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How TM Krishna turned Emperor Ashoka’s ‘environmental’ messages into music
Scroll.in
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This conversation revolves around Emperor Ashoka’s messages that resonate with the theme of ecology. Did the emperor see all living beings, humans and others, in the same way? Did the state’s relationship with living beings like animals and birds...
Despite Taliban ban, over 90 per cent of Afghans support girls’ right to learn
UN News
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August 29, 2025
Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the scale and severity of the women’s rights crisis continues to intensify. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are prohibited to attend secondary school. Yet, in a...
Central Asian Countries Launch New Contact Group on Afghanistan
Times of Central Asia
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August 29, 2025
At Uzbekistan’s initiative, the special representatives of four Central Asian countries convened in Tashkent on August 26, for the inaugural meeting of a new regional Contact Group on Afghanistan. Delegations from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
UN experts sound alarm on looming deportations of Afghans from Pakistan
The National Tribune
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August 29, 2025
OHCHR GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm ahead of Pakistan’s planned deportations of Afghans as of 1 September, warning of imminent harmful consequences for returnees, and calling for urgent respect for international legal obligations....
Germany’s Ruling CDU Party Targets Afghan & Syrian Benefit-Recipients In Push To Cut “Unsustainable” Welfare Budget
Gulf Insider
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August 29, 2025
Deputy parliamentary group leader Mathias Middelberg said job centers must do more to place these groups into work, stressing there is “still considerable potential for catching up in terms of taking up employment.” “Just 100,000 more people in...
UW-Madison’s new Afghan Student Association launches this year
Wisconsin Public Radio
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August 29, 2025
Hera Salehi’s adjustment to college life wasn’t easy. Salehi grew up in Afghanistan. Although she had been living in the United States for a while, she had trouble finding her place when she enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison two...
It is time for Afghanistan to consider resuming relations with SCO — Shoigu
TASS
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August 29, 2025
MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. Most of member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are in favor of resuming relations between Afghanistan and the organization, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said in an article for...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
Returnees Face Worsening Shortages in Afghanistan
The Diplomat
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August 28, 2025
In a June 7 Eid al-Adha message, Taliban Prime Minister Hassan Akhund called for Afghans who had fled the country to return to their homeland and “live in an atmosphere of peace.” His ill-timed comments came at the start of a massive wave of...
Afghanistan Faces Highest Unemployment Rate Citizens Seek Jobs
MENAFN
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): Based on the World Bank's data, Afghanistan ranks 21st among countries with the highest unemployment rates in 2024. Afghan citizens are calling for more job opportunities, while experts say addressing...
Conservative Modernism: A Roadmap for Sustainable Peace in the Middle East
Fair Observer
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August 28, 2025
For centuries, the Middle East has stood at the crossroads of civilization and conflict. Despite the formal establishment of modern nation-states, the region has failed to achieve internal political stability or external peace. The situation in...
Afghan Journalism Under Siege: Arrests, Censorship, and Collapse
Inter Press Service
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August 28, 2025
Active Citizens, Civil Society, Editors' Choice, Featured, Freedom of Expression, Headlines, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, Press Freedom, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Press Freedom...
Drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar injures five civilians
Ariana News
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August 28, 2025
Afghanistan’s newly unveiled five-year development strategy, intended to chart the country’s path toward economic and social progress, faces formidable challenges due to international sanctions and banking restrictions, officials and experts warn....
Measles outbreak, Athlete abuse, Afghan student organization
Wisconsin Public Radio
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A public health official brings us up to speed on the measles outbreak in Oconto County and what it means for students heading back to school. Then, we hear from a former UW student athlete alleging abuse from her coach. Plus, an international...
Taliban blames Pakistan for airstrikes that kill 3 people in eastern Afghanistan
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 28, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Central Asian countries launch regional contact group on Afghanistan .
Kun.uz
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August 28, 2025
At Uzbekistan’s initiative, the special representatives of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan on Afghanistan held their first meeting in Tashkent on 26 August 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. The contact group is...
The first meeting of the special representatives of the Central Asian countries on Afghanistan took place in Tashkent.
Asia Plus
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16:25, august 28Author: Asia-Plus Tajikistan was represented by the republic's Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Abdujabbor Rahmonzoda. The first meeting of special representatives of Central Asian countries on Afghanistan was held in the capital of...
EU Warns of Urgent Water Crisis in Afghanistan
Khaama Press
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August 28, 2025
The European Union has warned of severe water shortages in Afghanistan, particularly Kabul, pledging support for local partners to address the crisis threatening agriculture, health, and livelihoods. The European Union office in Afghanistan has...
CPEC 2.0 and the Kabul talks: Why India cannot ignore China’s moves in the neighbourhood
Firstpost
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August 28, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Kabul as part of the 6th Trilateral Meeting aimed at discussing regional connectivity and possibly narrowing the gap between...
Central Asian Special Representatives on Afghanistan’s Meeting: Why Matters?
SpecialEurasia
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August 28, 2025
Executive Summary This report assesses the strategic and economic implications of the first meeting of Central Asian special representatives on Afghanistan, held in Uzbekistan on 26 August 2025. This report seeks to determine the value of this...