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A hunger strike by a group of Afghan rights activists to protest the anti-female policies of the ruling Taliban has entered its second week as they seek international recognition of the militants' policies as "gender apartheid."
Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimov and national-security chief Saimumin Yatimov have been sitting pretty at the top of Tajikistan’s authoritarian regime. But the arrest of a businessman that positioned himself as a close friend of both is looking like a rare shot across their respective bows.
It's been 10 years since Chinese leader Xi Jinping launched his signature foreign-policy venture, the Belt and Road Initiative. Where does it stand after a decade?
Taliban officials have rejected reports that Afghanistan will send female athletes to the Asian Games in China later this month, saying all 133 athletes in the delegation being sent are male.
China's Belt and Road Initiative marks its 10th anniversary with challenges, evolutions, and continued global influence amidst geopolitical changes.