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Afghanistan
KP Chief Minister Calls for Border Reopening and Renewed Engagement with Kabul
DID Press: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has criticized Pakistan’s policy toward Afghanistan, calling for renewed engagement with Kabul, the reopening of border crossings and a change in previous policies to promote peace and reduce insecurity. Afridi criticized Islamabad’s…
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Election
Netanyahu’s Rivals Sign Cooperation Pact Ahead of Israeli Election
DID Press: Leaders of five major parties opposing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have signed a joint agreement aimed at closer coordination ahead of the Oct. 27 parliamentary election, pledging to refrain from attacking one another until a new government…
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Government
Kazakhstan Dismisses Defense Minister After 14 Soldiers Die in Caspian Sea Accident
DID Press: Kazakhstan’s president has dismissed the country’s defense minister following a deadly accident during naval exercises in the Caspian Sea that killed 14 soldiers. According to a statement from the presidential office, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree removing…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Reports 28 Killed, 32 Arrested in Nuristan Operation
DID Press: Taliban’s Defense Ministry says 28 members of Daesh and what it described as “evil and corruption” elements were killed and 32 others arrested during a security operation in Nuristan province. According to the ministry, the operation was conducted…
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Afghanistan
UN Agencies Allocate $1.7 Million to Support Afghan Women Entrepreneurs
DID Press: UN Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Women have announced a $1.7 million financial package to support around 1,500 women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan over the next year. Under the initiative, approximately 1,500 women entrepreneurs are expected to benefit from…
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Afghanistan
Taliban: More Than 4 Million Jeribs of Land Reclaimed in Four Years
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Justice says more than 4 million jeribs of land across the country have been identified as state-owned and reclaimed over the past four years, including land belonging to 49 townships in 14 provinces. Barakatullah Rasouli,…
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Government
Lavrov Warns Western Actions Put Millions at Risk
DID Press: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that what he described as increasingly unpredictable actions by Western countries and their growing reliance on force could put the lives and well-being of millions or even billions of people at…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Issues Electronic ID Cards to 18.3 Million Citizens
DID Press: Afghanistan’s General Directorate of Statistics and Information has announced that nearly 18.3 million citizens have received electronic national identity cards since the distribution process began. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Taliban-run authority said 827,060 electronic ID…
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Afghanistan
Nearly 600 Jeribs of Land in Mazar-e-Sharif Declared State Property
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Justice has announced that nearly 600 jeribs of land belonging to the “Khatam al-Anbia Project” in District 12 of Mazar-e-Sharif have been declared state-owned property by a special court handling cases involving allegedly usurped land.…
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Afghanistan
WHO: Cases of Several Infectious Diseases Declined in Afghanistan
DID Press: World Health Organization (WHO) says cases of several infectious diseases in Afghanistan declined in August compared with the previous month. According to the WHO report cited by DID Press, cases of acute diarrhea fell by 24%, pneumonia by…
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