India, Nepal won’t talk borders. Prachanda has a different message for Modi
India has backed Prachanda, like it usually does traditional political parties such as the Nepali Congress, because it doesn’t fully trust Oli.
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Interview with Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Emirate
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In an interview with ThePrint’s Senior Consulting Editor Jyoti Malhotra in Kabul, Afghanistan, the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spoke on…
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