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    Afghanistan

    Tribesmen returning from Afghanistan find life tough in camps for internally displaced

    North Waziristan tribesmen who had migrated to Afghanistan during Operation Zarb-e-Azb have fallen on hard times in camp for internally displaced people in the...
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    Afghanistan

    The UN’s Vital Role in Afghanistan

    The UN can help to place Afghanistan on a new development and political path with the backing of major global and regional powers and...
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    Human rights

    India dangerously backsliding on rights, says Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2022

    Activists and critics were targeted and authorities gave up any appearance of tolerating dissent and used the machinery of the state to silence critics. Indian...
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    Civil society

    The straw that broke Kazakhstan’s back

    The three-day reign of terror in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, is one of the darkest pages in the country’s three decades since independence. Afraid of even...
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    COVID-19

    COVID-19 And Military Coup Result in Poverty; Impact Food Consumption In Myanmar

    An United Nations study estimates that in a worst-case scenario, almost half the population of Myanmar could slide below the poverty line by 2022....
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    Bangladesh

    Human rights defenders worked in precarious conditions as COVID-19 swept through 2020, says Forum Asia report

    A recently released study conducted by Forum Asia says that rights defenders in 11 Asian countries (including Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri...
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    News

    Pakistan’s ghost villages limp back to peace and life

    About 38 villages in the Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were razed to the ground during the sectarian violence in 2007. Now, a...
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    Human rights

    UN Special Envoy calls for New Year’s ceasefire in Myanmar

    The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has appealed for a New Year’s ceasefire following weeks of escalating violence in the country. United Nations Special Envoy...
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    Agriculture

    El Niño Threatens Bhutan’s Key Sectors Amid Climate Uncertainties

    Bhutan is already experiencing climate change effects as one of the most vulnerable countries despite minimal emissions.
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    Pakistan’s Paradox: Flooded Yet Thirsty – The Hidden Water Crisis

    Pakistan has the potential to turn the tide. With smarter agriculture, technological adoption, community-driven conservation, and political will for infrastructure, the nation can secure water for future generations.
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    Pakistan has the potential to turn the tide. With smarter agriculture, technological adoption, community-driven conservation, and political will for infrastructure, the nation can secure water for future generations.
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