

Afghanistan

UN to declare gender apartheid as mental health of Afghan women worsens – Business Standard

The UN's most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanista....

September 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Bhutan , elections , UNHRC , Taliban , ISI , military , Tourism , IMF , Afghan women , Trafficking , HRW , Power line , Pakistan PM , LPG , Malaysia-Myanmar

Neighborhood News Digest – 27 September 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Currency Is World's Best-Performing Currency This Quarter: Report – NDTV

The currency of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has emerged as the best-performing currency in the world this quarter, according....

September 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Bhutan , elections , Indian Ocean , Tourism , IMF , UN , AIIB , China-Sri Lanka , Rare Earth , China-Myanmar , US Envoy , PM Prachanda , China-Bangladesh , Afghanistan currency , Afghan immigrants , Permanent Membership , Taiwan independence

Neighborhood News Digest – 25 September 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Among Top 10 Countries Facing Emergency Level of Hunger: WFP – Tolo News

Afghanistan has been ranked the 2nd top country in the world with more than 1 million of its people suffering from emergency l....

September 25, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Border , Foreign Minister , Bhutan , Nepal China , G20 , WHO , World Bank , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , China-Sri Lanka , India-Myanmar , Nepal border , Hunger , India-Sri Lanka , Gender Apartheid , Bangladesh -US , Teachers protest , Trade.

Neighborhood News Digest – 22 September 2023

Afghanistan

US, Islamic Emirate Hold Talks on Narcotics in Doha – Tolo News

Karen Decker, the Chargé d'Affaires of the US Mission to Afghanistan, said on X that she met with the “Taliban delegation” in Doha and held te....

September 22, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Climate Change , Bhutan , elections , USAID , Taliban , Pakistan Elections , Doha , IMF , Human Rights , Suu Kyi , Aid , Khalistan , Nepal-China , PM Dahal , Electricity trade , Sri Lanka UN , Garments Exports

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 September 2023

Afghanistan

Over 100 Afghan Security Outposts Built Along Durand Line – Tolo News

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has established more than 100 security outposts alongside the Durand Line in the eastern parts of the count....

September 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , UNGA , Durand Line , India-Bangladesh , China-Sri Lanka , PM Dahal , Grant assistance , FM Jilani , Meat import , Nuclear Treaty

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 September 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban urged to uphold Afghan girls’ right to education – UN News

The international community must ensure that every girl in Afghanistan has an opportunity to learn, the head of the UN fund for education in em....

September 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , ASEAN , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , Presidential elections , Taliban , BRI , Education , HRW , India-Myanmar , Maoist Centre , PM Dahal , Afghan refugees , Ukraine arms , South Korea- Sri -Lanka

Neighborhood News Digest – 18 September 2023

Afghanistan

U.S. woman among 18 NGO staff detained in Afghanistan – The Hindu

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have arrested at least 18 staff of an international NGO, including an American woman, accusing them of carryin....

September 18, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Terrorists , Tourism , UNGA , Lithium , HRW , fuel Prices , CJP , NGO , Saffron , Life Expectancy , Garment

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 September 2023

Afghanistan

China becomes first country to send envoy to Afghanistan after Taliban takeover – Wion

Recently appointed Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan, Zhao Sheng, presented his credentials to Taliban Prime Minister Mullah....

September 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Pakistan Elections , Human Rights , ECB , Hydropower , Chinese Envoy , India wheat , Bangladesh wheat , MNDF , AK-47 , ITC , Mamata Banerjee , President Wickremesinghe , Railway strike

Neighborhood News Digest – 12 September 2023

Afghanistan

Billions of Dollars Injected Into Afghanistan After 9/11 Attack – Tolo News

Following the 9/11 attack that led to the 20-year US-led military mission in Afghanistan, billions of dollars were injected into the wa....

September 12, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Border , Bhutan , elections , Maldives elections , Bangladesh , 9/11 , Chinese Envoy , Sri Lanka. , Rebel groups , Bomb blast

Neighborhood News Digest – 08 September 2023

Afghanistan

ACCI Expresses Concern About Closing of Torkham Crossing – Tolo News

Following the clashes between Islamic Emirate forces and Pakistani border guards at the Torkham crossing, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce a....

September 08, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , ASEAN , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Pakistan Army , Presidential elections , Aung San Suu Kyi , Rajapaksa , G20 , TTP , US Envoy , Bangladesh MoU , China envoy , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Adani.