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Afghanistan
Taliban Railway Chief Travels to Kazakhstan for ECO Regional Meeting
DID Press: Mawlawi Abdul Karim Fateh, head of the Taliban-run Afghanistan Railway Authority, has travelled to Kazakhstan at the head of a technical delegation to attend a regional meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Fateh is expected to address…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Builds Underground Tunnels Near Kandahar After Pakistani Strikes
DID Press: Taliban have begun constructing underground facilities and tunnels near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan following Pakistani strikes, according to a report by Pamir Watch. The tunnels are reportedly intended to shelter Taliban forces in the event of a possible…
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Afghanistan
UN Refugee Chief Warns of Difficult Conditions Facing Afghans Returning Home
DID Press: Nearly seven million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring countries since late 2023, many of them under difficult circumstances and through forced returns, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said. Barham Salih, the UN High…
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Afghanistan
More Than 161 Tonnes of Narcotics Destroyed in Afghanistan’s Herat Province
DID Press: Security officials in Afghanistan’s western Herat province say 161 tonnes and 490 kilograms of various narcotics seized over the past year have been burned and destroyed in the Khwaja Abdullah Ansari desert area. Sayed Masoud Husseini, spokesperson for…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Suspends BBC Radio Broadcasts in Afghanistan After Report on Pakistani Airstrikes
DID Press: Taliban has suspended BBC radio broadcasts on FM frequencies in Afghanistan following the publication of an investigative report examining Pakistani airstrikes and damage to sites associated with the Taliban, according to informed sources. The sources said the order…
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Afghanistan
Kabul–Jalalabad Highway Closed After Heavy Rain and Landslide
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of Public Works has announced the closure of the Kabul–Jalalabad highway in the Tangi Abrisham area following persistent rainfall and a landslide. The ministry said on Tuesday, October 13, that operational teams were at the…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Implements More Than 1,000 Projects to Reduce Flood Damage
DID Press: Afghanistan has implemented more than 1,000 projects aimed at reducing damage caused by floods, Nooruddin Turabi, head of the Taliban’s disaster management preparedness authority, has said. According to Turabi, the projects include the construction of retaining walls and…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Abu Hanifa Expo Sees $934.8M in Trade Agreements
DID Press: Trade contracts and memorandums of understanding worth a total of $934.8 million have been signed between Afghan businesspeople and their foreign counterparts at the fifth Abu Hanifa National and International Exhibition, according to Sayed Karim Hashemi, head of…
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Economy & Development
Hezbollah Reportedly Pays Housing Costs for Families Displaced by Israeli Attacks
DID Press: Lebanese journalist Khalil Nasrallah says Hezbollah is paying accommodation costs for people displaced by Israeli attacks and covering the replacement of household furniture in homes destroyed in the strikes. According to Nasrallah, the assistance is provided regardless of…
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Government
Yemen’s Ansarullah Threatens US Interests if Washington Intervenes
DID Press: A member of Yemen’s Ansarullah political bureau has warned the United States against intervening in what the group describes as aggression against Yemen, saying the movement would respond if Washington became involved. “If the United States intervenes in…
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