Ukraine crisis: US offers no concessions in response to Russia’s demands

Biden and NATO administration told Russia on Wednesday, there would be no US concession or NATO about Moscow’s main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine. In a separate written response submitted to Russia, the US and NATO upstall the open door policy of the Alliance for membership, rejecting the request to ban Ukraine permanently […]

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Senior Pakistani Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan: Official

A senior leader of Pakistani Tehreek-e-Taliban (Pakistan Taliban or TTP) has been killed in the East Afghanistan, said Pakistani security officials, as a process of peace talks between armed groups and the government remained stalled. Khalid Balti, also known by Nom de Guerre Muhammad Khorasani when he served as a group spokesman, was killed in […]

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The fall of Afghanistan and what Taliban 2.0 means for India, Pakistan and China

EW a few days ago, during one of the most watched press conferences in the history of Afghanistan, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid stated that the war was over. Other Taliban leaders such as Anas Haqqani echo the same thing on their Twitter account. Indeed, the war which began about 20 years ago with a US […]

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The Taliban Pick Fight Over Border With Pakistan

The spotlight this week: Why Pakistan and Taliban collided from the border fence, former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani broke his silence, and the Omicron variant surged in the region. Last August, the leading Pakistan celebrated after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, the leaders of Islamic political parties, media personality, […]

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Gandhara Briefing: Afghan Diplomats, Refugees In Indonesia, Taliban Commandos

Welcome to the Gandhara weekly newsletter. This briefing takes you the best of our reporting from Afghanistan and Pakistan. If you are new to the bulletin or not subscribed, you can do it here. I wrote about Afghan diplomats appointed by the Afghan government which fell against the Taliban efforts to take over their diplomatic […]

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What’s Coming to Netflix This Week: February 1st to 7th, 2021

Coming to Netflix: Saturday, February 6th The crime mystery series is among the greatest on the air right now with new seasons debuting first on USANetwork before later coming to Netflix. Season three continues the series excellence and will drop on full for the weekend. Coming to Netflix: Wednesday, February 3rd This down-to-earth series is based on […]

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US Democrats eye new strategy after failure of voting bill

WASHINGTON: Democrats took the pieces Thursday after the collapse of their main election rights law, with some of them moving their focus on a narrower bipartisan effort to improve the Law Donald Trump exploited in its efforts to cancel the election. Despite their offer to rewrite the US Election Law dramatically failed during the battle […]

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We are seeing more Taliban news than expected. Here are 7 we could not digest

The taking over of Afghanistan by the Taliban shook the world into a feeling that was forgotten long agone. No bone had seen this coming and it wasn’t commodity the world was ready for, especially after spending 20 times in getting Afghanistan back into elaboration and progress. But since the terrorising events of the Taliban […]

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