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Neighborhood News Digest – 7 July 2023

Afghanistan Understanding the fall in Opium production in Afghanistan – ORF Recent reports and satellite imagery show an almost 80 percent fall in the opium crop in the south and south-western provinces of Afghanistan. The United Nations Office on...

July 7 , 2023

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 Afghanistan. A Guardian...

July 4 , 2023

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 2,178 prisoners ahead of Eid...

June 29 , 2023

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 grade, reported...

June 26 , 2023

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 Wednesday, on the Shanghai...

June 23 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 22 June 2023

Afghanistan Forcefully Displacing, Relocating Ethnic Groups Should be Stopped in Afghanistan: CSTO – The Khaama Press The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) demanded that the forced displacement and relocation...

June 22 , 2023

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 situation in Afghanistan and...

June 20 , 2023

Multilateralism Digest : April 2023 - Issue 4

Contents India in the UN India’s G20 Presidency Multilateral Institutions Plurilateral Developments Peace and Security Miscellaneous 1. India in the UN India highlights risks of violation of weapons exports agreements The UNSC held an open...

June 13 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 09 June 2023

Afghanistan The Growing Threat of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and South Asia – United States Institute of Peace When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, counterterrorism experts were alarmed at the possible resurgence of Islamist...

June 9 , 2023

Twenty Months In, The Taliban Endures As The World’s ‘Catch-22’

Amid controversial observations about the Taliban’s potential recognition[1], the world is yet to arrive at an understanding, let alone a consensus, on what to make of the ultra-conservative regime and how to best deal with it. The fact that this...

June 1 , 2023