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EU voices concern at water shortage in Afghanistan
Pajhwok Afghan News
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August 28, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): The European Union Office in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the decline in water resources in the country, especially in Kabul, saying the problem affects all sectors of life and that the EU is cooperating with Afghan...
Quality of ice produced in Kabul: Public concerns, review by MoPH
Pajhwok Afghan News
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August 28, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): During hot summers, most families and shopkeepers in Kabul use ice, but concerns have arisen about its quality and safety. Officials say many ice production factories in the capital use rusted molds and substandard equipment....
Afghanistan Urges Global Support to Tackle Climate Change
TOLONews
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The head of Afghanistan’s National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) says Afghanistan has a very small role in producing greenhouse gases but has suffered heavily from the global phenomenon of climate change. Speaking at a scientific seminar...
Afghanistan’s Taliban Announces Five-Year Strategy
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN) The Afghan interim government introduced a comprehensive five-year “Development Strategy” on Tuesday, aiming to generate employment and encourage equitable progress throughout the country, according to a senior official. Taliban's chief...
Will Asim Munir drag Donald Trump to Balochistan, luring him with rare earth minerals? Will it be another Afghanistan for US?
DNA India
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August 28, 2025
Will Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir lure US President Donald Trump to the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Waziristan? Know how the US may get trapped in a meaningless struggle in search of rare earth minerals? Will Pakistan Army...
Afghan interim administration announces plan to create job opportunities
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN) The Afghan interim administration has introduced a five-year “Development Strategy” aimed at generating employment and promoting balanced national development, according to officials. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid explained that...
Pakistan Strongman Asim Munir Dragging US Into Afghanistan-Like Mess Again
MENAFN
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) While Pakistan Army chief Asif Munir has succeeded in selling his idea of the potential that his country holds for the US to mine rich rare earth materials and oil, what American President Donald Trump's...
Afghan Minorities Face Renewed Pressure as Anniversary of U.S. Withdrawal Nears
International Christian Concern
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August 26, 2025
8/26/2025 Afghanistan (International Christian Concern) — After two decades of U.S.-backed governance, Afghanistan’s dramatic fall to the Taliban terrorist organization in 2021 shocked the world. The Taliban’s takeover took just hours, but its...
Islamic Emirate Welcomes Central Asia Contact Group for Afghanistan
TOLONews
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The Islamic Emirate, welcoming the establishment of a contact group at the level of special representatives of Central Asian countries for Afghanistan, called it effective. The deputy spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate added that Afghanistan is...
Climate Challenges for CPEC Corridor
Pakistan Today
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August 26, 2025
Pakistan lies in one of the most strategically significant regions in the world. To the north, it borders China, a major global economic power and key regional partner. To the east lies India, a rapidly growing power with considerable economic and...
Afghanistan faces worsening water shortages as Kabul’s aquifers decline
Daryo
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August 26, 2025
Kabul, home to more than 7mn people, is facing an unprecedented water crisis that threatens the very survival of its residents, according to Noticias Ambientales, citing NGO Mercy Corps. Source: Reuters According to a report groundwater levels in...
In Northern Pakistan, Equipping First Responders After Deadly Flooding
Direct Relief
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August 29, 2025
By Staff Over the past week, Direct Relief shipped 446 consignments of requested medical aid to 41 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide — from Nigeria to North Carolina to the West Bank. These shipments contained 5.5 million...
Govt to launch nationwide anti-polio drive in three provinces on Sept 1
GEO TV
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August 30, 2025
Pakistan reports 26 polio cases this year. Most cases reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Polio virus detected in sewage samples of 127 districts. Pakistan will launch new nationwide anti-polio campaign on September 1 in three provinces, while in...
Central Asian Countries Discuss Afghanistan at First Special Representatives’ Meeting
The Astana Times
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August 27, 2025
ASTANA — The first meeting of special representatives of the Central Asian countries on Afghanistan was held with the participation of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on Aug. 26 in Tashkent. Photo credit: gov.uz The...
Project Flytrap and the Army’s answer to drone warfare
Task & Purpose
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August 29, 2025
Small drones have become one of the most dangerous threats on today’s battlefields, in much the same way that improvised explosive devices were the dominant danger during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They’re cheap, deadly, and hard to...
Islamic Emirate Releases a 5-Year Development Strategy for Afghanistan
TOLONews
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Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, stated Afghanistan’s development strategy has been finalized by the leader of the Islamic Emirate and will now enter the implementation phase. According to him, this strategy has been...
China extends a hand of friendship to Afghanistan
Friends of Socialist China
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August 27, 2025
Following his successful visit to India, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi flew to Kabul, Afghanistan, for a series of meetings on August 20. Wang Yi participated in the Sixth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue...
Kabul Chawla: 14 years After FIR and Arrest Warrant. No Concrete Action & The Case Went To Cold Bag. Investors Still Suffering & Getting Tarikh Pe Tarikh
Inventiva
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August 25, 2025
In the cutthroat world of Indian real estate, few names evoke as much intrigue, admiration, and outrage as Kabul Chawla. As the founder and Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Business Park Town Planners (BPTP) Ltd., Chawla has been at the...
At least 26 dead & 14 injured in bus crash as coach veered off the road and rolled down road embankment in Afghanistan
The U.S. Sun
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August 27, 2025
AT least 26 people have been killed and another 14 injured after a bus overturned down a rocky embankment in Afghanistan. The horror crash happened around 3am today in Arghandi, outside Kabul. 2 Twenty-six people died and 14 were injured in an...
Pakistan-China strategic synergy for peace and prosperity in Afghanistan
The Financial Daily International
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August 27, 2025
The trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting in Kabul 20-21 August 2925 has signaled the renewal of an old truth in South and Central Asian geopolitics: Afghanistan is the hinge on which regional stability and prosperity turn. For decades, the Afghan...