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Tajikistan Puts The Squeeze On Aga Khan-Linked Entities
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Authorities in Tajikistan are putting the squeeze on organizations and companies controlled by the Aga Khan, the Europe-based philanthropist deemed by the Shia Ismailis of the country’s eastern Pamirs region as leader.

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Afghans Are Safer After Six Months of Taliban Rule, but Also Poorer and Hopeless
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Taliban have campaigned for international recognition of their all-male, all-Taliban government, but they are being pressed to create an inclusive administration, guarantee the rights of women and religious minorities.
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Turkmenistan to hold early presidential election on March 12
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Turkmenistan will hold an early presidential election on March 12, a Central Election Commission official said after President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov hinted he planned to resign.
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Two foreign journalists on assignment for UN detained in Kabul
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Two international journalists who were on an assignment for the UN refugee agency have been detained in the Afghan capital, the UNHCR said on Friday. Two Afghan nationals working with them have been detained in Kabul.
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More than 100 ex-Afghan forces, officials slain since Taliban takeover: UN chief
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The United Nations has received “credible allegations” that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed.

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Afghan People Starving, Forced To Sell Children, Body Part: UN Food Head

The UN Head of World Food Program (WFP) has again expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and added that the Afghan people have resorted to selling their children and parts of their bodies.

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Jan 29, 2022
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US To Give $300 Million In Humanitarian Aid To Afghanistan

The Biden administration plans to donate an extra $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, bringing total U.S. aid for the impoverished country and Afghan refugees in the region to nearly $782 million since Octo

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Jan 14, 2022
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Sowing Discord Among Muslims Betrayal of Islam: Al Azhar

Egypt based Al Azhar emphasized that “harping on the differences of Islamic sects, and exploiting them to shed blood and intimidate the innocent is a betrayal of the teachings of Islam."

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Oct 16, 2021
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Friday Prayers Targeted In Afghanistan’s Kandahar, 32 Killed

The coordinated attack on Friday afternoon took place in the Bibi Fatima mosque, the largest mosque for Shia Muslims in the city, believed to be a Taliban stronghold.

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Oct 15, 2021
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US, Taliban to hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal

Senior Taliban officials and US representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation.

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Oct 09, 2021
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100 killed in suicide attack at mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz

At least 100 people have been killed and wounded after a suicide bomb attack tore through in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, as per reports.

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Oct 09, 2021
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Legislation in US Senate seeks report on Pak's role in Taliban offensive

A legislation has been introduced in the US Senate seeking a report from the Secretary of State about his assessment of Pakistan's role in the Taliban offensive that led.

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Sep 29, 2021
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Taliban fighters hit the fairground as Afghans fear for freedoms

"This is Afghanistan!" a Taliban fighter shouts on a pirate ship ride at a fairground in western Kabul, as his armed comrades cackle and whoop onboard the rickety attraction.

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Sep 29, 2021
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'US war in Afghanistan a strategic failure'

The top American general has dubbed the 20-year war in Afghanistan a "strategic failure" as the Pentagon leadership told lawmakers that they had recommended.

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Sep 29, 2021
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In sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban: Russia at UNGA

Russia, China, Pakistan, and the United States are working together to ensure that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to form a genuinely.

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Sep 27, 2021
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Bharat bandh: Farmers intensify protest against reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the reforms a "watershed moment" for Indian agriculture. But farmer groups said contrary to promises that the laws will help.

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Sep 27, 2021
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Mullah Baradar, Who Led Talks With US, Was Attacked In Palace Shootout

The man the U.S. and its allies hoped would be a moderate voice in Afghanistan's Taliban government has been sidelined after a dramatic shootout in the presidential.

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Sep 22, 2021

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Taliban attack home of Afghan MP, killing 8

Afghan police say gunmen have stormed the home of a lawmaker in the capital, killing eight people and leaving the parliamentarian wounded after he jumped from the roof to escape.

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Dec 22, 2016
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Iran's Rouhani in Armenia as part of Central Asia tour

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, on the first leg of a Central Asia tour, which will also take him to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Dec 22, 2016
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Tajikistan, India step up security ties

Tajikistan invited India to invest in four free economic zones that have come up in the country and thanked it for the modernisation of the Varzob-1 Hydropower Station.

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Dec 20, 2016

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