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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Why Explaining Sayed Hassan Nasrallah’s Legacy Matters to Afghan Society
DID Press: The anniversary of the martyrdom of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, the martyred Secretary-General of Hezbollah Lebanon, is an important opportunity to examine the model of Islamic resistance and revisit the aspects of his steadfastness against the hegemonic projects of…
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Ishaq Dar: Regional Peace Requires Addressing Terrorist Threats from Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that what he described as terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan are undermining efforts to promote peace, stability and development in the region, calling on the Taliban authorities…
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