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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 international aid through the...

October 25 , 2023
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 the loss of life caused...

October 11 , 2023
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 technical talks on “counter-...

September 22 , 2023
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 Hassan Akhund in the...

September 14 , 2023
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 riddled with factionalism, and...

September 13 , 2023
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 “de facto Taliban...

August 23 , 2023
Human Rights and America’s Immigration Politics - Part 2

(Reading Part 1 of this article is a recommended prerequisite to gain proper understanding of the second part. The previous article took instances of Human Rights in PM Modi’s US visit and India’s response to it as an entry point to discuss the...

July 24 , 2023
Human Rights and America’s Immigration Politics - Part 1

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 the US...

July 20 , 2023
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)

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...

July 4 , 2023
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, which ranked...

July 3 , 2023
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