A New Geopolitical Axis In Central Asia - Diplomatic Courier

Friday, April 21, 2023

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In February 2023, the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan gathered a group of companies, including some from Iran, Russia, and Pakistan, to promote a new investment plan focused on infrastructure, mining, and power. In response to the press asking for more details, the acting minister of commerce and industry of Afghanistan...

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UN Tells Afghan Staff to Stay Home Until Taliban Clarifies Ban on Female Aid Workers - Voice of America

Thursday, April 6, 2023

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Afghan women and men who work for the U.N. Mission in Afghanistan stayed home Thursday while the United Nations sought clarification on the Taliban’s statement ordering all local female employees to be fired because of their sex. U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in New York that the Security Council was briefed on the issue Thursday and that the organization was...

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Ms. Global: Protests Against Taliban Bans on Women’s Education; Iran Ousted From U.N. Panel; Increased Calls for Press Freedom in India - Ms. Magazine

Thursday, January 19, 2023

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When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan almost two years ago, girls in grade six and above were banned from secondary education, while university students were able to attend gender-segregated classes. But as of December 2022, the Taliban banned women and girls from attending...

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How September 11 victims could claim frozen Afghan reserve funds - The National

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

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Families of victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks are hoping to draw from the $10 billion in frozen Afghan reserves as payment in damages from court cases they won years ago. Should the plaintiffs succeed, they could take more than three quarters of the frozen central bank reserves as Afghanistan deals with a cash crunch and the humanitarian crisis that followed the Taliban takeover after the US withdrawal...

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Biden Delivers on Trump’s Afghan Exit as Taliban Nears Control - Bloomberg

Thursday, August 12, 2021

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Donald Trump made the politically popular pledge to bring U.S. troops home from the nation’s longest war. Now Joe Biden is delivering on the promise -- and reaping growing criticism over the grim results that are unfolding in Afghanistan. The U.S.-trained Afghan military is shrinking back as Taliban insurgents...

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