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US Touts “Refined” Ukraine Peace Framework After High-Stakes Geneva Talks, But Critical Details Remain Secret

WASHINGTON/GENEVA – The United States and Ukraine announced "meaningful progress" toward ending the war following high-level talks in Geneva, resulting in…

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Russia-Linked TV Station Raises Alarms in Kyrgyzstan

A new television station, Nomad TV, is poised to launch in Kyrgyzstan, but its promise of "independent" news is being…

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When Generosity Gets Weaponized

The Afghan refugee crisis has shaped the political, social, and economic landscape of Pakistan for almost five decades . More…

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Ashraf Ghani Breaks Silence, Urges National Dialogue to Break Afghanistan’s Political Deadlock

KABUL— In a significant political statement, former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has broken a long period of public silence to call…

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A Strategic Shift: The Pragmatic Recalibration of India-Afghanistan Relations

The relationship between India and Afghanistan is undergoing a radical transformation, serving as a compelling case study of how contradictory…

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Ghani’s Hollow Vision: Self-Praise, No Accountability, and Zero Solutions

Ashraf Ghani has resurfaced, and as always, he arrives armed with paragraphs of poetic abstractions, circular reasoning, and self-exonerating reflections.…

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Pakistan’s Budget Prioritizes Guns Over Its People

One of the foundational lessons in introductory economics concerns the central problem of scarcity and the critical choice of “what…

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Bangladesh at a Constitutional Crossroads

Bangladesh at a Constitutional Crossroads: Institutional Legacies and the Imperative for Reform Following the Hasina Conviction Abstract: The recent in absentia conviction of…

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The Bipartisan Comfort with Islamophobia is a Threat to Us All

The election of Zohran Mamdani as the first Muslim mayor of New York City should have been a pure celebration…

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Bangladesh’s Bhutto Moment: The Trial of Sheikh Hasina and echoes of Rawalpindi in Dhaka

  ‌By: Simantik Dowerah Source: firstpost.com Both Sheikh Hasina and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto trials is a sad reflection on power,…

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