Politics
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Lebanese Cabinet Backs Down; Hezbollah Disarmament Remains Only on Paper
DID Press: Unprecedented meeting of Lebanon’s cabinet on the sensitive issue of Hezbollah’s weapons—contrary to Western expectations and those of some domestic factions—ended without any executive decision. The session, held Tuesday evening under U.S. pressure and within the framework of…
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Poll Finds 67% Back up Establishing Afghanistan Political Mission in Iraq
DID Press: In a latest poll conducted by DID Press regarding the interim government’s priorities for removing obstacles to pilgrimages to the holy shrines, majority of respondents emphasized the need for Afghanistan to establish an active political mission in Iraq.…
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Trump: Ukraine War Belongs to Biden, Will Pull US Out
DID Press: U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated in his recent remarks that he intends to withdraw the United States from the war in Ukraine. “This war is Biden’s war not mine,” he said. “I am here to get us out…
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Pakistan Urges Taliban to Take Urgent Action Against Cross-Border Attacks
DID Press: A senior official from Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has called on the Taliban’s caretaker government to take immediate and effective measures to counter the growing wave of border attacks, which have sharply increased in Pakistan’s border provinces. Talal…
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Turkmenistan to Expand Torghundi Port Using Afghanistani Workforce
DID Press: Turkmenistan reportedly wants to begin the work on expanding Torghundi Port in western Afghanistan ahead of schedule, with all labor to be sourced locally from Afghanistani workers. The announcement was made during a visit to Herat province by…
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UK PM Urges Police Transparency on Afghanistani Asylum Seeker Rape Case
DID Press: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called on the police to be “as transparent as possible” about the ethnicity of two Afghananistani asylum seekers accused of raping a 12‑year‑old girl in Nuneaton, following mounting political pressure for greater…
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Security Talks Between Jolani Delegation and Pakistani Officials in Islamabad
DID Press: A delegation from the Ministry of Interior of the Jolani government has recently made an official visit to Pakistan to strengthen bilateral relations, particularly in the area of security. According to official statements, the delegation, led by Ziyad…
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Muttaqi’s Visit to Pakistan Delayed Due to Lack of UN Travel Exemption
DID Press: The three-days visit of the acting government’s foreign minister to Pakistan has been postponed due to the United Nations not issuing a travel exemption in time. According to Western media reports, the official visit of Amir Khan Muttaqi,…
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Tehran–Islamabad; Two Muslim Countries Seeking Shared Future
DID Press: Express Tribune in its Editorial argued that the two-day debut visit of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to Pakistan was widely seen as a fence-mending exercise meant to do away with any of the misgivings that would have incurred…
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Former Israeli Security Officials Urge US to End Gaza War
DID Press: Over 600 retired senior Israeli security and military officials, including former heads of Mossad and Shin Bet, have sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, urging the American government to pressure Tel Aviv to end the ongoing…
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