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Recognition of Taliban Govt still not on the table: Kabulov

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 14, 2023The special representative of Russia for Afghanistan has unequivocally declared that Moscow has no plans to recognize the Taliban formally. Zamir Kabulov told the TASS news agency that Russia has repeatedly stated at all possible levels that there is no discussion about recognizing the Taliban. He told TASS, “There is no progress, and this has been discussed at all possible levels.” Russia is a member…

PML-N, PTI yet to make contact: PPP

by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Niv 4, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders on Friday said that neither the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nor the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) formally reached out to their party for scheduling a meeting between the leadership. The PPP information secretaries, Shazia Marri and Faisal Karim Kundi, shared with The Express Tribune that nothing significant has happened after both the PML-N and the PTI announced that they would…

China’s Sinopec formally enters Lankan fuel market

by Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, May 23, 2023Sri Lanka yesterday signed a long-term contract with Sinopec Fuel Oil Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., to import, store, distribute, and sell petroleum products, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The PMD said the contract was signed at the Presidential Secretariat and that the agreement was reached following the recommendations of a Cabinet-appointed special committee. Sinopec Fuel Oil Lanka is a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec),…

Afghan women protest ‘bid’ to recognise Taliban

AFP report, April 30th, 2023KABUL: A group of Afghan women protested in Kabul on Saturday, defying a crackdown on dissent to urge foreign nations not to formally recognise the Taliban government, ahead of a UN summit next week. Protesters opposing creeping curbs on women’s rights have been beaten or detained since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021, and security forces have fired into the air to disperse some rallies. However, small groups of…