Diary

ANKARA (AA) – Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to receive Ivica Dacic, head of Serbia's National Assembly.

ANKARA – Following COVID-19 normalization process in Turkey, virus variants, worldwide pandemic situation.

AFGHANISTAN

KABUL – Monitoring developments in Afghanistan after Taliban have announced 'interim government'.

GUINEA

CONAKRY – Monitoring developments after soldiers announced detention of president, dissolution of government.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA – Turkish Statistical Institute to release housing sales statistics for August.

WASHINGTON – US Labor Department to reveal consumer price index for August.

SPORTS

ISTANBUL – Group matches in 2021-22 UEFA Champions League to start.

SPECIAL REPORT

Pakistan, Afghanistan trade soars following Taliban takeover

By Islamuddin Sajid

TORKHAM BORDER, Pakistan (AA) – Exporters from Pakistan have resumed supplying goods to Afghanistan after more than three weeks of uncertainty in Kabul.

SPECIAL REPORT

Fear, uncertainty keep driving people out of Afghanistan

By Shafiq Ahmad

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Najiya Saleemi is relieved over reports that international flights to Pakistan have resumed as she packs her belongings to say adieu to Afghanistan, the land of beautiful orchards and rough mountain landscape that is suffering from severe economic hardships.

SPECIAL REPORT

While thousands rushing to leave Afghanistan, many plan to return

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI/CHAMAN, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of Afghans, especially those who remained attached with foreign forces, are rushing to leave Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover after a 20-year bloody conflict.

SPECIAL REPORT

Backyard shoemakers steal show in Zimbabwe

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – In the beginning, 24-year-old Richard Mbirimu was just a desperate ordinary shoe vendor on the streets of Zimbabwe's capital Harare.

SPECIAL REPORT

Zimbabwe's indigenous baobab coffee makers strike gold

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) – Ratidzo Nyanhanda has become busy as a bee, with customers swarming her house now and then, buying homemade baobab coffee from her.

SPECIAL REPORT

'Raising awareness of first aid key for saving lives'

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) – Experts and road safety activists in India have called for upgrading infrastructure and a greater focus on training paramedics to provide first aid immediately to accident victims.