Diplomacy

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  Diplomacy

  2021-10-29

  Russia amplifying ISIS threat as pretext to exert dominance in region

  Russian President Putin's recent assertion that 2,000 ISIS militants were amassing near Afghanistan's northern border is seen as a ploy to scare countries into accepting the Kremlin's 'help'.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-10-06

  Taliban takeover puts relationship with Iran on the rocks

  Iran appears to have preferred the Taliban, which Tehran supported militarily for years, as an opposition force in Afghanistan. Now with the Taliban in power, Iran is singing a different tune.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-09-23

  US to donate another 500 million COVID vaccine doses, totalling over 1 billion

  The pledge from President Joe Biden at the COVID-19 summit brings the total US commitment of donated vaccine doses to 1.1 billion -- more than the rest of the world combined.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-08-27

  Russia hedges bets in Afghanistan

  Strategic calculations are encouraging Moscow to embrace a group that it has funneled weapons and money to for years, and is banned in Russia as 'terrorist'.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-08-10

  Taliban, China accept each other's misdeeds in alliance of convenience

  The Taliban seem willing to overlook China's repression of millions of Muslims in Xinjiang, while Beijing is saying little of the Taliban's militant ideology and campaign to overthrow the government.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-07-08

  Iranian regime attempts to reshape image of 'new' Taliban

  'They don't behead individuals anymore,' read a recent Iranian editorial on the Taliban, listing one of the reasons why the militant group is 'not the group we once knew'.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-06-03

  UN nuclear watchdog 'concerned' over undeclared Iran sites

  The IAEA says that the results of its inspection work established that nuclear contamination was present at three undeclared locations, while questions linger about a fourth site.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-05-26

  Distrust of Chinese vaccine creates obstacles for Saudi-bound Pakistanis

  Saudi Arabia is not allowing individuals who received Chinese-made coronavirus vaccines in the country over ongoing concerns about their efficacy in resisting COVID-19.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-04-07

  Russian foreign minister's visit to Pakistan raises questions over intentions

  Sergey Lavrov's visit to Islamabad comes at a time when Russia is suffering from international isolation and an economic crisis, both due to Moscow's ongoing malign activity around the world.

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  Diplomacy

  2021-03-26

  Taliban: we will 'never support' democracy in Afghanistan

  The Taliban have rejected President Ashraf Ghani's proposal to hold elections later this year -- evidence of the group's fear of the will of the Afghan people.