The era of globalisation, open borders and global value chains is under severe pressure. Populism, protectionism and climate change have all challenged economic globalisation. International trade increased rapidly after 1990, fuelled by the growth of a complex network of global value chains (GVCs). These chains represent the process of ever-finer …
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By Matin Royeen Introduction: The Coronavirus known as COVID-19 was first discovered in Wuhan, China at the end of December of 2019 and it was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of January 2020. There is controversy regarding the outbreak of this virus. …
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AT News KABUL: A team working to find facts about allegations on the drowning of Afghan migrants by Iranian border, claims that they were drowned by Iranian forces inside Iran. The team claimed Monday they had found evidences to prove Iranian forces were guilty in the incident. Iranian officials had …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have kept close relations with the Daesh and al-Qaeda, two notorious international terrorist networks the United States has been fighting to uproot them for years, the intelligence agency said. Taliban promised to cut any ties with international terrorist bodies in a peace deal they signed …
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AT News KABUL: Acting Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, discussed allegations of drowning of Afghan citizens by Iranian border police. Unofficial reports suggest that Iranian border guards threw more than 50 Afghans who were trying to illegally cross the border …
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Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases exceeded 4,687 as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down even with draconian lockdowns in the main cities. The number of confirmed cases rose by 285 to 4,687 on Monday with the death toll jumping to 122, Wahidullah Majroh, spokesman for the health ministry, told reporters. …
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AT News KABUL: At least six Afghan security forces were killed after the Taliban fighters attacked their checkpoint in eastern Laghman province, military officials confirmed on Monday. The ministry of defense in a statement said that the militants staged attacks on Sunday night on their checkpoints in Ali-Shing district, where …
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Afghanistan will temporarily halt the release of Taliban prisoners till the Taliban frees a total of 200 Afghan security forces in their captivity. So far, the government of Afghanistan has set free over 1,000 Taliban prisoners and will stop doing so until the Taliban frees a total of 200 security …
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AT News KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) has voiced concerned over negotiations about the portion of judicial system between the two feuding Afghan leaders, President Ashraf Ghani and Former Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah. CEO of IWA, Sayed Akram Afzali said, “It has been a longtime that corruption is looming …
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Since the signing of the US-Taliban peace pact in February this year, the warring parties have resorted to accusing each other of violating the deal in their own respective ways. At a time when a peace deal should pave further way for cooperation and advancement of the Afghan peace process, …
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