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Neighbourhood News Digest - 30 May 2023

Afghanistan
Iran vs Afghanistan: Why Helmand water-sharing dispute is boiling over, decades after treaty – The Print
With Afghanistan and Iran locked in a water dispute, tension between the two neighbours has escalated after....

The ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ and India’s ‘Adivasi’

The Vatican recently disowned the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ that it was associated with for several centuries. This comes a year after the much-discussed apology of the Pope to the indigenous Canadian population. The Vatican has only renounced the ....

Neighbourhood News Digest – 19 May 2023

Afghanistan
Children bearing the brunt of Afghanistan crisis: UNICEF - UN
This year, some 2.3 million Afghan boys and girls are expected to face acute malnutrition. Of this number, 875,000 will need treatment for severe acute....

Neighbourhood News digest – 28 April 2023

Afghanistan
U.N. urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women – The Hindu
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increas....

Neighbourhood News digest – 27 April 2023

Afghanistan
UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023 - Yahoo
Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.'s humanit....

Neighborhood News Digest – 26 April 2023

Afghanistan
India invited to join regional group on Afghanistan: Lavrov
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that India has been invited to join the core group of four countries neighbouring Afghanistan that say they....

Neighborhood News Digest – 25 April 2023

Afghanistan
Leaked document shows ISIS re-emergence in Afghanistan – News Nation
ISIS is re-emerging in Afghanistan, and using the country as a safe haven to coordinate its terrorist activity. This was revealed because of report....

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 April 2023

Afghanistan
Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN - Aljazeera
A UN-convened meeting on Afghanistan next month will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration, a UN s....

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 April 2023

Afghanistan
US watchdog ‘cannot assure’ Afghanistan aid not going to Taliban - Aljazeera
The head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has decried a lack of transparency from United States ag....

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