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Neighborhood News Digest – 16 January 2024

Afghanistan
Torkham Crossing Blocked for 3rd Day, Drivers Call for Its Reopening- Tolo News
Following the blockage of Torkham crossing for three consecutive days, truck drivers called on the Islamic Emirate and Pakistani to si....

January 16, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , elections , Bangladesh , Presidential election , LTTE , Taliban , Arakan army , One China policy , Awami League , Nepal-India , BNP , China-Myanmar , China-Nepal , Remittance , Myanmar-India , SIFC , Senate
Achievements and Potential of Economic Cooperation Between India and Russia
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to p....

January 10, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , economy , Connectivity , Payments , Russia in India , India in Russia , Act Far East policy
Neighborhood News Digest- 04 January 2024

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Estimates Daesh Numbers in Afghanistan around 80- Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that the Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan and that between 70 to 80 Dae....

January 04, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Daesh , ISIS , India-Nepal , United States , Imran Khan , Pakistan Elections , TBA , Tourism , Election Commission of India , Islamabad , Sri Lankan Economic Crisis , Chinese Research Vessel , Bangladesh National Election , Herat , India-Maldives defence ties , NUG-China , Sri Lanka-Myanmar
Neighborhood News Digest – 21 December 2023

Afghanistan
Haqqani Welcomes Recommendations of Turkish Scholars-Tolo News
The Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, in a meeting with a delegation of religious scholars from Turkey, said their recommendations for stren....

December 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , democracy , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nawaz Sharif , Imran Khan , UN General Assembly , Bangladesh Election , Awami League , Kuwait , COP28 , Forests , Bhutan Prince , Maldives-Mauritius , Foreign Reserve , Digital development , Highway , Ethnic
Neighborhood News Digest – 12 December 2023

Afghanistan
US Treasury sanctions former Afghan officials for corruption- The Khama Press
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned two former Afghan officials, Mir Rahman Rahmani ....

December 12, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , UNSC , Sri Lanka , Kashmir , Bhutan , elections , Corruption , World Bank , refugees , Nuclear Power , Bangladesh Election , TTP , Sheikh Hasina , Climate , China-Myanmar , Opium , Fishermen , Afghan troops , Maldives-Turkey Relations , Nepal soldiers
China’s Central Finance and Economic Affairs Work Conference Reveals Emphasis on Security and Development
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s long awaited Central Financial Work Conference was held in Beijing on October 30-31, 2023, and was the first held since the establishment of the Central Financial Commission and the Central Financial Working Committee. With the decline in C....

November 24, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , economy , CCP , Li Qiang , CFWC , Infrastructure projects
Neighborhood News Digest – 21 November 2023

Afghanistan
Earthquake Of Magnitude 4.1 Hits Afghanistan – NDTV
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan on Tuesday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported. The quake took place in early hours today at ....

November 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Taliban , IMF , India-Bangladesh , Sharia , Bhutan border , fuel Prices , UNDP , Pak Military , Afghan refugees , Muizzu , Afghan Earthquake , Rohingya Myanmar , CARAT exercise , Turkish-Islamic Union , Pakistan IMF board , Punjab drones
Neighborhood News Digest – 20 November 2023

Afghanistan
Pakistan military says four fighters killed near Afghanistan border – AlJazeera
Pakistani security forces have killed four armed fighters, including a highly sought individual, near the northwestern border with ....

November 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , ASEAN , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Myanmar politics , elections , IMF , Humanitarian aid , Baluchistan , India-Maldives relations , Nepal-China , Bhutan-India , Bangladesh-India , Afghan refugees , Saffron , Indian Fisherman , Indian Troops in Maldives , China EXIM Bank , Second Voice of Global South Summit , Afghan border , Karachi containers , Bhutan potatoes , US Lawmakers , ICC
Neighborhood News Digest – 01 November 2023

Afghanistan

EU provides 15 million Euros to support women-led businesses – The Khaama Press
The Head of the European Union Delegation in Kabul has emphasized the economic empowerment of women in Afghanistan as a pivotal prio....

November 01, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , Pakistan Army , Bangladesh , IMF , India-Bangladesh , National Assembly , PM Prachanda , China border , EU aid , Afghan refugees , Muizzu , Assam visit , UN chief Guterres , SBA talk , Rohingya Myanmar , CARAT exercise
Neighborhood News Digest – 26 October 2023

Afghanistan
Kakar: Illegal Afghan Immigrants Must Leave Pakistan – Tolo News
The caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, called on Afghans who are living in the country illegally to return to Pakistan aft....

October 26, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Nepal China , Taliban , Imran Khan , BRI , energy , Tourism , Migrants , Human Rights , Fisheries , Rohingyas , no-confidence motion , Nepal-India , Myanmar India , Cyclone Hamoon , Bangladesh - US , Shin Yan-6 , Sri-Lanka-Japan
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