Afghanistan
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Pakistan: Regional Mediation Efforts With Taliban Have Failed to Ease Tensions
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says mediation efforts by regional countries to ease tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban administration in Kabul have so far failed to produce a breakthrough. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said Pakistan had engaged…
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Afghanistan, Turkmenistan Move to Accelerate 500kV Power Transmission Project
DID Press: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have discussed accelerating work on a 500-kilovolt (kV) electricity transmission project between the two countries, with officials also reviewing the implementation of the TAP project. Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar, executive director of Da Afghanistan Breshna…
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Afghan Journalist Younes Qari-Zada Reportedly Detained in Peshawar
DID Press: Pakistani police have reportedly detained Younes Qari-Zada, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist, in the northwestern city of Peshawar and transferred him to an undisclosed location, according to sources cited by Afghan media. The sources said Qari-Zada…
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UN Experts Urge Pakistan to Halt Forced Returns of At-Risk Afghans
DID Press: United Nations human rights experts have urged Pakistan to halt the forced return of Afghan refugees and migrants at risk of persecution, torture or other serious harm, calling for a transparent mechanism to assess their protection needs individually…
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Brader: Afghan Products Must Be Competitive in Regional Markets
DID Press: Acting Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has called for higher-quality domestic production and stronger capacity for Afghan products to compete in regional markets during a visit to the Mufid manufacturing company in Balkh…
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More Than 80,000 Afghans Deported From Pakistan in 2026
DID Press: More than 80,000 Afghan nationals were arrested and subsequently deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan between January 1 and September 12, 2026, according to joint monitoring by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).…
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$1.5M Cold Storage Facility for Fruit, Meat Opens in Herat
DID Press: A large cold-storage and preservation facility for fruit and meat, built at a cost of $1.5 million, has been inaugurated in Guzara district of Herat province, western Afghanistan. Jamshid Kamal, head of the Kamal Herat Cold Storage facility,…
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Deadly Attack on Kohat Police Lines Mosque Kills 21, Injures 103
DID Press: At least 21 people, including 15 police personnel and six civilians, were killed and 103 others injured in a suicide bombing and armed assault at a mosque inside the Police Lines compound in Kohat, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,…
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Hekmatyar Warns Taliban Energy Deal to Turn Afghanistan into Regional Battleground
DID Press: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e Islami Afghanistan, criticized a recent energy agreement between the Taliban authorities and a Saudi company, warning that awarding strategic projects without a legally recognized government with broad national support may expose Afghanistan to…
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Afghanistan Drawn With Russia and Türkiye at FIFA U-15 World Cup
DID Press: Afghanistan’s U-15 national football team has been drawn alongside Russia, Türkiye, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Djibouti at the inaugural FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival 2026 in Azerbaijan. The draw for the tournament was held on Thursday, with…
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