Economy
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NRC Warns Afghan Families Are in “Free Fall” Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
DID Press: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned that Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis is deteriorating month by month, leaving families increasingly vulnerable to poverty, displacement, conflict, climate change and gender restrictions. Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the NRC, said during a…
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UK Provided Vital Aid to 5 Million Afghans Last Year
DID Press: Richard Lindsay, the UK Special Representative for Afghanistan, says Britain provided vital assistance to at least 5 million Afghans last year, including 3 million women and girls. Lindsay said in a post on X that the assistance covered…
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Pakistani Politician Warns of Expanding Afghanistan-Iran Trade
DID Press: Pakistani politician and analyst Afrasiab Khattak has warned that the expansion of trade between Afghanistan and Iran could lead to changes in Afghanistan’s trade routes and reduce Pakistan’s role in the country’s commercial exchanges. Khattak was responding to…
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Delta Energy Deal Raises Questions Over Persian Gulf and Western Influence in Afghanistan
DID Press: The signing in Kabul of a major oil and gas exploration and production agreement between the Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and Saudi company Delta Energy has once again drawn political observers’ attention to the hidden layers…
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Iran Responds to US Strikes With Extensive Missile Attacks
DID Press: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a wave of retaliatory operations overnight in response to U.S. missile and naval attacks on Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and Jask. News reports said Iranian forces fired a large…
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Balkhi: US Military Equipment Left in Afghanistan Belongs to Afghan Government
DID Press: Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said military equipment left behind by US forces in Afghanistan belongs to the Afghan government, adding that Kabul has no intention of negotiating or trading the equipment. Balkhi, speaking about the…
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Ansarullah Launches Heavy Attacks on Saudi Aramco and Military Targets
DID Press: Yemen’s Houthi movement said it had targeted several sites in Saudi Arabia in the latest wave of its attacks, including oil facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco. According to local media reports, the Jizan refinery and a bulk plant…
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Russia, Ukraine Exchange Strikes as Kyiv and Saratov Oil Refinery Are Targeted
DID Press: Russia and Ukraine exchanged overnight strikes on Tuesday, with Ukrainian drones reportedly targeting the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia while Russian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Kyiv, killing at least two people and…
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Lloyd’s of London Faces £1.4B in Persian Gulf Losses From US-Iran Conflict
DID Press: Lloyd’s of London has estimated that insurance losses linked to the US-Iran conflict in the Gulf region could reach around £1.4 billion, with much of the damage stemming from attacks on land-based infrastructure rather than maritime losses. According…
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Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls to Lowest Level Since May
DID Press: Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level since May, with an average of just 10 commodity vessels a day passing through the strategic waterway over the past 10 days, according to shipping…
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