Pakistan
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UN Envoy Condemns Pakistan Airstrikes Killing Afghan Civilians
DID Press: UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, voiced grave concern over recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan territory that have killed civilians, particularly children. Bennett urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint, stressing…
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Trust in Taliban Was Misplaced, Says Durrani
DID Press: Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s former special envoy for Afghanistan, said the surge in deadly attacks inside Pakistan and the conduct of the Taliban authorities have pushed Islamabad into a position where it sees “no option but military action.” He…
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Pakistani Airstrike Kills 8 Schoolchildren in Eastern Afghanistan
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education under the Taliban administration says eight schoolchildren—five boys and three girls—were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on Behsud district in Nangarhar. The ministry added that a separate strike in Barmal district of Paktika left…
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Taliban Weighing TTP or Direct Retaliation Following Pakistan Airstrikes
DID press: Following recent Pakistani airstrikes on Paktika and Nangarhar provinces, the Taliban government has pledged a “hard response at an appropriate time.” A credible source told IRAF that the Taliban’s most likely course of action is to leverage the…
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Pakistan’s Imprisoned PTI Leaders Urge National Conference on Gaza, Iran-US Tensions
DID Press: Senior leaders of Pakistan’s opposition party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Yasmin Rashid, currently imprisoned at Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore, have called for an urgent national conference of all political parties to build a consensus on…
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Taliban’s “Fatwa” may Become Strategic Weapon against Pakistan Airstrikes
DID Press: Amid escalating Pakistani airstrikes along Afghanistan’s eastern provinces, the Taliban’s most potent tool may not be leftover NATO weaponry but the ideological leverage of a religious fatwa. A decree of “defensive jihad” by Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada could shift…
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Former Afghan Prosecutor Calls for ICC Intervention Over Pakistan Airstrikes
DID Press: Mohammad Farid Hamidi, Afghanistan’s former attorney general, labeled recent Pakistani airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktika provinces as “crimes against humanity,” urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene. He described the attacks as “blind and reckless,” resulting in…
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Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Launch Feasibility Study for Regional Transport Corridor
DID Press: “Afghan-Trans” project, aimed at establishing a transport corridor connecting Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan, entered the feasibility study phase. Bakhtiyar Saidov, Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, informed Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, about the commencement of the study during…
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Afghanistan Complained to UNSC Over Pakistani Airstrikes
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN has formally lodged a complaint with the UNSC, condemning recent Pakistani airstrikes on Paktika and Nangarhar provinces as a “clear violation of territorial integrity and fundamental principles of international law.” The complaint…
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Artificial Currency Stability Undermines Pakistan’s Exports and Trade Balance
DID Press: Pakistan’s economy is gripped by an illusion of stability—one driven not by structural reform but by administrative intervention in the foreign-exchange market. The artificial pegging of the rupee around 280 per dollar has created a surface calm, yet…
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