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Afghanistan’s Rail Network Gains Attention as Regional Trade Corridor
DID Press: Afghanistan has once again emerged as a potential focus of regional economic connectivity initiatives, with railway development projects seeking to establish shorter and more efficient routes for transporting goods between Central Asian countries and South Asian markets. As…
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France Makes Normalization of Ties with Taliban Conditional on Changes in Afghanistan
DID Press: France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has stated that the country has had no diplomatic relations with the Taliban government since 2021, adding that the normalization of ties depends on changes in Afghanistan’s political situation and compliance…
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National Interest: Stability in Afghanistan Key to Expanding US Influence in Central Asia
DID Press: US magazine the National Interest says the future of United States’ economic and strategic relations with Central Asian countries depends to a significant extent on Afghanistan’s political and security situation. In its latest analysis, the magazine warned that…
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UNICEF Warns Afghanistan’s Water Crisis Is Worsening
DID Press: Tajudeen Oyewale, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan, has warned that the country’s water crisis is deteriorating, with climate change, rising demand, funding shortages and weak infrastructure placing increasing pressure on water resources. Afghanistan’s water…
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Taliban Signs $96M Contracts to Extract Two Talc Mines in Nangarhar
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed contracts with two domestic companies to extract and process talc from two mines in Spin Ghar and Achin districts of Nangarhar province. The combined investment in the projects exceeds $96…
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Eisenkot Leads Netanyahu in New Channel 13 Poll
DID Press: A new poll by Israel’s Channel 13 television network shows Gadi Eisenkot’s party leading the political field with 22 seats, ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, which is projected to win 19 seats. The results point to a…
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Palestine Urges Urgent Global Intervention in West Bank
DID Press: Palestinian Authority has called for urgent international intervention to halt escalating Israeli attacks and actions in the occupied West Bank, particularly in the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, which cited a statement by…
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Taliban Scraps AFN 500,000 Guarantee for Business Licences
DID Press: Taliban’s supreme leader has ordered the abolition of the AFN 500,000 guarantee previously required for issuing business licenses in Afghanistan and directed that previously paid guarantees be refunded to their owners. Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, issued the…
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Taliban: Insecurity in Pakistan Does Not Benefit Afghanistan
DID Press: Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government, has rejected Pakistani officials’ allegations that the group is involved in insecurity in Pakistan, saying instability in the neighbouring country does not benefit Afghanistan. Fitrat stressed that Afghanistan is neither…
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Ex-Pakistani Army Officer: Afghanistan Builds Dams as Pakistan Takes on Debt
DID Press: Adil Raja, a former Pakistani army officer, has criticised Pakistan’s government and military, highlighting what he described as contrasting development priorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Comparing the two countries, Raja criticised Islamabad’s economic policies, saying Afghanistan was investing…
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