Politics
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Kazakhstan Dismisses Defense Minister After 14 Soldiers Die in Caspian Sea Accident
DID Press: Kazakhstan’s president has dismissed the country’s defense minister following a deadly accident during naval exercises in the Caspian Sea that killed 14 soldiers. According to a statement from the presidential office, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree removing…
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Taliban Reports 28 Killed, 32 Arrested in Nuristan Operation
DID Press: Taliban’s Defense Ministry says 28 members of Daesh and what it described as “evil and corruption” elements were killed and 32 others arrested during a security operation in Nuristan province. According to the ministry, the operation was conducted…
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Lavrov Warns Western Actions Put Millions at Risk
DID Press: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that what he described as increasingly unpredictable actions by Western countries and their growing reliance on force could put the lives and well-being of millions or even billions of people at…
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Nearly 600 Jeribs of Land in Mazar-e-Sharif Declared State Property
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Justice has announced that nearly 600 jeribs of land belonging to the “Khatam al-Anbia Project” in District 12 of Mazar-e-Sharif have been declared state-owned property by a special court handling cases involving allegedly usurped land.…
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Why Explaining Sayed Hassan Nasrallah’s Legacy Matters to Afghan Society
DID Press: The anniversary of the martyrdom of Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, the martyred Secretary-General of Hezbollah Lebanon, is an important opportunity to examine the model of Islamic resistance and revisit the aspects of his steadfastness against the hegemonic projects of…
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Ishaq Dar: Regional Peace Requires Addressing Terrorist Threats from Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that what he described as terrorist threats emanating from Afghanistan are undermining efforts to promote peace, stability and development in the region, calling on the Taliban authorities…
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UN Chief: Humanity’s Future Depends on How Power Is Used
DID Press: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the role of power in shaping the future of the world, saying the greatest form of power is not the ability to dominate others but the capacity to build a future that…
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Noor Urges Afghans Not to Sacrifice Youth for “Foreign Interests”
DID Press: Atta Mohammad Noor, leader of Jamiat-e Islami and former governor of Balkh, has criticized some armed groups opposing the Taliban, saying Afghanistan’s struggle for freedom should be based on the independent will of its people and should not…
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Republican Candidates Distance Themselves Further from Trump
DID Press: The Atlantic has reported that the war with Iran has become an increasingly influential issue in the positions of some Republican candidates in the United States, with several who previously supported the war now calling for it to…
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Russia Opposes Adding More Western Seats to UNSC
DID Press: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Western countries are already overrepresented on the United Nations Security Council and that any reform of the body should increase the representation of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Lavrov made the remarks…
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