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Afghanistan
Pakistan Ends Sports Cooperation with Afghan Players
DID Press: Amid escalating political tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken an unprecedented step by banning Afghan players from participating in its premier league. The PCB announced in a controversial decision that Afghan players will…
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Afghanistan
Australia Sanctions 4 Taliban Officials Over Human Rights Violations
DID Press: Australia imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four Taliban officials, including three ministers and the head of the judiciary. Canberra described the move as a response to the “deteriorating human rights situation, especially for women and girls”…
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Media
Iran, Charlie Kirk Lead Google’s 2025 Political Searches
DID Press: Google’s annual trends report for 2025 shows that topics related to Iran—from geopolitical developments to internal affairs—were among the most searched political subjects worldwide. The report also highlights an unusually sharp rise in searches for Charlie Kirk, a…
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Afghanistan
Taliban, Pakistan Halt Border Clashes in Spin Boldak
DID Press: Heavy fighting between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards at the strategic Spin Boldak crossing has been temporarily halted following a call and request from Islamabad. Meanwhile, Taliban officials accuse Pakistan of repeatedly violating the ceasefire and launching…
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Afghanistan
Experts Warn Iran’s Afghan Migrant Policy Fuels Systemic Exclusion
DID Press: Tehran this week hosted the 25th expert session of the Rahel Association, focusing on “Afghan Migrants as a Complex Social Issue in Iran.” Experts at the gathering argued that the structural exclusion of Afghan migrants stems from the…
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Government
Pakistan Deploys Drones to Target Poppy Fields in Balochistan
DID Press: Officials in Pakistan’s Balochistan province are turning to drone technology to identify and destroy poppy fields as part of efforts to curb narcotics production in the border region shared with Iran and Afghanistan. With poppy cultivation expanding across…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Set Conditions for Reopening Border Crossings with Pakistan
DID Press: Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban government, said that Afghanistan–Pakistan commercial crossings will only reopen if Islamabad guarantees it will not use these routes to exert political or economic pressure on Kabul. Mujahid said that the prolonged closure…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns of Slow Rebuilding in Quake-Hit Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that weeks after the earthquake in northern Afghanistan, reconstruction in many affected areas remains slow, leaving homeless families facing serious risks as winter approaches. In its latest report,…
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Afghanistan
Taliban FM Asserts Afghanistan’s Independent Foreign Policy
DID Press: Taliban government’s FM underlined that Kabul manages its foreign relations independently and does not heed Pakistan’s warnings. Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Foreign Minister, emphasized that Afghanistan’s foreign policy is determined by Kabul itself and no country has the…
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Afghanistan
Jailing Bamdad: From Cultural Silencing to Int’l Costs for Taliban
DID Press: The arrest of a poet like Sayed Sikandar Hussaini Bamdad signifies the removal of figures who reflect the collective memory and cultural conscience of society. With this action, the Taliban government not only targets critical and independent narratives…
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