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Neighborhood News Digest- 13 January 2025

Afghanistan
Progress on TAPI Pipeline Construction in Afghanistan-Tolo News
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, Homayoun Afghan, has announced the completion of nearly three kilometres of the TAPI pipeli....

January 13, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , TAPI , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Border , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Dollar , Trade Deficit , PTI , India-Bangladesh , India-Sri Lanka , Fisherman , Maldives-China Relations , Rakhine State , Khorlochhu Hydropower Project , Myanmar-Belarus , American Prisoners , Islamabad Conference , Women Education , Kurram.
Neighborhood News Digest - 09 January 2025

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate: We Have Not Received Any Financial Aid from US-Tolo News
Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, has rejected claims of billions of dollars in US aid to Afghanistan, stating t....

January 09, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Israel , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Trump , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , EU , IMF , PTI , Sri Lanka-China , Myanmar-Russia , Maldives-India relations , Resettlement , Rakhine State , PHPA-I dam , Ngultrum , KKH
Neighborhood News Digest- 08 January 2025

Afghanistan
Widespread Criticism as Hundreds of Afghans Arrested in Islamabad-Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate's embassy in Pakistan has reported the arrest of nearly 800 Afghan citizens in Islamabad, the capital. Sardar Ahmad Sh....

January 08, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Tax System , election , Bangladesh , One China policy , India-Bangladesh , Sheikh Hasina , Islamabad , Myanmar-China , India-Sri Lanka , Maldives-India relations , Sindh. , Kurram , US Congressman , FAO
Neighborhood News Digest - 01 January 2025

Afghanistan
Shah wa Arous Dam in Kabul Officially Opens With Ceremony-Tolo News
The Shah wa Arous Dam in Kabul was inaugurated today (Tuesday) by the Ministry of Energy and Water during a ceremony attended by the deputy prime ....

January 01, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Taliban , Cyber Attack , BNP , Census , OHCHR , Development Projects , Gelephu , Aragalaya , Wakhan , Tax , Kurram , Shah wa Arous Dam , Haj , Myanmar-Thailand Relations , Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Neighborhood News Digest - 25 November 2024

Afghanistan
Iran's Foreign Minister Appoints Alireza Bigdeli as Ambassador to Kabul-Tolo News
Iran's Foreign Minister has dismissed the ambassador and special representative of the country's president for Afghanistan and appoi....

November 25, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , IMF , PTI , India-Sri Lanka , China-Bangladesh , Bhutan-India Relations , Kurram , LDC Status , Constitutional Amendment
Neighborhood News Digest- 19 November 2024

Afghanistan
Envoy: China Will Continue Supporting Afghan Peace, Reconstruction-Tolo News
Yue Xiaoyong, China's special representative for Afghanistan, stated in an interview with a Chinese media outlet that neighboring and reg....

November 19, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , Germany , Chinese Envoy , interim Government , Persian Philosopher , Bushra Bibi , Trump’s Cabinet , Maldives.
Neighborhood News Digest- 18 November 2024

Afghanistan
Abbas Stanikzai: Peaceful Afghanistan Benefits Region and World-Tolo News
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of both regional ....

November 18, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , IMF , Kuala Lumpur , NPP , VPN , Maldivian Economy , interim Government , Deeyar , Council of Islamic Ideology , Credit Ratings.
Neighborhood News Digest - 14 November 2024

Afghanistan
Taliban delegation attends Telecommunication Conference in India-The Khaama Press
The Taliban’s spokesperson announced that Barat Shah Agha Nadim, head of the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (....

November 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Climate Change , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , IMF , climate finance , BNP , Carbon Neutrality , Maldivian Economy , COP29 , interim Government , South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council , Taliban Delegation , Artificial Intelligence Policy
A New Era for Sri Lanka? The November Parliamentary Election
Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
On September 21 this year Sri Lanka held its first presidential election after the Aragalaya protests amid significant political and economic challenges, marking a crucial moment in the country’s journey toward economic rec....

November 13, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Sri Lanka , election , IMF , NPP , SJB , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Aragalaya , Sri Lanka Parliamentary Election , Anura Kumara Dissanayake , Tamil votes
Neighborhood News Digest- 13 November 2024

Afghanistan
Afghan Delegation Attends COP 29 Meeting in Baku-Tolo News
The annual United Nations Conference on Climate Issues (COP 29) has begun in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A delegation from the Afghan interim governme....

November 13, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , election , Bangladesh , Beijing , bitcoin , BNP , Sirajuddin Haqqani , COP29 , Baku , IED contamination , Maldives–US , Maldives–Türkiye.
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