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Central Asian Universities Enrolling Afghan Women Amid Taliban College Ban

31st January, 2023 · admin

By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 30, 2023 With the Taliban government banning women from attending universities in Afghanistan, an EU-funded project is being revived to bring dozens of Afghan girls to study in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. More than 100 Afghan girls who were awarded five-year scholarships are already in the host countries

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Posted in Afghan Women, Central Asia, Education, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghanistan-Kazakhstan |
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IS Recruits Multiethnic Fighters in Afghanistan, Threatening Regional Security, US Says

15th December, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News December 15, 2022 Following this week’s Islamic State attack on a guesthouse in Kabul, U.S. officials say the terrorist group is recruiting a multiethnic force that threatens security in neighboring countries and that the Taliban need to do more to eliminate the threat. While the Taliban claim they have restored peace

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Posted in Central Asia, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, Taliban Security Failure, Taliban vs. ISIS |
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Pakistan to import gas from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan: report

9th December, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The government of Pakistan, facing gas shortage as winter sets in, has worked out a plan to import liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) overland from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan, Pakistan Today reported on Thursday. The customs office in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, after consultations with stakeholders, sent a plan to the Federal Board of Revenue

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Trans-Afghanistan railway to further link Central Asia with South Asia

15th November, 2022 · admin

EURACTIV: A joint railway project between Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan is gaining momentum as it could open up international trade routes, but some caution against collaborating with Taliban-controlled Afghanistan considering ongoing human rights abuses and the introduction of Sharia law. The line will run from Termez in Uzbekistan to Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul, then onto

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Russia’s Putin Warns of Terrorist Cells in Afghan Borders

27th October, 2022 · admin

Khaama: Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, warned of the concentration of militant groups on Afghanistan’s borders as well as their attempts to infiltrate Central Asia and set up clandestine terrorist cells. This comes as ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a recent attack in Iran that killed 11 and injured 27, while the

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Posted in Central Asia, ISIS/DAESH, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia |
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Putin accuses West of fueling anti-IEA formations

15th October, 2022 · admin

Ariana: “Western intelligence services, primarily American and British, are fueling the formations opposing the Taliban (IEA), aiming them at shelling the borders of some of our countries,” Putin said speaking at the first ever summit in the Russia-Central Asia format. Putin further said that it is in the interests of the Central Asian countries to

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Posted in Central Asia, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Tashkent conference calls for inclusive government in Afghanistan

27th July, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Formation of a government on the basis of “broad representation” was emphasized in an international conference on Afghanistan that was held in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Tuesday. Ensuring women’s rights and access of Afghan girls to receive a full school education was also emphasized, according to a statement released by the hosts. Click

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Posted in Afghan Women, Central Asia, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Political News, Taliban, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Tajikistan Concerned By Provocative Taliban Watchtower On Border

12th July, 2022 · admin

By Mumin Ahmadi Sirojiddin Tolibov Nigorai Fazliddin Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 12, 2022 A watchtower being built on the Afghan-Tajik border that is manned by members of the “Tajik Taliban” has caught the attention of Tajik officials. The Taliban and Tajik militants who have joined forces with the Taliban are building a new observation post

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Posted in Central Asia, Security, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, Jamaat Ansarullah, Pashtun Taliban, Tajiks |
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US Says ‘It’s Too Early’ to Consider Recognition of Taliban

6th July, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul Navbahor Imamova VOA News July 6, 2022 ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON — The United States says no foreign government is contemplating legitimacy for Taliban rule in Afghanistan, even as the insurgent-turned-Islamist group next month will mark the first year of its return to power in Kabul. “I think there’s actually a global consensus to include Moscow and

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Posted in Central Asia, ISIS/DAESH, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Hibatullah Akhundzada |
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Drug Trafficking from Afghanistan to Central Asian Countries Doubled, Says Vladimir Kulishov

30th May, 2022 · admin

8am: Vladimir Kulishov, Russian First Deputy Chief of the Federal Security Service (FSB), has said that the volume of drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Central Asian countries has doubled since 2021, specifically, after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. According to Mr. Kulishov, last year, 3,500 tons of narcotics were seized in the Republic of

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Posted in Central Asia, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Taliban and Drugs |
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