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Afghanistan: Taliban looking for an office in Qatar

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Are the Taliban poised to enter into new negotiations? They say they are and will open a political office in Qatar to prove it. Meanwhile, people in Beijing want the Chinese government to take a leaf out of the US's book when it comes to pollution. Finally, in India’s Kashmir valley, many of the area's Christians were forced to spend Christmas in fear.

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