Military
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WSJ: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Under Unprecedented Security Measures
DID Press: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is moving between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers and is protected by a specially selected security team amid escalating regional threats, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Citing officials familiar…
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Two Pakistani Army Pilots Killed in Training Aircraft Crash in Quetta
DID Press: Two Pakistani Army pilots were killed on Monday after a Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, the military said.Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said the aircraft belonging to Pakistan…
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Taliban IM, EU Envoy Discuss Cooperation and Regional Stability
DID Press: Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban administration’s interior minister, has met with Thomas Frellesen, the European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, to discuss expanding engagement between the two sides, Afghanistan’s security situation and regional stability. According to information released by the…
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UN Expert Says Pakistani Attacks on Afghan Civilians May Constitute War Crimes
DID Press: Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has said Pakistani airstrikes that kill Afghan civilians may constitute war crimes and called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to examine the…
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Pakistan Claims More Than 20,000 Militants Are Based in Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, has claimed that more than 20,000 members of armed groups are present in Afghanistan, including approximately 6,000 members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Tarar said the groups were based in…
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Taliban: Pakistani Military Circles Are Obstructing Talks With Afghanistan
DID Press: Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, has accused some Pakistani military circles of obstructing negotiations and making it more difficult to resolve disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mujahid criticised what he described as the role of certain military…
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South Korea, US Warn Citizens Amid Attacks on Saudi Arabia
DID Press: South Korea and United States have issued security warnings to their citizens over escalating attacks on major Saudi airports, urging people to avoid non-essential travel to the kingdom as security concerns mount. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry raised its…
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China, Pakistan to Hold First Joint Army Exercise in Xinjiang
DID Press: China and Pakistan will hold their first joint army training exercise, named Karakoram 2026, in Korla, in China’s Xinjiang region, in mid-to-late October 2026, according to China’s Ministry of National Defense. The exercise will focus on joint counterterrorism…
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Khorram: Rubio Is Mobilizing the West for a Civilizational Confrontation with the East
DID Press: Abdul Karim Khorram, former chief of staff to Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai, has described U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent speech in Athens as an effort to rally Western countries around a shared civilizational identity against…
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Yemen’s Houthi Forces Warn Airlines Against Using Saudi Airports, Airspace
DID Press: Yahya Saree, spokesperson for Yemen’s armed forces affiliated with the Houthi movement, has warned airlines, airport staff, aviation specialists and passengers against using Saudi Arabian airports or airspace, saying the areas could be targeted amid ongoing military operations.…
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