Taliban has a richer depth through the looking glass
November 9 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Bazaar in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan, scene of violent clashes between Taliban and the Islamic State
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State Department: Thousands of U.S. Residents Still Stuck...
November 6 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
People leave to board a Pakistan International Airlines plane, which is the first international commercial flight to land since the T...
Why the Taliban banning foreign currency is not as big a d...
November 6 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The group’s move is an attempt to prop up support for the local Afghani currency, which has been falling against the dollar amid...
Can the ICC deliver justice in Afghanistan?
November 5 ,2021
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By: Federica Marsi
The US troops and its intelligence operatives have been accused of war crimes dating back to 2002, but no meaningful actions have bee...
The US did more to radicalise Afghanistan than Osama bin L...
November 4 ,2021
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By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
In this Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans are seen as they inspect a house damaged by a US drone strike which killed 10 members of a...
Afghanistan central bank raises limit on bank withdrawals...
November 4 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Afghans line up outside a bank to take out their money after Taliban takeover in Kabul. © Reuters
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Afghanistan nightmare: a humanitarian crisis that threaten...
November 4 ,2021
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By: Andrew North
It was the love of her parents that brought Ruqia all the way from northern Afghanistan to a Kabul hospital, as they sank themselves in...
Afghanistan: India plays Russian card
November 4 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
The 3rd Moscow Format meeting on Afghan settlement attended by Taliban and ten regional states, Moscow, Oct 20, 2021
The chances w...
Don’t blame Khalilzad for the Afghanistan debacle
October 28 ,2021
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By: Arif Rafiq
Zalmay Khalilzad, special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, testifies before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washi...
China and Afghan Taliban set for closer interaction, as US...
October 28 ,2021
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By: Shi Jiangtao
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Doha, Qatar, on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
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The long impasse
October 26 ,2021
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By: Maleeha Lodhi
While Pakistan has been preoccupied with developments in Afghanistan it has not taken its eye off its eastern neighbour with whom relat...
Home Office refuses to reveal details of Afghans’ resettle...
October 25 ,2021
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By: Helen Pidd, Amelia Gentleman, Jessica Murray and L
Afghan refugee Gulwali Passarlay addresses a rally in Parliament Square in London earlier this week. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Imag...
What are China and Russia up to in Afghanistan?
October 25 ,2021
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By: Raffaello Pantucci
Members of the Taliban delegation, including its head Abdul Salam Hanafi, Afghan acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and repres...
Taliban is the winner at Moscow conference
October 24 ,2021
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By: M. K. Bhadrakumar
Taliban government’s deputy prime minister Abdul Salam Hanafi (C) and Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R) arrive...
Afghanistan should be regional trade hub, says top Uzbek s...
October 23 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
The cargo center in Termez in southern Uzbekistan is a base for trade with Afghanistan. The Uzbek government has proposed extending a...
'Afghanistan's tragedy is in its geopolitics and not genes...
October 21 ,2021
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By: Debarshi Dasgupta
Ms Muska Najibullah (right) as a child with her father, former Afghan president Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai. PHOTO: MUSKA NAJ...
Afghanistan faces 30% economic slump under Taliban rule: I...
October 21 ,2021
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By: Wajahat S Khan
A man rides in a car filled with produce Oct. 18 at a market in Kabul. Afghanistan faces an economic collapse due in part...
Int'l community 'must step up efforts': Pakistan envoy str...
October 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov speaks with a representative of the Taliban delegation Shahabuddin Dilawar be...
Regional powers back aid for Afghanistan as Russia hosts T...
October 21 ,2021
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By: SAM Report
Members of political delegation from the Afghan Taliban's movement attend talks involving Afghan representatives in Moscow, Russia, W...
US envoy to Afghanistan resigns in wake of chaotic withdra...
October 20 ,2021
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By: SAM Staff
Khalilzad's departure follows his exclusion from the Biden administration's first formal talks with the Taliban after the US pullout,...
Afghan evacuees embrace new life in South Korea
October 18 ,2021
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By: Chang May Choon
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