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Neighborhood News Digest – 25 October 2023

Afghanistan
Taliban benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs, says U.S. watchdog – The Hindu
The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan has warned that the Taliban are benefiting from internation....

October 25, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Israel , Pakistan , US , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nawaz Sharif , elections , Nepal China , Taliban , Imran Khan , BRI , Human Rights , COAS , Aid , India-Bangladesh , ECB , Nepal-India , Myanmar India , NSCN , NGO , Israel Palestine , Afghan Migrants , China-Bhutan , Boundary talks , May 9 violence , Free Visa , Cyclone Hamoon , Chin , Bangladesh - India
Neighborhood News Digest – 11 October 2023

Afghanistan

UN Partners Assessing Needs of Earthquake Victims, Guterres Says- Tolo News
The earthquake in Herat sparked widespread reactions around the world. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed sadness over th....

October 11, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Balochistan , RCEP , Power , Tourism , UK , Human Rights , Malaysia , India-Myanmar , China-Nepal , National elections , China-Bangladesh , immigrants , UN Security General , Maldives-Australia Relations , Sri Lanka Debt , P20 , JSW Law
Neighborhood News Digest – 22 September 2023

Afghanistan

US, Islamic Emirate Hold Talks on Narcotics in Doha – Tolo News
Karen Decker, the Chargé d'Affaires of the US Mission to Afghanistan, said on X that she met with the “Taliban delegation” in Doha and held te....

September 22, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Climate Change , Bhutan , elections , USAID , Taliban , Pakistan Elections , Doha , IMF , Human Rights , Suu Kyi , Aid , Khalistan , Nepal-China , PM Dahal , Electricity trade , Sri Lanka UN , Garments Exports
Neighborhood News Digest – 14 September 2023

Afghanistan

China becomes first country to send envoy to Afghanistan after Taliban takeover – Wion
Recently appointed Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan, Zhao Sheng, presented his credentials to Taliban Prime Minister Mullah....

September 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Russia , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Pakistan Elections , Human Rights , ECB , Hydropower , Chinese Envoy , India wheat , Bangladesh wheat , MNDF , AK-47 , ITC , Mamata Banerjee , President Wickremesinghe , Railway strike
Neighborhood News Digest – 13 September 2023

Afghanistan

'Afghanistan headed for civil war with Taliban splitting into...:' Ex-commander – India Today
Two years after the US forces abruptly left Kabul, Afghanistan is headed towards a civil war, the Taliban is now riddl....

September 13, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Sri Lanka , Taliban , G-20 , migrant workers , ISRO , Human Rights , Civil war , Bilawal Bhutto , Nepal-US , fghanistan , UNHC , Myanmar-Russia , Nawaz Sharif return
Neighborhood News Digest – 23 August 2023

Afghanistan
UNAMA Reports on the Violation of Human Rights Over Past 2 Years – Tolo News
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said it has credible reports of serious human rights violations by the �....

August 23, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives elections , Taliban , UN , Human Rights , India-Bangladesh , Drugs , Bhutan Economy , India-Sri Lanka , China- Sri Lanka , land scam , Pakistan rupee
Human Rights and America’s Immigration Politics - Part 2
Rohith Krishna Article

(Reading Part 1 of this article is a recommended prerequisite to gain proper understanding of the second part. The ....

July 24, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Cold War , Human Rights , America , UDHR
Human Rights and America’s Immigration Politics - Part 1
Rohith Krishna Article

The concern of Human Rights during PM Modi’s US visit
The Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was much discussed for its significance of being his maiden three-day state visit, with at least three meetings with....

July 20, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , modi , USA , Obama , Human Rights , Biden , America
Human Rights and the Uses of History: Expanded Second Edition | Author-Samuel Moyn, Verso; Reprint edition, 2017, 208 pp, London: ISBN-13:978-1781689004, Price-₹ 940 (paperback)
Rohith Krishna

When the history of human rights is written, there is a general tendency in scholarship to teleologically derive the concept from antiquity to the enlightenment period and its matured form today (for instance, Lynn Hunt, 2007). In such a framework of....

July 04, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Reviews , Cold War , Human Rights , Indian culture , Last Utopia
Neighborhood News Digest – 3 July 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan least peaceful country in the world, says IEP; Taliban calls report "unjust" – The Economic Times
The Taliban has criticized the Institute for Economics and Peace's 'Global Peace Index 2022' findings....

July 03, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Balochistan , Taliban , oil prices , BRI , Tourism , Human Rights , India-Maldives , debt restructuring , Same-sex marriage , India-Out , Myanmar-India-Thailand , wastewater , IMF bailout deal
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