Politics
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Hegseth Extends U.S. Middle East Deployments Into 2027
DID Press: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended the deployment timelines of American forces in the Middle East into 2027, signaling that Washington is preparing for a potentially prolonged military commitment in the region, according to a report by…
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Appeals Court Reinstates Bowe Bergdahl’s Military Conviction
DID Press: A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that a lower federal judge lacked the authority to overturn the military conviction of former Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, effectively restoring the judgment against him for desertion and misbehavior before the…
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Former Pakistani Diplomat: Islamabad’s Security-First Afghanistan Policy Has Failed
DID Press: Former Pakistani ambassador and Georgetown University adjunct professor Touqir Hussain has criticized Islamabad’s decades-long approach toward Afghanistan, arguing that treating the country primarily as a security challenge has failed and contributed to deeper instability and increasingly complex relations…
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WSJ: Trump Weighs Declaring End to Iran War
DID Press: US President Donald Trump is privately discussing the possibility of declaring the war with Iran over, even as Washington maintains military forces in the Middle East and continues to exert economic pressure on Tehran, according to The Wall…
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Aisha Wahab Sworn In as First Afghan American in US Congress
DID Press: Aisha Wahab was sworn in on Wednesday as the first Afghan American to serve in the U.S. Congress, formally taking her seat in the House of Representatives for California’s 14th Congressional District. Wahab, 39, won a special election…
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Pakistan Says Ties With Kabul Depend on Action Against TTP
DID Press: Pakistan has said meaningful progress in relations with Afghanistan will depend on the Taliban taking “concrete and verifiable” action against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other militant groups Islamabad says are operating from…
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Taliban: No Political Prisoners Held in Afghanistan’s Prisons
DID Press: Taliban says more than 15,000 people are currently imprisoned in its detention facilities across Afghanistan, but none of them are political prisoners. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, said there are no political prisoners in the group’s prisons and…
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Qatar Envoy Reaffirms Continued Cooperation with Bamyan
DID Press: Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Murdaf Al-Ghashouti, visited Bamyan province and met with Qari Gul Haider Shafaq, the Taliban-appointed governor, to discuss economic and development cooperation. According to the Bamyan governor’s media office, the Qatari envoy reaffirmed his country’s…
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Taliban Minister Blames Afghanistan’s Ethnic Divisions on Foreign Interference
DID Press: Noorullah Noori, the Taliban’s acting minister for Borders, Ethnicities and Tribal Affairs, has claimed that ethnic divisions in Afghanistan were largely the result of interference by foreign intelligence networks and what he described as “occupiers.” Noori said there…
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Saudi Arabia Launches Nationwide ‘Building Faith’ Programme for Mosques
DID Press: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has launched a nationwide programme aimed at strengthening religious and intellectual awareness through activities in mosques and prayer halls across the Kingdom. The programme, launched in Riyadh by Islamic…
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