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Afghanistan
RSF: Taliban Use Intelligence Unit to Threaten and Repress Journalists
DID Press: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said the Taliban are using an intelligence unit known as “Department 015” to monitor, threaten, detain and torture journalists in Afghanistan. According to the report, which is based on interviews with several Afghan…
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Afghanistan
Muttaqi Calls for Strengthening Students’ Diplomatic Skills
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban-appointed foreign minister, has stressed the importance of strengthening the professional and diplomatic skills of students enrolled in the seventh cohort of the Foreign Ministry’s Institute of Diplomacy. In a statement, the Taliban Foreign…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Iran and Georgia Seek to Activate Poti Port Trade Route
DID Press: The heads of the Afghanistan-Iran Joint Chamber of Commerce and Georgia’s Chamber of Commerce have discussed using the capacity of Georgia’s Poti Port to transport Afghan goods to European markets and expand trade cooperation. During the meeting, the…
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Government
Russia Rejects Proposals to Restrict UN Security Council Veto Power
DID Press: Russia will never agree to proposals aimed at restricting the use of veto power by members of the United Nations Security Council, Kirill Logvinov, head of the International Organisations Department at Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has said. Logvinov said…
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Election
Vance Links Republican Election Defeat to War with Iran
DID Press: US Vice President JD Vance has identified the war with Iran as one of the main factors behind the Republican Party’s defeat in the midterm congressional elections, saying many voters who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential…
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Government
Vance Seeks Alliance with Republicans Disillusioned with Trump
DID Press: US Vice President JD Vance is seeking to form a new alliance with Republicans dissatisfied with President Donald Trump following the party’s defeat in the elections, Fox News has reported. According to Fox News, a US administration official…
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Afghanistan
Opium Production in Afghanistan Surges 400% as Poppy Cultivation Exceeds 43,000 Hectares
DID Press: Opium production in Afghanistan has increased nearly fivefold over the past year, rising from approximately 300 tonnes to 1,500 tonnes, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The increase has coincided…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Says More Than 2.8 Million Afghans Have Been Deported
DID Press: Pakistani officials say a total of 2,807,250 Afghan nationals who were residing in the country illegally have so far been returned to Afghanistan. According to authorities in Punjab province, 143,474 of those individuals were deported from the province.…
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Afghanistan
UN Warns Growing Child Population Is Straining Afghanistan’s Education System
DID Press: United Nations has warned that Afghanistan’s education system is facing mounting pressure from a growing population of children and adolescents, the return of migrants and insufficient investment, increasing the need to expand educational services across the country. According…
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Afghanistan
Taliban-Pakistan Clashes Disrupt Central Asia’s Trade Routes to South Asia
DID Press: Ongoing military clashes between Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities and Pakistan are having adverse economic consequences for Central Asian countries, creating serious obstacles to their plans to expand trade with South Asia and gain access to Pakistani seaports, according to…
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