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Afghanistan |
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| 1. | ‘Kandahar leadership can help Pakistan rein in TTP’ https://www.dawn.com/news/1884013 |
| 2. | Pakistan watches with caution as old ally Taliban gets closer to India https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/13/pakistan-watches-with-caution-as-old-ally-taliban-gets-closer-to-india |
| 3. | Afghanistan warns Iran after dam project criticism https://www.newarab.com/news/afghanistan-warns-iran-after-dam-project-criticism |
| 4. | How climate change, dams are fueling Iran-Afghanistan water disputes https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/01/how-climate-change-dams-are-fueling-iran-afghanistan-water-disputes |
| 5. | Tajikistan and the Russian Scheme to Pay Taliban to Target Americans in Afghanistan https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/tajikistan-and-the-russian-scheme-to-pay-taliban-to-target-americans-in-afghanistan/ |
| 6. | Afghanistan Continues to Refine Its Extraction Strategy https://thediplomat.com/2025/01/afghanistan-continues-to-refine-its-extraction-strategy/ |
| 7. | THE DURAND LINE AND AFGHANISTAN https://www.dawn.com/news/1884694 |
| 8. | Militants kidnap 16 government employees in northwest Pakistan
https://www.voanews.com/a/militants-kidnap-government-employees-in-northwest-pakistan/7930878.html |
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Middle East |
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| 9. | Turkey, Israel face off in Syria https://www.voanews.com/a/turkey-israel-face-off-in-syria/7931198.html |
| 10. | Israel-Hamas deal for Gaza ceasefire in ‘final stages,’ Qatar says https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/gaza-ceasefire-deal-in-final-stages-qatar |
| 11. | UAE ship delivers 3,000 tonnes of relief supplies to Lebanon https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2586145/middle-east |
| 12. | Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza as ceasefire talks continue
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/israeli-attacks-kill-46-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-talks-continue |
| 13. | ‘A Syrian-led future’: Security Council highlights priorities ahead https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1158836 |
| 14. | Iran holds military drills as it faces rising economic pressures and Trump’s return https://apnews.com/article/iran-nuclear-us-tensions-israel-hamas-war-analysis-7a3bb3e77b7aa28c042777e93af99b0f |
| 15. | UK, Iraq to sign ‘strategic partnership’ in London: Iraqi PM https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1271993-uk-iraq-to-sign-strategic-partnership-in-london-iraqi-pm |
| 16. | Turkish Airlines restarts Benghazi flights after 10-year hiatus https://www.dailysabah.com/business/transportation/turkish-airlines-restarts-benghazi-flights-after-10-year-hiatus |
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Africa |
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| 17. | Kenyan minister alleges intelligence agency behind his son’s abduction https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8kqq2y0g3o |
| 18. | Sudan shelling kills more than 100 civilians near capital |
| 19. | Somalia, Ethiopia restore diplomatic ties after Ankara deal |
| 20. | Saving Ghana’s dying textile industry — The role the president can directly play |
| 21. | Algeria’s Regime Caught Red-Handed: Kurdish Separatists Hosted in Tindouf Camps |
| 22. | UK, Mauritius Agree on Front-Load Pay for Chagos, Week-End Says |
| 23. | South African rescue operation brings illegal miners, bodies, to surface |
| 24. | ‘It’s the only way’: Migrants, army face-off along S Africa-Zimbabwe border |
