Dubai/Astana (10 June – 60). The Pamiris are an ethnic minority group in Tajikistan, culturally distinct from the majority Tajik population. They have faced persecution and discrimination in their mountain…
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US understands importance of Chabahar Port for Afghanistan: India
The United States understands the importance of Chabahar Port for continued humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan and to provide the country economic alternatives, India’s foreign ministry said on Friday. India recently…
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Biden’s Afghanistan Policy Turned The World Into Hell: Trump
Former President of the United States says that since the day Joe Biden turned a blind eye to America’s dignity in Afghanistan, the world has turned into hell. Donald Trump…
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US Envoy: Taliban Kill 8 Key Islamic State Leaders in Afghanistan
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeThe Taliban’s “successful” offensive against the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan, IS-Khorasan, has “significantly degraded” its capability and steadily decreased large-scale attacks against civilians, according to a senior US envoy.…
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Pakistani Officials: Taliban Arrest 200 Anti-Pakistan Militants in Afghanistan
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerPakistani officials say they have been told by Afghanistan’s Taliban that they captured 200 suspected militants for staging deadly cross-border attacks against Pakistan and have implemented other “concrete steps” to…
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UN Refuses Taliban’s Suggestion to Replace Women Staff With Men in Afghanistan: ‘We Are Steadfast’
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnThe United Nations will neither replace its female staff in Afghanistan with men nor endanger their safety, a top official for the global agency has pledged. It comes after the Taliban banned the UN…
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Afghan Evacuee Child With Terminal Illness Dies While in Federal U.S. Custody
Washington — A 6-year-old Afghan boy brought to the U.S. after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021 died last week while in federal government custody, marking the third such death this…
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot, as important as it is distant. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is many things. It…
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Central Asian Countries and India Reiterate Importance of International Efforts to Support Afghanistan
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeCentral Asian countries and India adopted a joint statement on the importance of coordinating international efforts to foster peace and stability in Afghanistan at a March 7 meeting in New…
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The Narcostate
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnIt’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more than 80 percent of Afghanistan’s heroin…