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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Oct. 16 - Oct. 22)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | U.S. Capitol riot pa

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Top U.S. envoy to Afghanistan stepping down

Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is stepping down, the U.S. State Department said on Monday. The move comes less than two months a

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Is China a new moderator world power?

VCG Editor's note:Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is a national thousand talent distinguished professor of public policy at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, an

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Afghanistan: Retrospective analysis and future forecast

The sudden fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul and its replacement with an interim administration partially comprised of Taliban representatives shocked many ob

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Afghanistan: Retrospective analysis and future forecast

The sudden fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul and its replacement with an interim administration partially comprised of Taliban representatives shocked many ob

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Afghanistan on edge: Kabul awaits 'peaceful transfer' of power

01:19 The Taliban began entering Kabul on Sunday after taking control of all of Afghanistan's major cities apart from the capital. Promising not to take Kabul by force, the Taliban said

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Taliban seize capital of Afghanistan's Farah Province

Smokes rise from Sheberghan in Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan, August 6, 2021. /Xinhua The Taliban on Tuesday announced seizing the capital of western Afghanistan's Farah Province, the seventh

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Pressed for Time, Pentagon Looking for Installations to Transfer Afghan Interpreters

The US Department of Defense is mulling locations where it could send Afghan interpreters and other allies, as Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters Thursday "se

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APD | Afghan situation … regional powers need to fill vacuum!

Editor's Note: The writer, Mr. I. Hussain Janjua is a senior media professional and analyst having experience of research & broadcast journalism in different organisati

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Hostage advocates concerned by US pullout from Afghanistan

Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home captives from th

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APD | Afghan-led, Afghan-owned solution needs to be truly respected

Editor's Note: The writer, Mr. I. Hussain Janjua is a senior media professional and analyst having experience of research & broadcast journalism in different organisati

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Afghan president meets with U.S. peace delegation in Kabul

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with the visiting U.S. inter-ministerial delegation led by Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, the presi

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APD | India to lose its influence in Afghanistan

Editor's Note: The writer, Mr. I. Hussain Janjua is a senior media professional and analyst having experience of research & broadcast journalism in different organisati

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How the next five months may decide the future of Afghanistan

An average of five children have been killed or wounded every day for the past 14 years in war-wrecked Afghanistan, according to Save The Children. /VCG Twenty years on from the American invas

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Russian-American relations have reached a dangerous nadir

A view of the Russian embassy in Washington D.C., United States, March 17, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the auth

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Withdrawal of foreign troops and intra-Afghan dialogue remain crucial

Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 7, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Azhar Azam works in a private organization as market and business analyst and

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Afghan president says ready to discuss elections to advance talks with Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday, in a bid to push forward peace talks with the Taliban, that his government was ready to discuss holding fresh elections,