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Kabul, Astana Agree To Set Up Joint Road, Rail Transport Firms
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Afghan Industry and Commerce Minister Nooruddin Azizi and Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister have agreed to establish joint road and rail transport companies and facilitate...
Afghan, Kazakh Officials Talk Direct Kabul-Astana Flights
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan and Kazakh transport officials have discussed strengthening transport ties, expanding land transport cooperation and launching direct flights between Kabul and Astana. Deputy Transport and...
In war against drug menace, Punjab Police crackdown traces major hawala conduits in Turkey, UAE
The Indian Express
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July 20, 2025
Investigations by Punjab Police into the hawala network, which funds and fuels the drugs smuggling trade in the state, has revealed that much of the illegal cash is routed through Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malaysia, Canada, and West...
Middle East: Tribal forces withdraw from Sweida
Deutsche Welle
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July 19, 2025
Skip next section Thank you for joining We've resumed coverage with news that the ceasefire agreement between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes appeared to be holding (see below). The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, said...
Putin sticks to Ukraine war despite erosion of Russia’s global clout
The Guam Daily Post
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rejection of President Donald Trump’s peace overtures and his continued killing of Ukrainian civilians in attacks on cities has curdled hopes for a deal to end the war or repair Moscow’s relations with the West....
Entrepreneur gifts car to Lancashire teen cricket star from Flintoff TV show
Lancashire Telegraph
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July 11, 2025
Afghan-born teenager Adnan Miakhel, who rose to prominence on Freddie Flintoff’s BBC series Field of Dreams, has been gifted a car by businessman Dez Derry to help him pursue his dream of becoming a professional cricketer. Adnan, now 19, arrived...
India Abstains UN Vote on Afghanistan, Slams ‘Business as Usual’ Approach to Terrorism, Taliban
The Times of India
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July 8, 2025
India abstained from a United Nations General Assembly resolution on the situation in Afghanistan, warning that a 'business as usual' approach will not work in the current humanitarian and security crisis. India's Permanent Representative to the...
Afghanistan's sweet melons in season
Xinhua News Agency
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A vendor sells melons at a local market in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 10, 2025. Melon is one of Afghanistan's most renowned and widely exported fruits, cultivated across various provinces in the country. Afghanistan's hot and dry climate provides...
Afghan ally to U.S. describes human cost of Biden’s disastrous withdrawal
WorldNetDaily
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July 10, 2025
Joe Biden (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz) Almost universally regarded as the most egregious single event of the Biden presidency, the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan is, in fact, considered by many to be one...
Afghanistan Gets Into Tourism Industry, Releases A Wild Fake Hostage Video To Drum Up Business
OutKick - Tennessee
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July 10, 2025
The Taliban even have a golf course, but there aren't ladies' tees PublishedJuly 10, 2025 11:47 AM EDT•UpdatedJuly 10, 2025 11:48 AM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link Are you tired of trips to Gatlinburg? How about packing your bags for a...
Afghanistan’s Central Bank working to shift economy from cash to cards
Ariana News
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July 9, 2025
Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country’s central bank, says it is stepping up efforts to reduce Afghanistan’s dependence on cash by promoting the use of electronic payment systems—including bank cards and automated machines—as part of a broader...
‘Kabul To Run Out Of Water In Five Years’
StratNews Global
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July 10, 2025
By 2030 Afghanistan ’s capital Kabul will run dry – meaning there will be no water for the city’s estimated seven million residents. It will be the world’s first capital to run out of water, a basic resource, says Dr Anchita Borthakur, a...
Afghanistan: 6-year-old girl married to 45-year-old man, Taliban asks groom to wait till bride turns 9
DNA India
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Driven by poverty, joblessness and stringent restrictions on women since the return of the Taliban in 2021, the incidents of child marriage have increased considerably in Afghanistan. Child marriage in Afghanistan has gone up since return of...
Afghans invite US tourists to visit with bizarre video featuring a mock hostage EXECUTION and poking fun at their country's reputation for terrorism
Daily Mail
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July 10, 2025
An Afghan social media account has revealed a tourism pitch unlike any other in a bid to court Western travellers, reshape the nation's global image and revive its shattered economy. The slick marketing video, shared across social media by...
Afghanistan: From Pariahs To Partners, A Deadly Shortcut To Legitimacy
StratNews Global
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July 10, 2025
Is India’s abstention from the recent UN General Assembly resolution on Afghanistan part of a disturbing trend of violent, extremist regimes quietly gaining global legitimacy? New Delhi’s decision came just days after Moscow formally recognised...
Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters
Pressenza
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July 13, 2025
Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet self-censoring their criticism of Iran’s policy discredits their criticisms of Trump’s similar one, while acknowledging the “Weapons of Mass Migration” pretext upon which...
Prices of fuel, flour, sugar down in Kabul
Pajhwok Afghan News
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July 12, 2025
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of fuel, flour, sugar and cooking oil decreased in Kabul market during the outgoing week, market sources said on Saturday. Fuel prices A worker at the Ahmadyar pump station told Pajhwok Afghan News the rate of one litre...
Afghanistan on brink of emergency as mass deportations accelerate, UN Warns
Ariana News
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July 9, 2025
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has issued a stark warning that the country faces a rapidly unfolding humanitarian emergency due to a dramatic increase in the forced return of Afghan migrants from neighboring...
Afghanistan is starving—and its farmers are fighting to save the poppy
The Print
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July 9, 2025
The Brotherhood of Universal Love, it called itself, a label that, in 1969, invited no ironic raising of eyebrows. From Balkh and Mazar-i–Sharif, where children sold hashish beads, hashish-filled belts, and hashish-heeled shoes, members of the...
Trade with regional countries reaches $4.1b
The Express Tribune
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July 8, 2025
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's exports to seven regional countries increased 1% during the first 11 months of fiscal year 2024-25 compared to the corresponding months of the previous year. Exports to the regional countries including...