Sun 05 September 2021: German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed for engagement with the Taliban on Sunday, as the hardline Islamists finalize a new cabinet in Afghanistan that will set the tone for their rule. “We simply have to talk to the Taliban about how we can get people who have worked for Germany out of […]
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Sun 05 September 2021: South Asia Scholar Activist Collective’ (SASAC), a group of scholar activists, wrote a field manual with an aim to identify and respond to organized Hindutva harassment that seeks to manufacture outrage in educational institutions and other spheres of life. The foot soldiers of Hindutva term opponents as “anti-Hindu”, “Hinduphobic”, and “anti-India”. The ruling […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: The Taliban has said that the group has the right to raise its voice for Muslims anywhere including in Kashmir. In an interview with BBC Urdu, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen said: “We have this right, being Muslims, to raise our voice for Muslims in Kashmir, India, and any other country.” Shaheen, […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: Due to a lack of favorite food brought in by tourists who have been kept away by the COVID-19, hungry monkeys on the resort island of Bali have begun invading residents’ homes in search of something good to eat. Bananas, peanuts, and other treats are among the monkeys’ favorite foods. According […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the Taliban’s political office, has told Al Jazeera the group is in the process of forming an inclusive government following its lightning takeover of the country last month. “I assure the people that we strive to improve their living conditions, and that the government […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: On Saturday, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio indicated that Rome may restart its mission to Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar. The spokesman for the Taliban’s political office, Mohammad Naeem, tweeted on Friday that Italy has committed to restore its embassy in the Central Asian country. The tweet was later removed. Earlier […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: The United Nations will convene an international aid conference in Geneva on September 13 to help avert what UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called a “looming humanitarian catastrophe”. “We need the international community to stand together and support the Afghan people,” Guterres said in a post on Twitter announcing the conference […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: According to Mohammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Taliban political office, Italy has promised to reopen its embassy in Kabul after its staff was evacuated following the Taliban takeover. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Thursday that it was preliminary to speak about reopening the embassy in the Afghan […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Friday and exchanged views on the latest developments in Afghanistan as well as bilateral matters and regional and international issues. Recalling his telephonic conversation with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister shared Pakistan’s perspective on the […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: EU countries on Friday laid out their conditions for stepping up engagement with the Taliban, agreeing to establish a joint Kabul “presence” to help departures if security allows. “We have to engage with the new government in Afghanistan, which doesn’t mean recognition, it’s an operational engagement,” EU foreign policy chief Josep […]
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