AFGHANISTAN EXPECTS TURKEY TO SUPPORT AFGHAN PEOPLE: TALIBAN

Wed 29 September 2021: Afghanistan’s expectation from Turkey is to provide aid and support to the Afghan people, the newly formed Taliban-led interim government’s Second Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi said Tuesday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA) about the latest developments in his country, Hanafi evaluated the Afghanistan-Turkey relations. “Afghanistan and Turkey are two […]

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JAPAN’S FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KISHIDA TO BECOME NEW PREMIER

Wed 29 September 2021: Fumio Kishida, Japan’s former foreign minister, has won the ruling party’s leadership election, virtually ensuring that he will be the country’s next prime minister. Kishida defeated Taro Kono, a popular vaccines minister who previously held the offices of defense and foreign minister, in a runoff on Wednesday, by 257 votes. Under […]

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TALIBAN URGE UN TO GIVE AFGHANISTAN’S SEAT TO THEIR ISLAMIC EMIRATE

Wed 29 September 2021: The Taliban called on the United Nations on Tuesday to give Afghanistan’s seat as a member state to their new Islamic Emirate. Earlier in the day, Suhail Shaheen, appointed by the Taliban as the envoy to the UN, expressed hope in an interview with Sputnik that he would represent Afghanistan in […]

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TURKEY TO DELIVER AID TO AFGHANISTAN VIA PAKISTAN

Tue 28 September 2021: Turkey’s oreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday announced that humanitarian aid will be sent to Afghanistan by land via Pakistan, as it is faster and less costly. Çavuşoğlu answered the questions of journalists after the presidential Cabinet meeting on Monday. When asked whether there was contact with the interim Taliban government […]

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PAKISTAN DISCUSSING EXPANSION OF CPEC TO AFGHANISTAN -AMBASSADOR

Tue 28 September 2021: Pakistan has discussed Taliban-led Afghanistan joining the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, the Pakistani ambassador to the country said on Monday, Reuters reported. “Regional connectivity is an important element of our discussion with Afghan leadership and our way forward for our economic interaction with Afghanistan,” said Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s envoy […]

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FORMER PRESIDENT GHANI’S FACEBOOK PAGE HACKED; POSTS TALIBAN SUPPORT MESSAGE

Tue 28 September 2021: Former President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday said his Facebook page has been hacked and posted a message suggesting that people should support the Taliban, according to his official Twitter account. A message posted to Ashraf Ghani’s Facebook page on Monday afternoon urged the international community to “interact with the current […]

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AFGHANISTAN’S ECONOMY ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE

Tue 28 September 2021: Afghanistan is teetering in the verge of economic collapse, warns Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary General Jan Egeland. Currently visiting Afghanistan, Egeland said in a statement: “Afghanistan’s economy is spiralling out of control. The formal banking system could collapse any day now because of a lack of cash.” The diplomat spoke to […]

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DELHI RIOTS “DIDN’T TAKE PLACE IN SPUR OF THE MOMENT, PRE-PLANNED”: COURT

Tue 28 September 2021: The Delhi riots of 2020 were planned and calculated to cause disruptions and were not triggered by any incident, the High Court said while refusing bail to one of the accused in the case on Monday. “The February 2020 riots were a conspiracy, planned and executed. They evidently did not take place in […]

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CHINA TO REDUCE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS FOR NON-MEDICAL REASONS

Mon 27 September 2021: The Chinese government plans to work to raise public awareness about reproductive health and minimize the number of abortions performed without medical necessity, according to the State Council’s 2021-2030 development plan for women and children, which was released on Monday. Local governments must establish educational programs focusing on sexual health and […]

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