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Government
Washington Post: US Military Death Toll in Iran War Higher Than Pentagon’s Public Count
DID Press: The Washington Post has reported that more U.S. service members have died during the war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, citing U.S. officials familiar with the Defense Department’s internal casualty records. According to the newspaper,…
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Economy
Macron: Strait of Hormuz Remains ‘Almost Blocked’ Despite US Claims
DID Press: French President Emmanuel Macron has said the Strait of Hormuz remains “almost blocked” and that no agreement has been reached to fully reopen the strategic waterway, challenging the U.S. administration’s account of shipping conditions in the strait. Recent…
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Afghanistan
UN Experts Urge Pakistan to Halt Forced Returns of At-Risk Afghans
DID Press: United Nations human rights experts have urged Pakistan to halt the forced return of Afghan refugees and migrants at risk of persecution, torture or other serious harm, calling for a transparent mechanism to assess their protection needs individually…
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Afghanistan
Brader: Afghan Products Must Be Competitive in Regional Markets
DID Press: Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has called for higher-quality domestic production and stronger capacity for Afghan products to compete in regional markets during a visit to the Mufid manufacturing company in Balkh…
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Afghanistan
More Than 80,000 Afghans Deported From Pakistan in 2026
DID Press: More than 80,000 Afghan nationals were arrested and subsequently deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan between January 1 and September 12, 2026, according to joint monitoring by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).…
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Afghanistan
$1.5M Cold Storage Facility for Fruit, Meat Opens in Herat
DID Press: A large cold-storage and preservation facility for fruit and meat, built at a cost of $1.5 million, has been inaugurated in Guzara district of Herat province, western Afghanistan. Jamshid Kamal, head of the Kamal Herat Cold Storage facility,…
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Government
Explosions Heard in Capital Riyadh
DID Press: Explosions were heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, early Saturday after Saudi authorities issued an air-raid warning for Riyadh and the nearby city of Al-Kharj, amid heightened tensions linked to the conflict in neighboring Yemen. Residents in Riyadh…
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Government
Trump Faces Legal Challenge Over White House Media Ban
DID Press: CNN said it will defend its rights under the First Amendment in court if U.S. President Donald Trump carries out his threat to bar the network’s journalists from the White House. Trump announced on Friday that CNN, MS…
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Afghanistan
Deadly Attack on Kohat Police Lines Mosque Kills 21, Injures 103
DID Press: At least 21 people, including 15 police personnel and six civilians, were killed and 103 others injured in a suicide bombing and armed assault at a mosque inside the Police Lines compound in Kohat, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,…
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Children
US Withdraws From UNHRC Amid Dispute Over Iran War-Crimes Findings
DID Press: US has formally ended its participation in the UN Human Rights Council, as Washington criticized the body for what the U.S. government described as anti-American rhetoric and an overly accommodating approach toward governments accused of human-rights abuses.The move…
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