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Taliban officials meet western diplomats in Norway

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Taliban and Western diplomats are holding a meeting outside Norway’s capital Oslo. Talks are focusing on Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, which has escalated drastically since last August when the militants stormed back to power.
Asia

Several killed, injured in Afghanistan blast

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At least seven people have been killed and nine others wounded in a bomb blast on a minibus in the western Afghan city of Heart.
Asia

Taliban say after meeting West demands

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Taliban’s top spokesperson says new Afghanistan rulers have taken steps to meet the demands of the West. Zabihullah Mujahid added they hope to strengthen their relations with the world countries through diplomacy.
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US says has no specified schedule for recognition of Taliban

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Washington has no specified schedule for the recognition of the Afghanistan interim government and that the Taliban should take some steps before the normalization of relations, US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West says.
Asia

Taliban reject Biden remarks over disunity in Afghanistan

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The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan denied the recent claims by US President Joe Biden over the inability of Afghan people to reach unity.
Asia

Deadly blast targets Lahore’s shopping district

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At least three people were killed and several others wounded in an explosion in a busy shopping district in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.
Media Wire

The Taliban repeat calls for international recognition

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Afghanistan's acting prime minister Mullah Hasan Akhund has called for international governments to officially recognize the Taliban administration.
Asia

State of emergency lifted in Kazakhstan

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The state of emergency that was imposed in Kazakhstan amid riots in early January expired at midnight on Wednesday local time.
Asia

Several injured in Pakistan train explosion

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Several people were injured when a blast hit a passenger train in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan Province on Tuesday, local media and railway officials say.
Asia

More than two dozen killed in Afghanistan earthquake

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At least 26 people have been killed in an earthquake hitting western Afghanistan, officials announced.
Asia

Taliban spokesperson: Muttaqi’s visit to Iran had major achievements

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A Taliban spokesperson says a recent visit by Afghanistan's Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Iran was an important trip with major achievements.
Media Wire

Afghan journalists say unable to cover stories independently

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National Union of Afghanistan Journalists reported 95 percent of the country’s media staff have the problem of access to information and cannot cover stories independently.
Asia

Deadly blast rocks Afghanistan’s Bagram district

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At least two children were killed and several others wounded in an explosion near Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul.
Asia

Thousands of Taliban members dismissed for ‘abuses’

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The Taliban have so far dissociated about 3,000 members accused of abusive practices across Afghanistan, head of Purification Commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Latifullah Hakimi says.
Asia

Kazakhstan: 225 killed; thousands injured during unrest

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At least 4,500 people were injured during the recent riots across Kazakhstan, and 225 bodies were taken to the morgues, Serik Shalabayev, chief of the criminal prosecution service of Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office says.
Asia

Ties with Iran a priority in Pakistan’s new Natl. Security Policy

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The Islamabad government’s newly-unveiled National Security Policy underscores a need for Pakistan and neighboring Iran to keep up close cooperation to both better manage joint borders and ensure regional security.
IFP Exclusive

Ex-deputy foreign minister: “China won’t make any sacrifices for Iran”

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A former Iranian deputy foreign minister has dismissed the notion that China will make sacrifices for the Islamic Republic due to its good relations with the country
IFP Exclusive

Iranian FM heads to China for talks

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has headed to Beijing at the head of a high-ranking political delegation for talks with Chinese officials.
Asia

Kazakhstan arrests hundreds more over violent unrest

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Kazakh authorities have detained nearly 1,700 more people for participation in anti-government protests that rocked the country last week.
Asia

4 soldiers killed in Armenia-Azerbaijan border clashes

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Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia reported clashes on their border Tuesday that killed one Azeri force and three Armenian troops, the latest skirmish following a 2020 war between the two rivals
Asia

China says cooperation with Iran contributes to peace, stability in ME

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Ahead of Iran’s Foreign Minister’s visit to Beijing, the top Chinese diplomat said maintaining high-level exchanges with Tehran will deepen bilateral relations and contribute to the peace, stability and development in the Middle East.
Asia

‘Pakistan-based Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan’

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A senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (known as Pakistan Taliban or TTP) has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, a Pakistani security official says.
Asia

‘Afghanistan not to pose threat to other countries’

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Acting Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi says the new government is exercising power over the whole country, and the Islamic Emirate-led government will not pose a threat to any country in the world.
Asia

Kazakhstan govt. says coup attempts failed, 10k arrested

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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has stated coup attempts in the country have failed. This as the country's Interior Ministry announced in a statement Nearly 10,000 people were detained during the recent unrest
Asia

Blast kills 9 minors in eastern Afghanistan

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Nine children were killed and four others injured in an explosion near a school in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar.
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