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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 for the third consecutive...

December 20 , 2023

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. Jaishankar on December 15...

December 18 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 11 December 2023

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate to Iran FM: Govt is Inclusive- Tolo News The Islamic Emirate reacted to the recent remarks of Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian regarding the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, saying that...

December 11 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 23 November 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan returns 21 tankers of substandard oil to Iran – AA Afghanistan on Wednesday returned 21 tankers of what it said was substandard oil imported from Iran. In a statement, the Afghanistan National Standards Authority (ANSA), the...

November 23 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 March 2023

Afghanistan SAARC Secretary General Position not awarded to Afghanistan – The Print It was Afghanistan’s turn to suggest a candidate for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s (SAARC) Secretary General Position. The seat has,...

March 14 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 February 2023

Afghanistan 'Efforts Continue to Resume World Bank Projects in Afghanistan': MoF – Tolo News The Islamic Emirate's Ministry of Finance said that efforts are being made to resume World Bank projects in Afghanistan following David Malpas, the...

February 20 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 09 January 2023

Bangladesh US to keep working with Bangladesh in different areas: Biden – New Age United States president Joe Biden has said that his country acknowledges their enduring partnership with Dhaka and termed Bangladesh’s economic growth in the past 50...

January 9 , 2023

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 13, 2022

Afghanistan 'No Alternative' for Dialogue With Kabul: Norwegian FM: Tolo News Norway's foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt said that there is no alternative to dialogues and that there is a need to talk with “those in power in order to help the...

December 13 , 2022

‘Round Table Discussion: India's Economic Engagement within its Neighbourhood’

On the 13th of June, 2022, The Vivekananda International Foundation organised a round table discussion on 'India's Economic Engagement within its Neighbourhood'. The session began with Dr Arvind Gupta's brief remarks on the nature and extent of...

June 21 , 2022

Nepal’s Afghanistan Policy is gradually Acquiring Some Shape

When the Taliban captured the Afghan capital Kabul on August 15, Nepal was completely unprepared to face the unexpected situation that unfolded in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member. With the Taliban rapidly...

November 8 , 2021