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Afghanistan
Iran, Russia Urge Continued Taliban-Pakistan Dialogue
DID Press: Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a phone call emphasizing the need for continued diplomatic engagement between the Taliban and Pakistan. The two ministers expressed concern over recent border tensions and urged both…
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Government
Historic US Government Shutdown Ends, Political Dysfunction Persists
DID Press: US President Donald Trump signed legislation to reopen the federal government after weeks of a historic shutdown, ending the longest closure in the nation’s history. However, economic fallout and ongoing political dysfunction continue to weigh heavily on Americans…
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Government
Israeli Delegation Expelled from Brazil Climate Summit after Massive Protests
DID Press: During the 30th UN International Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, widespread protests from participants forced the delegation representing Israel to leave the conference hall. According to local sources and social media footage, a group of environmental activists…
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Afghanistan
Persian and Dari: One Language, Divided by Colonial Politics
DID Press: Persian is a language spoken across a vast region covering Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, with diverse dialectal branches such as Iranian Persian, Afghan Persian (Dari), and Tajik Persian. The differences among these varieties are mainly limited to local…
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Afghanistan
Australia to Impose Sanctions on Taliban Over Human Rights Violations
DID Press: Australia is reportedly reviewing updates to its sanctions framework in order to impose new restrictions on members of the Taliban government and other individuals responsible for human rights violations in Afghanistan, according to Human Rights Watch. The human…
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Afghanistan
Punjab Offers Cash Reward for Reporting Illegal Afghan Nationals
DID Press: The provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan, has announced a cash reward of 10,000 rupees for any citizen who reports undocumented Afghan nationals to the police. Authorities have pledged to keep the identities of informants strictly confidential. According to…
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Government
Lavrov: Europe Preparing for Major War against Russia
DID Press: Russian FM Sergey Lavrov warned that European countries are preparing themselves for a large-scale confrontation with Moscow. He stressed that Russia will only be ready to engage in dialogue with the European Union once what he called Europe’s…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan says Reduced Trade with Afghanistan Serves Its Security Interests
DID Press: Amid escalating political and economic tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said that declining trade between the two countries serves Pakistan’s national interests by helping control borders and curb smuggling and militant infiltration. In an…
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Afghanistan
CIA’s Secret Mission in Afghanistan: Failed Opium Gene-Editing Project Exposed
DID Press: Washington Post has revealed that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ran a covert program for more than a decade aimed at weakening opium production in Afghanistan — a mission that involved secretly dispersing billions of genetically modified…
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Afghanistan
OIC to Cooperate with Taliban on Higher Education Development in Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education announced a significant expansion of doctoral and master’s programs across Afghan universities and called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to assist in recruiting qualified professors and equipping academic laboratories. Acting Higher…
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