Afghanistan
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Five Scanners Installed at Afghanistan’s Major Customs Points
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of Finance says five scanners worth a combined 39.2 million afghanis have been installed at three customs points to make the inspection of goods carried by passengers faster, more accurate and more transparent. According to…
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Afghanistan Opens Wakhan Road, Strengthening Direct Connectivity With China
DID Press: Afghanistan is set to officially inaugurate the Khameh–Wakhan road in Badakhshan province on Sunday, October 4, marking the opening of a route intended to connect Afghanistan directly with China through the Wakhan Corridor. The road, built in two…
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Face Choice Between Confrontation and Cooperation
DID Press: Rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, ranging from border clashes and airstrikes to disputes over the activities of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have brought relations between the two countries to a critical point. However, their geographic and economic interdependence…
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Iran: Migrant Children With Incomplete Documents Can Attend School
DID Press: Nader Yar-Ahmadi, head of Iran’s Center for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants Affairs, said migrant children whose parents hold valid residence documents can enroll in Iranian schools even if the children’s own documentation is incomplete, with their documents to…
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Former Mullah Omar Adviser Calls War with Pak Army “Hostility Toward Islam”
DID Press: Mufti Abdul Rahim, head of Karachi-based Jamiat-ul-Rashid and a former adviser to Taliban founder Mullah Omar, has criticized the Taliban’s policy toward Pakistan and called on the group to refrain from supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He described…
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Russia Offers Expanded Health Cooperation to Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban’s acting Minister of Public Health, Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali, has called for expanded health cooperation with Russia, while Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko expressed Moscow’s readiness to provide technical assistance to Afghanistan’s health sector. During a meeting…
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Pak Army Holds Taliban Responsible for Consequences of Alleged Terrorism Support
DID Press: Pakistan’s military has accused the Taliban of facilitating terrorism and reaffirmed Islamabad’s stated right to self-defence and to take targeted action against threats it says originate from Afghanistan. Senior Pakistani military commanders reviewed the country’s security situation and…
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Pakistan Claims 15 Militants Killed in Attempted Infiltration from Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistani security sources say security forces thwarted an attempted infiltration by 15 armed militants from Afghanistan into Pakistan in the Ghulam Khan sector along the two countries’ border, killing all of them. According to Pakistani media, the group…
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Muttaqi to Attend Eighth Moscow Format Meeting on Afghanistan
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Foreign Ministry has announced that Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will attend the eighth Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan at Russia’s invitation. Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, head of the Public Relations and Information Department at…
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Lithuania Detains 35 Afghan and Iraqi Migrants Near Belarus Border
DID Press: Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service (VSAT) has detained 35 Afghan and Iraqi migrants who crossed into Lithuania from Belarus, according to the Lithuanian border authorities. The migrants were detected on Thursday evening near the village of Katra in…
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