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Afghanistan |
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| 1. | New Water Supply Project to Serve Over 30,000 People in Kabul |
| 2. | Kuwait Expresses Interest in Trade and Investment in Afghanistan |
| 3. | Taliban release two detained UN staff members in Afghanistan |
| 4. | 9 arrested over drug trafficking in Ghor, Badghis
https://pajhwok.com/2026/08/25/9-arrested-over-drug-trafficking-in-ghor-badghis/ |
| 5. | Nearly 4,000 carats of Panjshir emeralds sold for 33m afs
https://pajhwok.com/2026/08/25/nearly-4000-carats-of-panjshir-emeralds-sold-for-33m-afs/ |
| 6. | Teacher Who Criticized Taliban ‘Detained’ In Herat |
| 7. | Two Former Afghan Soldiers Killed In Pakistan, Say Sources |
| 8. | US Must Honour Commitments To Afghan Allies, Says Former US Official |
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Middle East |
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| 1. | Oil extends losses on hopes for Middle East talks to ease supply woes |
| 2. | Iran warns of military ship ban in Hormuz under potential deal with Oman |
| 3. | US carrier Theodore Roosevelt to be deployed to Middle East for at least 7 months, CNN reports |
| 4. | Israel continues attacks on Syria, Lebanon despite US push for diplomacy |
| 5. | Syria’s president makes first Visa (card) payment after sanctions removal |
| 6. | Funeral held for renowned Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour |
| 7. | Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz |
| 8. | Who does Iran trade with and what could Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ mean? |
| 9. | UAE president’s letter to elderly Saudi king seen as jab at Crown Prince
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-letter-saudi-arabia-king-raises-questions-about-tensions |
| 10. | Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact? |
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Africa |
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| 11. | Twelve dead as over 150 wildfires rage across northeastern Algeria |
| 12. | Tanzania’s Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi resigns
https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/26/tanzanias-vice-president-emmanuel-nchimbi-resigns/ |
| 13. | Nigeria orders manhunt after deadly mass kidnapping
https://www.africanews.com/2026/08/26/nigeria-orders-manhunt-after-deadly-mass-kidnapping/ |
| 14. | If you started running, they shot you’ – inside Nigeria’s growing kidnapping crisis |
| 15. | Guinea’s president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion |
| 16. | World Health Organization says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is over |
| 17. | Rwanda accuses DR Congo of supporting an armed group on its soil |
| 18. | Civil Society Urges UN Action Over Tunisia’s Human Rights Crisis |
| 19. | South Sudan at Dangerous Crossroads Ahead of Elections, UN Warns |
| 20. | African Union to launch African credit rating agency in October, adviser says |
