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Herat Set to Become a Hub for Economic Cooperation with Kazakhstan
DID Press: Kazakhstan is seeking to expand trade and economic cooperation between its western regions and western Afghanistan through a new initiative called “West2West.” A Kazakh government and business delegation led by Yerkin Tukumov, the country’s special representative of the…
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UN Records 280 Israeli Incursions Into Syria in September
DID Press: UN Human Rights Office has documented approximately 280 incidents involving armed Israeli incursions into Syrian territory during September 2026, the highest monthly figure recorded since the beginning of the year. The office expressed concern over the continuing impact…
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Trump Says Iran War and Ukraine Conflict Will End Soon
DID Press: US President Donald Trump has said he is working to end the wars involving Iran and Russia’s war against Ukraine, expressing hope that both conflicts could be resolved in the near future. Trump made the remarks while addressing…
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Eight US Allies Condemn Trump Administration’s Sanctions Against ICC
DID Press: Foreign ministers of eight US-allied countries have condemned the Trump administration’s newly announced sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), warning that the measures could seriously disrupt the court’s work and undermine the rule of law in the…
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Emran Feroz: Afghanistan’s War Did Not End With US Withdrawal
DID Press: Afghan-Austrian journalist Emran Feroz says the war in Afghanistan did not end with the withdrawal of US forces five years ago, arguing that Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory, particularly in recent months, represent a continuation of the conflict…
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Hamas: Escalating West Bank Attacks Aim to Enforce Annexation, Displacement
DID Press: Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said the escalation of violence by Israeli settlers and attacks by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank aims to impose annexation, displace Palestinians and consolidate control over the territory.
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Afghanistan, Iran Vow to Expand Cross-Border Trade and Transit
DID Press: Taliban-appointed governors of Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces and an Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Mohsen Zanganeh, a member of Iran’s Parliament, have stressed the need to expand economic and trade cooperation, increase the exchange of goods and…
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IRGC Threaten to Pursue Ships Beyond Strait of Hormuz
DID Press: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has warned that its pursuit of vessels using unauthorized shipping routes will extend beyond the Strait of Hormuz to other parts of the region. In a statement, the IRGC Navy said…
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UAE Backs Continued UNAMA Mission and Equal Rights for Afghan Women
DID Press: United Arab Emirates has called for the continuation of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and stressed the need to ensure equal rights for women and girls in the country. The UAE’s Permanent Mission to the…
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UNAMA Deeply Concerned Over Detention of 52 Women and One Girl in Herat and Kabul
DID Press: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the recent arrest and detention of Afghan women and girls, as well as threats of detention against them by what it referred to as the de facto…
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