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Neighborhood News Digest – 27 February 2023

Afghanistan
Afghan Assets Made $70 Million in Interest: Mehrabi – Tolo News
Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, Central Bank supreme council member and board member of the Afghan Trust Fund in Switzerland, said that the $3.5 billion fund--i....

February 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , FATF , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Taliban , Imran Khan , Tourism , refugees , Healthcare , Debt Trap , Inflation , Pakistan Economy , women rights , Education , Ukraine War , Defence and Security , HRW , Bhutan Economy , Foreign Reserves , Bhutan-India , China-Nepal , Afghan assets , Interest rates , Politics. Japan , UAE-Maldives , Russia. India , PM Dinesh Gunawardena
Neighborhood News Digest – 20 February 2023

Afghanistan
'Efforts Continue to Resume World Bank Projects in Afghanistan': MoF – Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate's Ministry of Finance said that efforts are being made to resume World Bank projects in Afghanistan following Davi....

February 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , trade , elections , Taliban , SAARC , UK , Inflation , Pakistan Economy , TTP , junta , Nepal Economy , Bhutan Economy , Bangladesh-India , Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) , Visa , B20 , 13A , International Centre of Buddhist.
Neighborhood News Digest – 17 February 2023

Afghanistan
US weapons left in Afghanistan are becoming a new threat to Pakistan and India | OPINION – India Today
Approximately, $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to Afghan Defense Forces over 16 years was le....

February 17, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Constitution , Pakistan politics , elections , India-Nepal , election , Taliban , Inflation , UN , Pakistan Economy , Hasina , Civil war , Environment , TTP , BNP , Bhutan politics , Bhutan Economy , AL , Bangladesh-US , Afghanistan Economy , China-Nepal , Nepal Plane Crash , Sea Level Rise , Myanmar-Japan
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - January 03, 2023

Afghanistan
Defense Ministry Rejects Pakistan Official's Remarks on TTP in Afghanistan: Tolo News
The Ministry of Defense reacted to recent comments by Pakistan’s interior minister about the presence of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan ....

January 03, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Afghanistan , Nepal elections , Bhutan , Nepal China , Balochistan , UNHRC , Imran Khan , al-Qaeda , Ceasefire , Inflation , TTP , Military Coup , Nepal India , Abdul Momen , Thailand-Myanmar , new austerity measure , David Cameron- Ranil Wickremesinghe , Gotabaya Rajapaksa- US citizenship
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 30, 2022

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NRC Chief Urges West to Engage with Islamic Emirate: Tolo News
Jan Egeland, head of Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, urged the West to engage with the Islamic Emirate. Egeland made the remarks in a special interview ....

December 30, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Nepal elections , Bhutan , Nepal China , NRC , Humanitarian aid , Inflation , PTI , India-Maldives , Hydropower , India-Myanmar , Nepal India , Sri Lanka-Maldives , China to Bangladesh , Russian Vessel , Border Killing , Easter Bomber , Bankrupt Sri Lanka , Tamil National Question , UNICEF , NSC , floods.
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - November 01, 2022

Afghanistan
Women Hold Protest for Right to Learn and Work: Tolo News
Following calls to reopen girls' schools above sixth grade and employment for women, a group of women staged a protest in Kabul to express their concerns a....

November 02, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , ASEAN , economy , Maldives , Climate Change , elections , CPEC , Inflation , Women , Political Crisis , media freedom , tourists
India Should Prepare to Deal with the Fallout of Multiple Global Crises
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its eighth month, shows no sign of ending. It has entered a new phase with Russia annexing the regions of Donbas and Luhansk. Putin has ordered a mobilisation of citizens to get fresh recruits to fight the war. He has g....

October 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , G20 , World Bank , IMF , Inflation , climate finance , Food Crisis , forex reserves , recession
Joint Report : Impact of Ukraine War on Various Regions/ International Concerns
VIF Young Scholars Team Article

The VIF Young Scholars Forum discussed ‘Impact of Ukraine War on Various Regions/ International Concerns’ in their weekly meeting on 08 April 2022. Scholars raised ramifications and responses to the Ukraine War as pertaining to their assigned fie....

April 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , US , Indo-Pacific , Central Asia , Climate Change , Africa , Terrorism , West Asia , South Asia , Inflation , Cyber , Food Crisis , Ukraine War
Pakistan: Worsening Economic Condition
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan was already going through an economic slowdown when the COVID outbreak took place. It had received the US $ 6 billion of assistance from the IMF under Extended Fund Facility last year. The money came with conditions. The IMF policy of inflat....

June 12, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , China , Saudi Arabia , CPEC , World Bank , Covid , IMF , Inflation , negative growth , oil revenues
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 21, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Coronavirus stimulus inflation risk depends on politics, not economics
What shifts a society from being in the column of present-day Japan or the U.S. to being in the column with Argentina of the 1980s or Weimar Germa....

May 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Afghanistan , CPEC , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Green Deal , Inflation , Stimulus , migrant workers , SEC , Satellite Network , Sikkim
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