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Former Afghan Diplomat Fazlollah Momtaz: The International Community Cares Only About Preventing Terrorism, But Afghanistan Needs Immediate Humanitarian Aid; Journalists Fear For Their Lives And Cannot Convey The True Voice Of The Afghan People

Former Afghan diplomat Fazlollah Momtaz said that all the international community cares about is preventing terrorism in Afghanistan, while the Afghan people are facing a “humanitarian catastrophe” if they does not receive aid. He made his remarks in an interview that aired on Sky News Arabia (UAE) on September 18, …

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Profiles Of Afghan Taliban Ministers – Interior Minister Is On FBI’s Most Wanted List, 14 Ministers Including Prime Minister Are On UN Security Council’s Terror Blacklist

On August 15, 2021, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization) seized power in Afghanistan. On September 7, it announced an interim government, declaring a list of 32 acting ministers and the prime minister.[1] Two weeks later, on September 21, the jihadi group released a second list of …

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Shadow contracts, corruption keep the lights out in Iraq

In the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, glossy election campaign posters are plastered alongside jungles of sagging electrical wires lining the alleyway to Abu Ammar’s home. But his mind is far from Iraq’s Oct. 10 federal election. The 56-year-old retired soldier’s social welfare payments barely cover the cost of food …

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The Government can’t shirk blame for the HGV driver shortage

To say that this problem is being faced across Europe is an abrogation of ministers’ own duty to do what they can to mitigate the effects Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has called the panic buying of fuel a “manufactured situation” deliberately engineered to pressure the Government over the shortage …

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The Observer view on shortages and rationing

Boris Johnson can’t blame Covid for the hardship that lies ahead; deliberate choices by Tory ministers have also played their part Queues at the pumps, shortages in supermarkets, energy companies going bust and chemotherapy being cancelled due to staff shortages. Welcome to Britain in 2021. Some of this disruption has …

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Άμεση ανάλυση: Το «Φανάρι» υπό τον Σολτς το πιθανότερο σενάριο και το χαστούκι στο συντηρητικό στρατόπεδο

Το «Φανάρι» υπό τον Ολαφ Σολτς είναι το πιθανότερο σενάριο στο Βερολίνο, χαστούκι στο συντηρητικό στρατόπεδο και τον Αρμιν Λάσετ, ποιοι προαλείφονται για νέοι υπουργοί Το οριακό προβάδισμα των σοσιαλδημοκρατών (SPD) στα πρώτα exit polls φέρνει πιο κοντά το σενάριο της σύμπραξης με τους Πράσινους και τους Ελεύθερους Δημοκράτες με …

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The Real Estate State?

Real Estate is the world’s largest asset class. The numbers are staggering- globally, real estate in aggregate is worth approximately $230 trillion. Of this, residential real estate is the majority player, worth approximately $180 trillion. This far exceeds the value of all stocks and is on the order of 25 …

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