Afghanistan Faces Multitude of Challenges in 2025
The year just ended was a tumultuous one for Afghanistan, marked by many significant events that will continue to challenge the country in 2025 ...
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The fall of Afghanistan’s horse power is a lesson to today’s petrostates: Power based on a strategic commodity is fleeting
But when the world no longer needed horses, Afghanistan’s fortunes rapidly sank—and that should be a warning for economies that rely on today’s strategic commodity, oil. For almost two ...
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Afghanistan: Taliban to turn ex-military bases into special economic zones
What next for Afghanistan's economy? Taliban and Chinese firm agree Afghanistan oil deal Afghanistan is estimated to be sitting on natural resources - including natural gas, copper and rare earths ...
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Oil paint is a simple mixture of oil and pigment, but it's expensive
paintings using poppy-seed oil have been dated as far back as seventh-century Afghanistan. But there's one key reason this paint hasn't ever been cheap: Pigments cost a lot of money. Tegen Hager ...
A look back at Jimmy Carter’s presidency: Years marked by crisis — from gas shortages to Iran
Former President Jimmy Carter led the US through a tumultuous time of conflict in the Middle East, gas shortages, Cold War ...
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KazAID Delivers Humanitarian Assistance to Four Countries in 2024
ASTANA — In 2024, the Kazakhstan Agency of International Development (KazAID) provided humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan ...