The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that Turkmenistan will purchase 150,000 tons of Afghan-produced steel rebar in 2025. Akundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, told TOLOnews that Afghanistan has achieved self-sufficiency in steel rebar production. The spokesperson added: “Three to four thousand people are directly employed […]
Read MoreIndia’s latest diplomatic outreach to Afghanistan’s Taliban government signals a marked shift in how it sees the geopolitical reality in the region. This comes more than three years after India suffered a major strategic and diplomatic blow when Kabul fell to the Taliban. Two decades of investment in Afghanistan’s democracy – through military training, scholarships and […]
Read MoreThe current government of Bangladesh is trying to start a war in a planned manner, alleged West Bengal Minister Shobhan Deb Chatterjee. The Trinamool labor leader and minister made this allegation at a memorial service of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Saturday (January 11). Asia Net reported. He also said that Bangladesh is not allowing […]
Read MorePakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that 22.8 million children between the ages of 5 and 16 are still deprived of school education. Shahbaz Sharif said this while attending a conference titled ‘Women’s Education in the Muslim Community: Challenges and Opportunities’ in Islamabad on Saturday (January 11). Education ministers from various Muslim countries around […]
Read MoreThe Maldivian government has denied rumors it plans on blocking certain social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat. The denial comes amid rumors that the government plans to submit legislature once the Parliament reopens in February to ban certain social media platforms. In a post on X on Wednesday, Heena Waleed, the chief […]
Read MoreSri Lanka’s rubber export earnings rose 7 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US $ 11.67 billion in the 11 months to November 2024, driven by the increased revenues from rubber products, Forbes and Walker Commodity Brokers said in its latest rubber report. While the overall earnings showed growth, November saw a 1.96 percent YoY decline to […]
Read MoreChina will actively support Sri Lanka in focusing on economic development and the two countries should jointly foster new highlights in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, as well as cooperation in modern agriculture, digital economy and marine economy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Wednesday. China’s efforts in further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese […]
Read MoreThe US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, has said that the two countries’ national security advisers have met to discuss holding acceptable elections in Bangladesh as soon as possible and how the US and India can cooperate in those elections. He made this information during a discussion with journalists at the American Center in Kolkata […]
Read MoreThe United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that Afghanistan has received approximately $6.7 billion in aid since the Islamic Emirate assumed power in 2021 which has significantly alleviated the country’s humanitarian crisis. In its November 2024 Humanitarian Update, OCHA noted that 29.2 million people required aid in 2023. However, improvements […]
Read MoreAccording to experts, Pakistan should refrain from launching an offensive in the Wakhan Corridor. at a time when its embroiled in a raging conflict with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists, and stands on the brink of an all-out Pakistan Taliban war, amid strained ties. Pakistan-Taliban war: Amid heightened tensions between Kabul and Islamabad and the […]
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