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UNICEF Warns Afghanistan’s Water Crisis Is Worsening
DID Press: Tajudeen Oyewale, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan, has warned that the country’s water crisis is deteriorating, with climate change, rising demand, funding shortages and weak infrastructure placing increasing pressure on water resources. Afghanistan’s water…
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Taliban Signs $96M Contracts to Extract Two Talc Mines in Nangarhar
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed contracts with two domestic companies to extract and process talc from two mines in Spin Ghar and Achin districts of Nangarhar province. The combined investment in the projects exceeds $96…
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Eisenkot Leads Netanyahu in New Channel 13 Poll
DID Press: A new poll by Israel’s Channel 13 television network shows Gadi Eisenkot’s party leading the political field with 22 seats, ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, which is projected to win 19 seats. The results point to a…
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Palestine Urges Urgent Global Intervention in West Bank
DID Press: Palestinian Authority has called for urgent international intervention to halt escalating Israeli attacks and actions in the occupied West Bank, particularly in the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, which cited a statement by…
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Taliban Scraps AFN 500,000 Guarantee for Business Licences
DID Press: Taliban’s supreme leader has ordered the abolition of the AFN 500,000 guarantee previously required for issuing business licenses in Afghanistan and directed that previously paid guarantees be refunded to their owners. Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, issued the…
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Taliban: Insecurity in Pakistan Does Not Benefit Afghanistan
DID Press: Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government, has rejected Pakistani officials’ allegations that the group is involved in insecurity in Pakistan, saying instability in the neighbouring country does not benefit Afghanistan. Fitrat stressed that Afghanistan is neither…
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Ex-Pakistani Army Officer: Afghanistan Builds Dams as Pakistan Takes on Debt
DID Press: Adil Raja, a former Pakistani army officer, has criticised Pakistan’s government and military, highlighting what he described as contrasting development priorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Comparing the two countries, Raja criticised Islamabad’s economic policies, saying Afghanistan was investing…
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Kremlin: Possible Putin-Trump-Xi Meeting Has Global Significance
DID Press: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said that a possible meeting between the presidents of Russia, the United States and China would have global significance and attract widespread international attention. No specific agreement has yet been reached on the…
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UNAMA Chief: Afghans’ Potential Outweighs Challenges
DID Press: Rabab Fatima, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has said that the talents, aspirations and potential of the Afghan people are greater than the challenges facing the country. In her first official message from…
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Pakistan Open to Conditional Talks with Taliban
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has said Islamabad is willing to hold talks with the Taliban, provided the group takes practical steps to curb terrorist threats originating from Afghan territory. Sajjad Haider Khan, spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, told a…
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