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☆ Afghanistan's Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Mohammad Yunus Yawar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

KABUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday. It will be the first major public commodities extraction deal the Taliban administration has signed with an foreign company since taking power in 2021. "The Amu Darya oil contract is an important project between China and Afghanistan," China's ambassador, Wang Yu, told the news conference. China has not formally recognised the Taliban administration but it has significant interests in a country at the centre of a region important for its Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The Chinese company will invest $150 million a year in Afghanistan under the contract, the spokesperson for the Taliban-run administration, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Twitter.

But other potential Chinese investors were less sure. Most investors had decided to head home ahead of Chinese New Year, said Yu. GUNFIRE, PANICNews of the hotel attack spread fast to the investors running China Town - a cluster of 10-storey blocks about 20 minutes drive away, overlooked by snow-topped mountains. After security forces secured the hotel, Yu got through to some of the guests by phone. In all, about 35 Chinese investors were in the hotel, he said - about a third of the number he estimated were in Afghanistan at the time.

☆ Taliban court lashes 14 in latest shift to corporal punishments
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

It was the second confirmation of lashings by the Taliban this month, signalling a possible return to practices common in its hardline rule in the 1990s. The Taliban's supreme spiritual leader met judges this month and said they should carry out punishments consistent with sharia law, according to a court statement. Public lashings and executions by stoning took place under the previous 1996-2001 rule of the Taliban. Such punishments later became rare and were condemned by the foreign-backed Afghan governments that followed, though the death penalty remained legal in Afghanistan. Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Slovenia's election may produce first woman president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Katja Lihtenvalner | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LJUBLJANA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Slovenians were voting on Sunday in a presidential election runoff, with former TV presenter Natasa Pirc Musar hoping to beat right-wing politician Andze Logar and become the country's first woman president. Although the role is mostly ceremonial, the president heads the army and also nominates several top officials, including the central bank governor. An opinion poll conducted by the Ninamedia agency published in the daily Dnevnik on Friday showed Pirc Musar winning 51.2% of the votes, with Logar taking 48.8%. "I expect the next president to care about us, the citizens, to represent Slovenia in a good manner," Uros Pinter said after casting his ballot in Ljubljana. Pirc Musar, 54, a former TV presenter who is now an influential lawyer, campaigned on human rights, the rule of law and social welfare issues.

☆ Right-wing politician expected to take lead in Slovenia's presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LJUBLJANA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Polls opened in the Slovenian presidential election on Sunday with former foreign minister in the rightist government, Anze Logar, expected to lead the seven candidates after the first round of voting. Opinion polls suggest that no candidate will win the more than 50% of the votes that would secure victory after the first round. The two candidates who win most votes will face run-off in two weeks. Polling stations close at 7 p.m. (1700 GMT) and first results are expected about two hours later. "While the president’s role in Slovenia is largely ceremonial, the election result will reflect voter support for liberal pro-EU political forces in relation to populist eurosceptic parties," the Teneo consultancy said before the election.

☆ Taliban replaces Afghan acting education minister in reshuffle
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ali KharaKABUL, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Taliban's supreme leader issued an order on Tuesday announcing a reshuffle of several national and provincial positions, including replacing the acting education minister. Acting education minister Noorullah Munir would be replaced in the role by the head of Kandahar's provincial council, Maulvi Habibullah Agha. Afghanistan's education system has been in the spotlight since the Taliban took over the country just over a year ago. The group had largely banned education of girls when last in power two decades ago but had said its policies had changed. Taliban and diplomatic sources told Reuters that last week several ministers had gathered in Kandahar for a cabinet meeting led by the supreme leader.

☆ Talibanii au lansat o ofensivă masivă în Afganistan înainte de retragerea trupelor SUA și NATO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-04 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesTalibanii au lansat o ofensivă masivă în Afganistan înainte de retragerea trupelor SUA și NATOForțele de securitate afgane au oprit o ofensivă majoră a talibanilor în sudul provinciei Helmand, în ultimele 24 de ore, conform oficialilor și locuitorilor din zonă. „A fost o furtună de explozii și sunete de foc de armă”, spune Mulah Jan, locuitor al unei suburbii din Lashkar Gah. Attaulah Aghan, șeful consiliului provinciei Helmand a declarat că Talibanii și-au lansat ofensiva masivă chiar de luni, din mai multe direcții, atacând puncte de control de la marginea Lashkar Gah, pe unele chiar luându-le cu asalt. Deși Statele Unite au ratat termenul limită de retragere a trupelor stabilit la 1 mai, termen care fusese stabilit printr-un acord cu reprezentanții Talibanilor, președintele Joe Biden a anunțat o retragere completă din Afganistan până în 11 septembrie. Ca parte a retragerii trupelor americane din Afganistan, SUA a predat baza din Helmand către trupele afgane în urmă cu două zile.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: NATO, afgan Locations: Afganistan, SUA, Helmand, Statele Unite, anglo, Logar

☆ Atac cu mașină capcană în Afganistan: Cel puțin 21 de morți și 90 de răniți
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cel puţin 21 de persoane au fost ucise şi 90 rănite vineri, în estul Afganistanului, într-un atac cu vehicul capcană pe care autorităţile afgane l-au atribuit talibanilor, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Atacul, care a avut loc la o zi după începerea retragerii soldaţilor NATO din Afganistan, s-a produs în capitala provinciei Logar (est). Clădirea vizată a fost reşedinţa guvernatorului provinciei Logar, dar acum era utilizată ca motel. Atentatul intervine în contextul în care Statele Unite şi Alianţa Nord-Atlantică urmează să retragă trupele din Afganistan. Talibanii au intensificat atacurile mortale împotriva poliţiei şi a soldaţilor afgani de la anunţarea încheierii misiunii NATO.

Persons: autorităţile, afgan Ashraf Ghani, Aliaţii Organizations: Agerpres, Mediafax, NATO Locations: Afganistanului, Afganistan, Logar, Statele Unite, Atlantică

☆ 21 de morţi şi 90 de răniţi în Afganistan, după un atentat cu o mașină-capcană
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia Images21 de morţi şi 90 de răniţi în Afganistan, după un atentat cu o mașină-capcanăCel puţin 21 de persoane au fost ucise şi 90 rănite vineri, în estul Afganistanului, într-un atac cu vehicul capcană pe care autorităţile afgane l-au atribuit talibanilor, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Atacul, care a avut loc la o zi după începerea retragerii soldaţilor NATO din Afganistan, s-a produs în capitala provinciei Logar (est). Clădirea vizată a fost reşedinţa guvernatorului provinciei Logar, dar acum era utilizată ca motel. În urma exploziei, o parte a imobilului s-a prăbuşit, potrivit Mediafax. Talibanii au intensificat atacurile mortale împotriva poliţiei şi a soldaţilor afgani de la anunţarea încheierii misiunii NATO.

Persons: autorităţile, afgan Ashraf Ghani, Aliaţii Organizations: Agerpres, Mediafax, NATO Locations: Afganistan, Afganistanului, Logar, Statele Unite, Atlantică

☆ Meet Afghanistan's fearless Gen Z influencers, who are blowing up on TikTok and have more Instagram followers than the president
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-05 | by ( Ali Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

A group of women in Afghanistan are breaking through as Gen Z influencers on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. More Afghans are online, and dozens of Afghan women have 50,000 or more followers on at least one social platform. A generation of Afghan women in their 20s have mastered the art of living their lives on social media. The 26-year-old posts several times a day, and she has more followers on Instagram than the country's president, Ashraf Ghani. Ayeda Shadab photographed at the ancient Citadel in Herat, Afghanistan.

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