Pakistan
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UN: Pakistan Border Closure Costing Afghanistan $1M Daily
DID Press: UN Security Council has warned that the closure of border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan is costing Afghanistan’s economy an estimated $1 million per day. In its latest report, the Security Council cautioned that unless the underlying disputes…
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Dawn: TTP Becomes Heavy Political and Security Burden on Taliban
DID Press: Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, citing the latest UNSC assessment, reports that the presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has deepened internal rifts within the Taliban and turned the group into a costly liability for the authorities in Kabul. According to…
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Pakistan’s Role in Gaza: Diplomatic Opportunity or Risk of Domestic Instability?
DID Press: Domestic threats — including a prolonged fight against Islamist militant groups, border tensions, and pressure from anti-American and anti-Israeli movements with strong mobilization capacity — pose serious constraints on Pakistan’s foreign policy options. Any involvement of the Pakistan…
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Pakistan Suffers Billions in Losses due to Halted Trade with Afghanistan
DID Press: The suspension of trade routes between Pakistan and Afghanistan caused significant economic losses, impacting Pakistan’s industrial and export sectors. The closure of cross‑border trade has already resulted in approximately $4.5 billion losses on Pakistan’s economy. The continuation of…
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Pak Army Chief to Visit Washington for Talks with Trump on Gaza
DID Press: Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Army Chief, is expected to travel to Washington in the coming weeks for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump over Pakistan’s potential participation in a proposed multinational force aimed at stabilizing Gaza, according…
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Ex-Pakistani Envoy Warns Afghanistan Becoming Terror Hub Like Sep/11
DID Press: Asif Durrani, former Pakistani envoy for Afghanistan, has warned that Afghanistan is rapidly turning into a center for multiple terrorist groups, cautioning that inaction could lead to a “9/11-scale disaster anywhere in the world.” Writing on X on…
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Armed Gang Abducts 25 Passengers from Bus to Quetta
DID Press: Armed assailants have kidnapped 25 passengers from a bus traveling to Quetta, reported Pakistani authorities. The abduction occurred Monday evening when a group of around 15 armed men stopped the bus along the border route between Punjab and…
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Afghan, Pakistani Clerics Signal De-escalation in Border Tensions
DID Press: A recent gathering of Afghan clerics in Kabul, presented publicly as a religious and social forum promoting peace and restraint, has also served as a platform for conveying indirect political messages to Pakistan and other regional actors, analysts…
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Dutch MP: “Pakistan Terror State” Must Be Sanctioned and Isolated
DID Press: Geert Wilders, a member of the Dutch parliament and leader of the Party for Freedom, made sharp remarks, saying: “Pakistan is 100 percent a terrorist state—a dangerous sharia shithole. ”Reacting to news of an armed attack on Hanukkah…
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Pak Envoy: Terrorists in Afghanistan Undermines Regional Security, Economic Cooperation
DID Press: Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan warned that widespread presence of militant groups in Afghanistan poses a serious threat to regional security and obstructs economic cooperation among neighboring countries. “The continued activity of terrorist groups in Afghanistan not only…
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