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Neighborhood News Digest – 6 July 2023

Afghanistan

SCO Member States Call For Inclusive Government In Afghanistan – NDTV

Expressing concern about the situation in Afghanistan, leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO) called for an esta....

July 06, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , SCO , economy , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Dalai Lama , Srilanka , IMF , Inflation , Sweden , women rights , Suu Kyi , debt-trap , UNCTAD , Foreign Reserves , Quran , TAAI , Reclamation , NSCN , Potato Imports

Neighborhood News Digest – 4 July 2023

Afghanistan

British Special Forces Face Fire For Afghanistan Ops, Accused Of Executing Over 80 Unarmed Civilians – Hindustan Times

British Special Air Services have been accused of executing over 80 unarmed civilians in Afg....

July 04, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Iran , Afghanistan , Bhutan , UNHRC , Terror , BRI , refugees , IMF , UN , ADB , Nepal-China , Jack Ma , Indian currency , Nuclear Axis

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 2,1....

June 29, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , World Bank , IMF , LAC , UN , Military Coup , drug trafficking , debt restructuring , Jack Ma , Adani Power , Same-sex marriage

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 Na....

June 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , LoC , Taliban , BRI , Tourism , World Bank , IMF , Shehbaz Sharif , Opium , Manipur Violence , May 9 , Solar Project , Gorkhas , India-SL

Neighborhood News Digest – 26 June 2023

Afghanistan: Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for girls above sixth grade – The Print

Some religious leaders in Parwan province of Afghanistan have called upon the Taliban regime to reopen schools for girls above the sixth gr....

June 26, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , LoC , Taliban , Imran Khan , energy , Violence , IMF , Humanitarian aid , UN , Economic crisis , women rights , Suu Kyi , Aid , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , PM Prachanda , – Afghanistan , Poppy , SL-China , Saudi-Bangladesh

Neighborhood News Digest – 23 June 2023

Afghanistan

“Afghanistan again becomes epicentre of terrorism,” says Vladimir Voronkov – The Print

Afghanistan again becomes the epicentre of terrorism, said Vladimir Voronkov. Voronkov was addressing a conference on W....

June 23, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Terrorism , sanctions , Taliban , Imran Khan , IMF , UN , Afghan women , India-Bangladesh , IORA , Drugs , India-Maldives , India-Myanmar , US-Myanmar , Citizenship bill , SDG Index , Accountability deficit , Fuel shortages , Bhutan exports , Karachi port

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 June 2023

Afghanistan

Pakistan uses various tools to disturb tribals along border with Afghanistan: Report - The Print

Pakistan’s policy of disturbing the tribal people along its border regions with Afghanistan has many dimensions, A....

June 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Yoga , Imran Khan , refugees , IMF , UAE , junta , Shehbaz Sharif , execution , Nuclear Power Plant , fghanistan , Gender Apartheid , National Identity Bill , Mural , Naval Ships

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 situati....

June 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Bhutan , UNHRC , Taliban , Imran Khan , Tourism , World Bank , IMF , UN , women rights , Durand Line , PTI , India-Myanmar , India-Sri Lanka , PM Prachanda , NTPC , Movie ban , Hindu Statehood , PM Shehbaz Sharif , Exchange rate , Digital Education

Pakistan’s Deepening Crisis and Budget

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Dar presented the budget for FY 2023-24 on 9th June. Pakistan follows July to June budget cycle. There does not appear to be any serious attempt by the PDM government to address the serious economic crisis the country fa....

June 16, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Imran Khan , IMF , Debt Trap , defence budget Pakistan

Afghanistan

SCO Member States Call For Inclusive Government In Afghanistan – NDTV

Afghanistan

British Special Forces Face Fire For Afghanistan Ops, Accused Of Executing Over 80 Unarmed Civilians – Hindustan Times

Afghanistan

Taliban supreme leader Akhundzada orders to free 2,178 prisoners For Eid-al Adha – Devdiscourse

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Account For 80% Of Global Illicit Opium Production In 2022: UN Report – NDTV

Afghanistan: Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for girls above sixth grade – The Print

Afghanistan

“Afghanistan again becomes epicentre of terrorism,” says Vladimir Voronkov – The Print

Afghanistan

Pakistan uses various tools to disturb tribals along border with Afghanistan: Report - The Print

Afghanistan

Restrictions on women, girls should be removed in Afghanistan: UN – Business Standard

Afghanistan

Australia’s most decorated war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says – The Hindu