Politics
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BRICS Members Agree on Joint Statement Condemning Unilateral War
DID Press: BRICS member states agreed on Saturday on the text of a joint declaration for the group’s 18th summit, which is expected to condemn unilateral war by any country without directly naming a specific state, according to four sources…
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Mujahid: “Zabihullah Mujahid” Was a Shared Name Used by Several Taliban Spokespeople
DID Press: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that the use of the name “Zabihullah Mujahid” by several individuals during the previous Afghan government was a security measure designed to prevent members of the group’s spokesperson network from being identified.…
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China Offers to Help Promote Peace and Stability in Middle East
DID Press: Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is ready to work with other BRICS members to help promote peace and stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region, as he attended the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi…
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Washington Warns US Companies Over Business Deals With Taliban
DID Press: US State Department has warned American companies to exercise “extreme caution” when conducting business with Afghanistan under Taliban rule. An unnamed State Department spokesperson told Radio Free Afghanistan that U.S. private companies seeking to conduct business in Afghanistan…
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Former EU Diplomat Warns of Taliban Ideological Influence on Afghan Youth
DID Press: A former European diplomat has warned about the expansion of Taliban-controlled religious schools in Afghanistan, saying hundreds of thousands of young Afghans are being educated in these institutions where the United States and Pakistan are portrayed as enemies.…
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Ansarullah’s “Conclusive Victory”: End of 11-Year Saudi-UAE Presence on Yemen’s Coast
DID Press: Ansarullah has released details of what it described as a large-scale operation on Yemen’s western coast that began on Sept. 3 on the al-Kadhah front west of Taiz, claiming that its forces captured the coastal city of Mokha,…
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Ideological Kinship Between the Taliban and al-Qaeda
DID Press: Reports of a Taliban-organized meeting in Doha coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and the reported views expressed there in support of al-Qaeda, have once again brought the longstanding question of the Taliban’s relationship with…
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Moscow: Asia Resisted Western Pressure to Restrict Russian Energy Purchases
DID Press: Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, says Asian countries resisted pressure from Western states to limit purchases of Russian energy and pursued their energy policies based on their national interests and historical experience. Speaking on the sidelines…
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China Calls on SCO Members to Boost Intelligence, Security Cooperation
DID Press: Zhang Hanhui, China’s ambassador to Russia, has called on members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to increase intelligence sharing and strengthen cooperation on security and combating crime. He said SCO members should regularly hold joint exercises and…
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Doha Meeting Raises Questions Over Taliban’s Ties to al-Qaeda
DID Press: Reports have emerged of a meeting organized by the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, where the al-Qaeda network and the attacks carried out in the United States that year…
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