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Neighborhood News Digest – 09 October 2023

Afghanistan Over 2,000 dead in Afghanistan earthquake, houses flattened, Taliban seek help – India Today The death toll from Saturday's powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan rose to 2,000. Several houses were flattened. The Taliban sought...

Neighborhood News Digest – 06 October 2023

Afghanistan 80 Countries Condemn Diktats Against Women In Afghanistan: Report – NDTV Around 80 countries condemned the diktats issued by the Taliban on Afghan women putting restrictions on them since the group returned to power in 2021 and urged...

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 levels of hunger, the World...

Multilateralism Digest: June 2023 - Issue 6

Contents I. India and the UN IBSA Fund Annual Report Launch India dissociates itself from GCTS 8th Review Cabinet approves Headquarters Agreement between GOI and CDRI India out of the 2023 Children and Armed Conflict Report of the Secretary General...

World Bank Reforms and Climate Change

Introduction There is a growing debate on the reform of multilateral development banks to provide ‘global public goods’. At the behest of G20, an independent review of the Capital Adequacy Framework of multilateral development banks was undertaken...

Neighborhood News Digest – 30 June 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan: Amnesty urges Taliban to release educationist Matiullah Wesa – The Print Amnesty International has called on Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to release unconditionally Matiullah Wesa, an Afghan educationalist and the...

Neighborhood News Digest – 29 June 2023

Afghanistan Taliban supreme leader Akhundzada orders to free 2,178 prisoners For Eid-al Adha – Devdiscourse According to the Supreme Court, the Supreme leader of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada released orders to free 2,178 prisoners ahead of Eid...

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 June 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan Account For 80% Of Global Illicit Opium Production In 2022: UN Report – NDTV Afghanistan continued to account for the "majority (80 per cent) of global illicit opium production in 2022," the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 June 2023

Afghanistan Restrictions on women, girls should be removed in Afghanistan: UN – Business Standard Representatives from several countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) criticized the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and...

Neighbourhood News Digest - 16 June 2023

Afghanistan Unemployed people in Afghanistan significantly increased in last two years, ICRC report - News On Air The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a report said that the number of unemployed people in Afghanistan has...

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