Afghanistan

1. Officials: Curriculum for Girls’ School Reason for Delayed Reopening
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-179301
2. Blast Occurred in Chandawal of Kabul
https://freshsociety.info/2022/08/08/blast-takes-place-in-kabuls-chandawal-neighbourhood/
3. Haqqani: Kabul Will Not Submit to Intl Calls To Oppose Islamic Sharia
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-179300
4. Accused Men, Women Publically Whipped in Kabul
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-179298
5. Major Airlines Still Not Making Flights to Kabul
https://tolonews.com/index.php/business-179310
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Reports of Afghan-Pakistani Clash in Kunar
https://en.baaghitv.com/reports-of-afghan-pakistani-clash-in-kunar/
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MoD Requests Helicopters Be Returned to Afghanistan
https://mobile.twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1556500869088247813
8. As Attacks Rise, UNAMA Calls for Security for Minorities
https://pakobserver.net/as-attacks-rise-unama-calls-for-security-for-minorities/
9. Officials: Girls’ Schools Closed Due to ‘Cultural Constraints’
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-179313
10. US: ‘We Can Still Reach Out And Touch’ Terrorists in Afghanistan
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-179326
11. Senior TTP Member Killed in Paktia: Reuters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WEFwS8kuQ
12. World Bank: Afghanistan at Great Risk of Overlapping Food, Debt Crises
https://noovell.com/en/similar/94104075
13. Beggars Increase on Streets of Kabul Amid Widespread Poverty
https://tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan-179329

Middle East

15. Turkey’s defense industry eyes export expansion as government navigates geopolitical stage
top-100/2022/08/08/turkeys-defense-industry-eyes-export-expansion-as-government-navigates-geopolitical-stage
16. Four cargo ships sail from Ukraine: Turkish, Ukrainian officials
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/7/four-cargo-ships-sail-from-ukraine-turkish-ukrainian-officials
17. Iran sets condition for finalizing negotiations
https://en.irna.ir/news/84845485/Iran-sets-condition-for-finalizing-negotiations
18. New Salwa port connecting Qatar and Saudi Arabia starts trial operations
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/08/08/2022/new-salwa-port-connecting-qatar-and-saudi-arabia-starts-trial-operations
19. Israel re-opens Gaza crossings as truce with Palestinians holds
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-re-opens-gaza-crossings-truce-with-palestinians-holds-2022-08-08/
20. Syria more than doubles petrol prices
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/980609-syria-more-than-doubles-petrol-prices
21. Yemen’s warring sides agree to renew existing truce: UN
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/2/yemens-warring-sides-agree-to-renew-existing-truce-un
22. Hezbollah warns Israel over border dispute with Lebanon
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-lebanon-beirut-824c867ea9233a88f58d178bf12de660

Africa

23. Gaza needs int’l intervention, South African ruling party says
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-714258
24. Sudan Launches Workshop on Transitional Constitutional Framework
https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3806136/sudan-launches-workshop-transitional-constitutional-framework
25. Ethiopia Deploys New Troops into Neighboring Somalia
https://www.voanews.com/a/ethiopia-deploys-new-troops-into-neighboring-somalia-/6693095.html
26. ‘Why Are We Being Ignored’ Plead The Hungry In Ethiopia’s Afar
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/miscellaneous/why-are-we-being-ignored-plead-the-hungry-i-1545476.html