Human Rights
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Afghans Deported From US Arrive in Guyana Under Third-Country Deal
DID Press: Guyana has received six deportees from the United States, including Afghan and Cuban nationals, under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation programme, Guyanese officials said. The group arrived on Friday after being vetted and found to have no criminal…
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US Sanctions Turkish Bank Over Alleged Iran Financial Ties
DID Press: The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Golden Global Investment Bank in Turkey and two affiliated companies, accusing them of facilitating tens of millions of dollars in transactions for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) and providing access…
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Sumud Flotilla Announces New Mission to Gaza in October
DID Press: The Freedom Flotilla (Sumud) Coalition has announced plans to launch a new international maritime mission to the Gaza Strip in October, seeking to challenge Israel’s naval blockade and build public pressure in Europe over restrictions on the enclave.…
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Karzai: He Needs Taliban Permission to Leave His Home
DID Press: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said he must inform the Taliban authorities before leaving his home in Kabul, adding that Taliban security personnel escort him to his destination and bring him back. In an interview with the…
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Netherlands Contributes €16 Million to Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund
DID Press: The Netherlands has contributed €16 million ($18.3 million) to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. OCHA thanked the Netherlands for the contribution, saying the funding will help…
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Japan Pledges $9.4 Million for Afghanistan Counternarcotics Programme
DID Press: Japan will provide about $9.4 million to support a two-year counternarcotics programme in Afghanistan aimed at helping former poppy-growing families develop alternative livelihoods and expanding services for people affected by drug use, the United Nations Office on Drugs…
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Condemn US Strikes
DID Press: Iran has urged the United Nations Security Council to condemn recent U.S. military strikes on southern Iran, including an attack on a residential home hosting a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, Hormozgan province, which Tehran described as a violation…
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Taliban Leader Orders Arrest and Prosecution of Traffic Accident Offenders
DID Press: Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, has ordered the Interior Ministry to arrest those responsible for traffic accidents on Afghanistan’s highways and refer them to the relevant courts without exception. According to a five-article decree reportedly published by the…
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Taliban: No Political Prisoners Held in Afghanistan’s Prisons
DID Press: Taliban says more than 15,000 people are currently imprisoned in its detention facilities across Afghanistan, but none of them are political prisoners. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, said there are no political prisoners in the group’s prisons and…
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500-Kilogram Bomb Left From War Defused in Kabul
DID Press: Technical teams from Afghanistan’s Disaster Management Preparedness Authority have discovered and safely neutralized three pieces of unexploded ordnance in Farza and Mir Bacha Kot districts of Kabul province, including a 500-kilogram bomb. The authority said in a statement…
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