Afghanistan

1. Pakistan sends back hundreds of Afghan refugees to face Taliban repression
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/10/pakistan-sends-back-hundreds-of-afghan-refugees-to-face-taliban-repression
2. OIC to hold emergency meeting on Afghanistan tomorrow
https://pajhwok.com/2023/01/10/oic-to-hold-emergency-meeting-on-afghanistan-tomorrow/
3. Official Asks Pakistan to Stop Arresting Afghan Citizens
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-181531
4. Afghanistan: Worried Muslim countries meet over Taliban’s bans on women and girls
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/afghanistan-taliban-women-girls-bans-worried-muslim-countries-meet
5. UK dispatch: special parliamentary group to address atrocities against Hazaras in Afghanistan
https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/01/uk-dispatch-special-parliamentary-group-to-address-atrocities-against-hazaras-in-afghanistan/
6. Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64183083
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Taliban orders NGOs to send women workers home
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/24/taliban-bans-women-from-working-for-domestic-foreign-ngos
8. Taliban says eight ISIL fighters killed in raids in Afghanistan
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/5/taliban-says-eight-isil-fighters-killed-in-raids-in-afghanistan
9. The Taliban Are Losing Some of Their Cash Cows
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/10/taliban-afghanistan-women-ban-humanitarian-aid/
10. Economists worried over cash assistance suspension
https://pajhwok.com/2023/01/10/economists-worried-over-cash-assistance-suspension/

Middle East

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UN Security Council extends critical aid to northern Syria
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/9/unsc-agrees-to-extend-critical-aid-from-turkey-to-syrias-north
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Egypt vows to cut military’s outsized role in economy under IMF bailout
https://www.ft.com/content/0ab59ecb-da0b-42d9-a5da-35674c001e28
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Saudi Arabia mulls increasing deposit in SBP to $5bn
https://www.dawn.com/news/1730914
14. Pakistan’s army chief visits Saudi Arabia amid economic crisis
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/7/pakistans-new-army-chief-asif-munir-visits-saudi-arabia-economic-crisis
15. Israel orders police to remove Palestine flags from public spaces
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/9/israel-orders-police-to-remove-palestine-flags-from-public-spaces
16. Türkiye determined to stamp out PKK: Erdoğan tells Iraqi PM
https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/turkiye-determined-to-stamp-out-pkk-erdogan-tells-iraqi-pm
17. After the World Cup, Qatar looks to revive its stock market
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/10/qatar-sets-sight-on-reviving-its-stock-market-fortunes
18. Will Turkey approve Sweden’s NATO membership?
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2023/1/9/will-turkiye-ratify-swedens-nato-membership
19. COAS Munir discusses defence ties, bilateral cooperation with UAE president
https://www.dawn.com/news/1730918

Africa

20. Sudan’s military leaders reitrate pledges to hand over power to civilians
https://sudantribune.com/article269222/
21. Ethiopia-Djibouti railway generating 47.4 mln USD income in past five months
https://english.news.cn/20230110/c00ead47515f4c6c8bc43cda8c4f09f5/c.html
22. Zimbabwe bans raw lithium exports to curb artisanal mining
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/zimbabwe-bans-raw-lithium-exports-curb-artisanal-mining-2022-12-21/
23. Swing into Mauritius — this Indian Ocean island may be small but it offers rainforests
https://dailytimes.com.pk/1045460/swing-into-mauritius-this-indian-ocean-island-may-be-small-but-it-offers-rainforests/
24. Tunisia’s election: The beginning of the end for Saeid
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/19/tunisias-election-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-saeid\