Afghanistan
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Ghor Residents Donate 454,000 Afghanis to Support Families in Gaza
DID Press: Residents of Afghanistan’s Ghor province have raised 454,000 Afghanis in financial assistance for families affected by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to local Taliban officials. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, the Taliban’s director of information and culture in…
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Pakistan Calls for “Constructive Engagement” With Afghanistan
DID Press: Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Minister of State for Interior, said Wednesday that Islamabad wants constructive engagement with Afghanistan, stressing that peace in the two neighboring countries is closely linked. Speaking at a conference on Afghanistan in Islamabad, Chaudhry said…
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Iran, Taliban Officials Discuss Expanding Economic and Security Cooperation
DID Press: Seyyed Hassan Mortazavi, deputy head of Iran’s embassy in Kabul, traveled to Mazar-i-Sharif and met with Yusuf Wafa, the Taliban-appointed governor of Balkh province, to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, the development of a west-east corridor, cultural ties and…
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Kabul–Jalalabad Highway Closed After Landslide
DID Press: Kabul–Jalalabad highway has been closed to traffic after a landslide in the Tangi-e-Gharu area, Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of Public Works said. The ministry said the landslide occurred along the highway and that the route remains closed to vehicles.…
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Taliban Lock Homes of Absent Owners in Kabul’s Omid-e-Sabz Township
DID Press: Local sources in Kabul say the Taliban’s Ministry of Justice has in recent days locked the homes of several absent owners in Omid-e-Sabz Township and ordered some families living in the properties to vacate them. According to local…
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Afghanistan, Tajikistan Chambers Discuss Expanding Economic Cooperation
DID Press: Heads of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tajikistan held an online meeting on Wednesday to discuss expanding trade and economic cooperation between the private sectors of the two…
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Indian Police Detain Afghan Student Over Immigration Overstay
DID Press: Police in India’s Pimpri-Chinchwad city have begun deportation proceedings against a 26-year-old Afghan national who came to the country to pursue a master’s degree in economics but remained after the expiry of his immigration documents, Indian media reported.…
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US Extends Qatar Camp Housing 1,039 Afghans Awaiting Resettlement
DID Press: United States has agreed to extend the operation of Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar for another nine months, delaying the closure of the facility where 1,039 Afghans who assisted the U.S. war effort and their family members have…
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Afghanistan, Belarus Agree to Expand Health and Pharmaceutical Cooperation
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health says Afghanistan and Belarus have agreed to expand bilateral cooperation in the health sector, including pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, healthcare training and scientific research. Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, the Taliban-appointed public health minister, held…
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Taliban Calls for Global Support to Address Afghanistan’s Environmental Challenges
DID Press: head of the Taliban-run National Environmental Protection Agency has called for increased international support to address Afghanistan’s environmental challenges, saying environmental issues have been politicized by the international community and that this has reduced financial assistance to the…
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