Politics
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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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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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