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Largest party in Nepal heads for split
As many as 95 leaders from the party, including 58 from the existing Central Committee, applied to the Election Commission for the establishment of Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (Socialist) to be headed by Madhav Kumar Nepal, with former prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal in the second rank, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Wary of a guerrilla war, Taliban asks civilians to handover their weapons
Despite their dramatic takeover of Kabul, marking its return to power on Sunday, after two decades in the wilderness, the group is aware that it could be hit by irregular warfare, resulting from the ready availability of small arms with a faceless opposition. Reuters is reporting that the group has asked all Afghan civilians on Wednesday to hand over their guns and ammunition to the Taliban's authorized members.
India proposes multi-pronged plan to equip UN peacekeeping for 21st century challenges
"UN peacekeeping simply cannot afford to cede the information advantage to those actors determined to undermine prospects for peace by using modern technology to aid their violent cause," India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said at a Security Council debate on technology and peacekeeping.
'President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul with $169 million in cash'
Afghanistan's Ambassador to Tajikistan, Mohammad Zahir Agbar said that Ghani should be arrested and the wealth of the Afghan nation be restored, Ozodi reported. Speaking at a news conference , Agbar called Ghani's escape a "betrayal of the state and the nation" and claimed that he had "taken $169 million with him". Agbar announced that Amrullah Saleh was legally the President of Afghanistan now.
Voices of support for Taliban emerge from several quarters in Pakistan
The daily Ummat (an Urdu daily) reported that "Afghan Taliban's victory is undoubtedly a victory of the entire Muslim Ummah which is overwhelmed by the success of Taliban over infidels". Interestingly the paper goes on to mention that "Muslims from Kashmir to Gaza are celebrating Taliban's victory by distributing sweets and greeting each other to express their happiness".
China takes control of CPEC in Pakistan
The removal of a retired army general also reinforced China's bid to control and micro-manage the infrastructural projects by installing its acolyte, Khalid Mansoor, a civilian energy expert, to push the stalled projects forward. China was unhappy with the pace of the execution of the CPEC projects and had hoped Bajwa, who belonged to the ‘deep state' of Pakistan would be able to expedite the projects.
Vaccine stockpiling by nations may bring new Covid variants
A team of researchers from the US and Canada projected forward the incidence of Covid-19 cases under a range of vaccine dosing regimes, vaccination rates, and assumptions related to immune responses. The models also allowed for the regions to be coupled either through case importation, or the evolution of a novel variant in one of the regions. The study is published in the journal Science.
Afghan Mayhem: Taliban continue to attack women, children after capturing power
The photos and videos from the Kabul airport reveal the actual scenario of the women and children of the country. A Los Angeles Times reporter posted pictures of the ground and added that a dozen women and children were left wounded. As per the video obtained by the Fox News, the Taliban fighters while looking for the ex-government officials, can be seen roaming around the streets and have opened fire at several places.
China expects new Afghan regime to make break with terrorists
China hopes the Taliban can work with all parties in setting up an open and inclusive political framework, and pursue a peaceful and friendly foreign policy, particularly developing friendly relations with neighbouring countries, to achieve reconstruction and development in Afghanistan, Hua said, Xinhua news agency reported.
Fallout of botched Afghan exit overwhelms White House
A viral video clip shows a crowd of Afghans running alongside a US military transport aircraft, with some clinging to the fuselage, as it gained speed on the tarmac at an airport in Kabul. Another segment films what appears to be individuals falling in mid-air after the plane took off, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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