| 1. | Taliban Violence Remains High in Afghanistan, Says Sopko
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-170750 |
| 2. | Intra-Afghan peace talks can revitalise Turkey-US ties
https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/intra-afghan-peace-talks-can-revitalise-turkey-us-ties-45043 |
| 3. | Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s Government Needs to Go
https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-president-ashraf-ghanis-government-needs-go-opinion-1575861 |
| 4. | Afghan official: Gunmen fire at university bus, killing 2 https://www.arabnews.com/node/1826421/world |
| 5. | Afghanistan investigates ban on girls’ singing
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56393819 |
| 6. | US officials warns Congress on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/us-official-warns-congress-on-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan |
| 7. | Saudi Arabia targets 1 million b/d domestic oil demand reduction
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/031621-saudi-arabia-targets-1-million-bd-domestic-oil-demand-reduction |
| 8. | Pakistan gives another extension to helicopter deal with Turkey
https://www.dawn.com/news/1612986 |
| 9. | Iran starts human trials of its third domestic COVID vaccine
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/iran-starts-human-trials-on-third-locally-developed-vaccine |
| 10. | 7 rockets target Iraq base housing US troops: security source
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1826026/middle-east |
| 11. | Palestine: Medical conditions ‘dangerous’ over COVID-19
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/latest-on-coronavirus-outbreak/palestine-medical-conditions-dangerous-over-covid-19/2177562 |
| 12. | Netanyahu takes ties with Jordan to the brink
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1826636 |
| 13. | Lebanon needs an aid paradigm shift
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/16/lebanon-needs-an-aid-paradigm-shift |
| 14. | Syria shoots down Israeli missiles over Damascus, state media says
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210316-syria-shoots-down-israeli-missiles-over-damascus-says-state-media |
| 15. | ECOWAS and ECCAS advance inter regional cooperation in gender, social affairs and health
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1068350/ecowas-and-eccas-advance-inter-regional-cooperatio.html |
| 16. | Kenya to take over Chinese-operated rail line five years early
https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/kenya-take-over-chinese-operated-rail-line-five-ye/ |
| 17. | Nigeria has New Security Chiefs but Insecurity Persists
https://intpolicydigest.org/nigeria-has-new-security-chiefs-but-insecurity-persists/ |
| 18. | South Africa’s Drop in Covid-19 Cases Adds to Questions About Waves of Infections
https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-africas-drop-in-covid-19-cases-adds-to-questions-about-waves-of-infections-11615734003 |
