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It is one of the few places in Afghanistan where women like her can work since the Taliban came back into power in 2021. "When I worked in a beauty salon, it was good," she said. "The pay was good.

In less than a decade, Saudi Arabia has positioned itself as a key mining player despite a relatively modest ore output. In 2016, the country announced its Vision 2030 – a long-term economic and ...

Back in 2000, following a meeting with Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban envoy to Pakistan, Vijay K Nambiar, India’s High Commissioner to Islamabad at the time, assessed the chances of engagement ...

India's engagement with the Taliban-led Afghan government is redefining South Asia's political landscape. A significant meeting between India and the Taliban discussed trade through Iran's ...

In one its highest level of engagement since the Kabul fall, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met Taliban’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai last week. The Taliban expressed ...

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The two decades following the fall of the Taliban in ... civilians was not new. Bamiyan is a name that is well-known worldwide. The March 2001 destruction of the giant Buddha statues carved ...