Your Week in Asia
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Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Economy
Asia Insight
Uzbek farmers battle to save cotton, wheat crops from mortal enemy: salt
Growing salinization crisis bites as cotton exports to Bangladesh skid 80% in 5 years
International relations
Pakistan and Taliban to expand trade despite lingering tensions
Two countries agree on 'separation of business from politics'
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban says China has accepted its envoy to Beijing
Afghanistan 'last piece' of strategic puzzle as Beijing looks to shut out West
International relations
Taliban vow to finish disputed canal at 'any cost'
Afghanistan's Central Asian neighbors cry foul over plans to tap shared river
Afghanistan turmoil
Female Afghan earthquake survivors face higher hurdles to aid
Taliban officials insist help is being distributed fairly; women say otherwise
Natural disasters
Starving Afghan earthquake survivors face reality of aid shortfall
Agencies, Taliban officials and victims stress need for emergency funds
Natural disasters
Afghans continue to dig out the dead after quake kills over 2,000
Survivor says villagers don't need food, but shovels to excavate bodies
Asia Insight
Afghanistan rulers win tacit acceptance as women face 'apartheid'
World struggles to give aid without helping Taliban as regime enters third year
Economy
Pakistani barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran, Russia stuck in neutral
Plan to ease forex pressure met with disinterest amid strained Taliban ties
Afghanistan turmoil
Pakistan cracks down on food smuggling to Afghanistan
Islamabad targets black market between crisis-hit neighbors to ease inflation
Afghanistan turmoil
Over 1m girls barred from Afghanistan schools as rules sap economy
Taliban restrictions deplete workforce, prompting warnings of long-term damage
International relations
Taliban build ties to U.S. rivals with new China oil deal
Isolated government taps resource riches to connect with outside world
Natural disasters
Afghanistan earthquake leaves homeless waiting for uncertain relief
Taliban say they are working around the clock but need more international aid
Afghanistan turmoil
Global food inflation stokes Afghanistan's starvation crisis
War, drought and economic crisis leave millions unable to cope with rising prices
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Afghanistan turmoil
Poverty drives Afghan women to sell their babies, bodies
Collapse under Taliban leaves people with few economic options
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghans starve for wheat stuck in India-Pakistan bureaucracy
Red tape ties up 50,000 tons of goodwill assistance for hungry until spring
Interview
Taliban hopeful of international recognition after Oslo talks
Norwegians doubtful as confident Afghan official says 'actions speak louder'
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghan children risk death smuggling across border with Pakistan
Under Taliban rule, hundreds of minors traffic goods each day for families' sake
Opinion
2022 look ahead: Central Asia will cement its turn against the West
Expect China and Russia to step in and take advantage
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghanistan food crisis prods India, Pakistan to cooperate on aid
Archrivals close to arranging emergency transport of 50,000 tons of Indian wheat
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghan poppy season returns in force under Taliban rule
Farmers say authorities have not halted cultivation, despite public pledges
Interview
Afghanistan should be regional trade hub, says top Uzbek senator
Politician Safoyev says neighbor needs north-south transport corridor
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghanistan faces 30% economic slump under Taliban rule: IMF
Neighboring countries likely to bear financial burden of refugee crisis