Foreign missions in Kabul issue joint call for Taliban ceasefire
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Fifteen diplomatic missions and the NATO representative in Kabul joined hands on Monday to urge the Taliban to halt military offensives across Afghanistan, just hours after a peace meeting in Doha failed to agree on a ceasefire. A senior delegation of Afghan leaders met the Taliban’s political leadership in the Qatari capital over […]
Essay: Afghanistan’s future – the core issues at stake as Taliban sits down to negotiate ending 19-year war
UK researcher KAWEH KAREMI, in an article first published on The Conversation, takes a closer look at Afghanistan’s path to peace…
MIDDLE EAST: CAN QATAR’S LOW-CARBON CITY SHOW A GREENER FUTURE?
Gas-rich Qatar emits more carbon dioxide per person than any country in the world but, as HEBA KANSO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports, a new urban district is experimenting with lower-emission living…
WORKER RIGHTS: DESPITE REFORMS, QATAR’S MIGRANT WORKFORCE STILL FEAR EXPLOITATION
HEBA KANSO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push for the rights of migrant workers in Qatar…