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Neighborhood News Digest- 12 April 2024

Afghanistan

Officials: Over 20,000 Afghan Children Expelled from Iran in Last Year-Tolo News

Local authorities in Nimroz reported the expulsion of over twenty thousand Afghan children from Iran in the past year. They said that....

April 12, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Tourism , Federalism , EAOs , ADB , India- Sri Lanka , Assam Rifles , BNP , Katchatheevu , Cyber Slave Camp , U.S , Drungpas , IMF Loans , Forest Fires

Neighborhood News Digest - 03 April 2024

Afghanistan

Russia Considers Removing 'Taliban' From Terrorist List-Tolo News

TASS news agency reported on Monday that the Russian foreign ministry is considering removing the "Taliban" from the list of terrorist groups. Accor....

April 03, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , ASEAN , economy , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , Bhutan , Bangladesh , SAARC , Tourism , World Bank , UN , Nuclear Power Plant , HR , Maldives Economy , Katchatheevu island

Neighborhood News Digest- 21 March 2024

Afghanistan

Fighting With Pakistan Displaces Hundreds in Dand-e-Patan, Paktia- Tolo News

After Pakistan's air strikes in Khost and Paktika and clashes between the forces of the Islamic Emirate and Pakistan’s border guards in....

March 21, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Bhutan , elections , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , European Union , Imran Khan , Tourism , Cross border terrorism , IMF , UN , Nuclear energy , Islamic Emirate , Awami League , Suu Kyi , Islamabad , India-Maldives , BNP , Tawang

Neighborhood News Digest- 18 March 2024

Afghanistan

Amir Khan Muttaqi invites new Pakistani FM to Kabul-The Khama Press

The Afghan National Television reported that Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban, has invited Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s fo....

March 18, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , democracy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , CPEC , Bangladesh , Tourism , refugees , IMF , Sweden , External Debt , Parliamentary elections , India-Myanmar , NPP , Aragalaya , Digital Payment , Public Trust , Commodity Prices , Observations , Maldives-India Core Group Meeting , India.

Neighborhood News Digest- 05 March 2024

Afghanistan

Exhibition of Afghan Products Opens in Ashgabat- Tolo News

Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi said that Afghanistan can become an industrial country. Speaking at an Afghan-Turkmen trade busine....

March 05, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , elections , Qatar , Bangladesh , Arakan army , Tourism , IMF , UN , India-Maldives relations , Rohingyas , Coalition , India-Bhutan , export , Maldives-China , Power Energy Sector , Ashgabat , PPP.

Neighborhood News Digest- 26 February 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate Political, Economic Delegation Travels to Turkmenistan-Tolo News

The acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has led a delegation to Turkmenistan following an official invitation of the foreign mi....

February 26, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , ASEAN , Maldives , Sri Lanka , India-Nepal , Punjab , Bangladesh , Turkmenistan , Doha , Tourism , World Bank , Islamic Emirate , PTI , PPP , Myanmar-Bangladesh , US-Bangladesh , Dosti Military Exercise , Maldives Economic Gateway Project , Sri Lankan Army , Political Prisoners , WSF , Bangladesh-Nepal , Myanmar-Sri Lanka , Myanmar-India.

Neighborhood News Digest- 15 February 2024

Afghanistan

Meeting on Afghanistan Held in Bishkek, Islamic Emirate Not Present-Tolo News

The Meeting of EU and Central Asia Special Representatives on Afghanistan was held on Wednesday in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. T....

February 15, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Kyrgyzstan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Doha , EU , Tourism , COVID-19 , Min Aung Hlaing , PPP , Bangladesh-Myanmar , JI , Maldives Parliamentary Elections Maldives-Türkiye Relations , Russia-Nepal , Border Closures , Military conscription , Munich Security Conference , Presidential Election.

Neighborhood News Digest- 09 February 2024

Afghanistan

Muttaqi Criticizes Human Rights Rhetoric of West-Tolo News

The Acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that during the last 20 years, acts of terrorism have been carried out in Afghanistan in the name of h....

February 09, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Defence , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , IMF , Humanitarian aid , UN , Environment , LNG , Indian Troops in Maldives , Maldives Tourism , Nepal-Australia , Nepal -India , Myanmar-Bangladesh-India

Neighborhood News Digest- 06 February 2024

Afghanistan

Posting of UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan against UN Law: Mujahid- Tolo News

The Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that the appointment of the UN special envoy for Afghanistan—a vacancy approved ....

February 06, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Taliban , Arakan army , Tourism , Islamic Emirate , India-Bangladesh-Myanmar , Climate , Thailand-Myanmar , Maldives-India relations , International Monetary Fund , Online Safety Act , Presidential Impeachment , Sita-Ram , EC

Maldives: Paying for the Wrong Choices

Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The Maldives has been gathering news headlines for all the wrong reasons. From the “India Out” in the election manifesto of the Progressive Political Party (PPM) to unwarranted diatribes of junior ministers to the ugly brawl in the parliament of ....

February 06, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Commentary , China , Maldives , Indian Army , Tourism , SLOCs , Impeachment