Military
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Taliban Factions Clash Over Gold Mine Revenues in Badakhshan
DID Press: An armed clash between two groups of Taliban forces over revenues from the Hishnam gold mine in Yamgan district of Badakhshan province left at least one person wounded, according to local sources, highlighting renewed disputes over control of…
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Islamabad Against Islam: Standing Alongside Tel Aviv and Washington
DID Press: Pakistan’s deployment of tens of thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia, at a time when the war in Yemen remains one of the longest-running and most costly humanitarian crises in the Muslim world, raises serious questions about the…
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Salafi Calls for Jihad Against Yemen Draw Egyptian Analyst’s Criticism
DID Press: Egyptian writer and political analyst Sameh Askar has criticized what he described as the “political exploitation of Islamic sanctities,” saying some Salafi currents are calling on their followers to wage “jihad” against Yemen by citing sectarian differences and…
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Pakistan Army Says 11 Militants Killed in KP, Balochistan Operations
DID Press: Pakistani military says 11 militants were killed during separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. According to the Pakistani military, five members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during an operation in South Waziristan near…
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CSTO Warns of Worsening Military-Political Situation in Its Area of Responsibility
DID Press: The secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has warned that the military-political situation in the organization’s area of responsibility is deteriorating and that the risk of conflict in border areas is increasing. Talatbek Masadykov, secretary…
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More Than 1,350 Saudi Airstrikes and Missile Attacks Reported in Recent Yemen War
DID Press: Sources close to Sanaa forces say Saudi fighter jets carried out 94 air and missile strikes on various parts of Yemen over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of attacks since the start of the latest…
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EU Expresses Concern Over Civilian Deaths in Pakistani Airstrikes on Afghanistan
DID Press: European Union has expressed regret over civilian deaths in recent airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces and called on Kabul and Islamabad to exercise restraint and reduce tensions through dialogue. In a statement issued by the spokesperson…
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Taliban: Pakistani Airstrikes ‘Will Not Go Unanswered’
DID Press: Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Taliban, has condemned recent Pakistani airstrikes on parts of Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces, saying the attacks “will not go unanswered.”Fitrat said the Taliban would “avenge the blood of the people” and…
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Taiz Reportedly on the Verge of Falling to Ansarullah
DID Press: Arta Moeini, director of the U.S. Institute for Diplomacy and Peace, has said that Yemen’s strategic city of Taiz is reportedly on the verge of falling to Ansarullah, despite its strategic importance and heavy Saudi airstrikes. In a…
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Unprotected Skies, an Indifferent World: A Narrative of Midnight Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan
DID Press: Around 3 a.m., while residents of Chogam Valley in Afghanistan’s Kunar province were asleep, an Afghan civilian home was reportedly hit in a Pakistani airstrike, killing five people, including several children, and sending three others, including two women,…
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