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Iran’s Regime Negotiates with Four Countries to Import Water as Crisis Deepens
Iran Focus
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July 16, 2025
Amid growing warnings about water shortages and the Iranian regime’s failure to manage the drought crisis, Abbas Aliabadi, Iran’s Minister of Energy, stated that importing water from neighboring countries is on the agenda and that negotiations...
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...
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: The Wisdom of Grandmothers: A Soft Power That Binds a Nation
Asian Voice
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Fifteen years ago, on the 13th of July, I lost my grandmother. Her passing was not just the end of a chapter in our family, but the quiet closing of a book filled with the kind of practical wisdom that no think tank, behavioural economist or...
Iran seeks water imports as dams dry up, minister says
Iran International
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July 16, 2025
“We are in talks with Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,” Aliabadi said, adding that five years of drought have left Iran with a 44 percent deficit in rainfall compared to long-term averages. “There is no water now—we must use...
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...
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...
Who loves the sun?
New Statesman
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July 16, 2025
Early on in life, I noticed something fundamental about myself that I have struggled to make sense of ever since, let alone find a way to explain to other people in clear and comprehensible words: a strange pattern that has travelled with me...
Morocco progresses in 2025 World Citizenship Report, ranking 59th in economic opportunity
Hespress
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July 12, 2025
Morocco ranked 100 out of 188 countries globally in the World Citizenship Report 2025, with a score of 50.5, moving up 13 spots. This marks a considerable rise from its 47.3 score and 113th rank in the 2024 edition. Titled “The Push and Pull of...
Mirwais Azizi To Fund Education Of 95 Afghan Students At AUCA In Kyrgyzstan
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) Afghan businessman Mirwais Azizi has pledged $500,000 to support 95 Afghan students at AUCA in Kyrgyzstan after they lost U.S. scholarships, ensuring their education continues despite financial uncertainty. Mirwais Azizi, a...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
WARMINGTON: Altered Canadian flag on display at consulate in Hong Kong
Edmonton Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Columnists Altering the Canadian flag to suit any cause or event violates the government's own rules on how the flag is to be displayed The Canadian flag, left, with an altered Canadian flag at the consulate in...
As democracy in Georgia collapses, Russia, China and Iran see an opening
Crossroads Today - Texas
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(CNN) — A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. The government was taking steps to fight corruption. Civil society was blossoming. The economy was growing. American businesses were...
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...
ISSI hosts event commemorating Egypt’s ‘Revolution Day’
Associated Press of Pakistan
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July 16, 2025
- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Jul 16 (APP): The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Pakistan Africa Institute...