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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--including $36 million...

Neighborhood News Digest – 22 February 2023

Afghanistan Top Kashmir jihad commander who led Indian suicide bombers in Afghan IS attacks believed killed – The Print Kashmir-born jihad commander Ejaz Ahmad Ahanger — alleged to have led an Islamic State cell responsible for a series of suicide...

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: January 2023

Vivekananda International Foundation commenced 2023 with renewed vigour in which seven expert groups met and two of which had interactions with ambassadors from Singapore and Italy. The areas of interest were China, Iran, US, Pakistan, Indo-Pacific...

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 left behind in...

Neighborhood News Digest – 16 February 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan remains primary source of terrorist threat for Central and South Asia: UN report – The Hindu Afghanistan remains the primary source of terrorist threat for Central and South Asia, with groups such as ISIL-K, Al-Qaeda and...

VIF Cyber Review: January 2023

NATIONAL Government of India established three Grievances Appellate Committees based on IT Rules 2021. On 28 January 2023, the Central Government set up three Grievances Appellate Committees (GACs) on the basis of Information Technology (...

Neighborhood News Digest – 10 February 2023

Afghanistan Putin Says Afghan Humanitarian Condition Has 'Deteriorated' – Tolo News Russian President Vladmir Putin pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan had deteriorated, with "four million" Afghans needing urgent emergency...

Neighborhood News Digest – 07 February 2023

Afghanistan Saudi diplomats leave Afghanistan, relocate to Pakistani capital -sources – The Print Saudi diplomats have left Afghanistan for “training” and will return, the Taliban administration said on Monday, though three sources familiar with...

AFGHANISTAN: Through the Fog of Instability

Afghanistan is a country that has seen more devastation than prosperity, especially in the last 20 years. The resurgence of the Taliban and its cat-and-mouse game with the West has brought the once lively nation on the brink of starvation and...

Neighborhood News Digest – 06 February 2023

Afghanistan Days After Peshawar Blast, Pak Teams to Ask Afghan Taliban to 'Rein in' TTP – The Wire Days after the January 30 suicide bomb attack at Peshawar which killed 100 people, Dawn has reported that Pakistan will ask the supreme leader of...

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