Politics
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Fighting Resumes in Ethiopia as Tigray Forces Seize Three Airports
DID Press: Fighting between Tigray forces and Ethiopia’s federal government has intensified four years after the Pretoria agreement ended the devastating Tigray war, raising concerns that the country could again slide into a wider conflict. Forces affiliated with the Tigray…
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UN Warns of Nearly 8 Million Afghan Returns by Year-End
DID Press: United Nations says the pace of Afghan returns from neighboring countries has accelerated, with nearly 8 million Afghans expected to return to Afghanistan by the end of this year. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih told a…
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Taliban, Afghanistan Freedom Front Report Divergent Losses in Kamdesh
DID Press: Security sources affiliated with the Taliban say clashes with the Afghanistan Freedom Front are continuing in Kamdesh district of Nuristan, with 22 members of the group killed, 22 detained and around 50 others reportedly ready to surrender. The…
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First “Jihad Museum” Opens in Kandahar
DID Press: Taliban authorities have officially opened what they describe as the first museum dedicated to preserving “jihadist” artifacts in Kandahar, according to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture and local media reports. The museum was inaugurated in the presence…
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CNN: Trump’s Strong Disapproval Reaches Record 50% Ahead of Midterms
DID Press: Fifty percent of Americans now say they strongly disapprove of U.S. President Donald Trump’s job performance, the highest level recorded for a president at this stage before a midterm election, according to CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten.…
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Jaishankar Calls Pakistan a “Terrorist Country” at UN
DID Press: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar referred to Pakistan as a “terrorist country” during a press interaction at the United Nations headquarters in New York after a Pakistani journalist questioned India over alleged support for terrorism in Pakistan.…
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Khalilzad Questions Pakistan’s Commitment to Afghan Women’s Rights
DID Press: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, has questioned Pakistan’s commitment to the rights of Afghan women and girls following remarks by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Khalilzad said in a post on X that Pakistan’s…
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Mohaqiq: Taliban Policies Toward Shiites Could Deepen Sectarian, Ethnic Divisions
DID Press: Mohammad Mohaqiq, leader of Afghanistan’s Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Mardom-e Afghanistan, has expressed concern over what he describes as increasing pressure on Shiite and Hazara communities in Afghanistan, arguing that the measures are part of a broader Taliban policy…
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Achakzai: Afghanistan Not Responsible for TTP Activities
DID Press: Pakistani politician Mahmood Khan Achakzai has rejected claims that Afghanistan should be held responsible for the activities of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), arguing that Pakistan’s past policies of training and arming militants contributed to the security challenges it…
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Ferdowsi Memorial Reportedly Demolished in Afghanistan’s Balkh Province
DID Press: Cultural activists in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province say a memorial dedicated to Abul-Qasem Ferdowsi, the renowned Persian-language poet and author of the Shahnameh, has been demolished in Mazar-e-Sharif. According to images and information shared by cultural activists from…
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