Politics
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Kabul–Riyadh Call Urges De-escalation and Stronger Ties
DID Press: Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of Afghanistan’s Taliban administration, held a phone call with Prince Faisal bin Farhan, foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, to discuss bilateral relations and the latest developments between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Muttaqi…
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Cross-Border Drone, Rocket Attacks Between Afghanistan and Pakistan
DID Press: Official sources in both Afghanistan and Pakistan reported reciprocal military strikes between the two countries, in what officials describe as an unprecedented escalation that has reportedly included Pakistan’s capital. According to BBC News, citing Pakistan’s Ministry of Information,…
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Pakistani Airstrike Targets Taliban Corps in Laghman
DID Press: Local sources reported that Pakistan carried out an airstrike on the Taliban’s “201 Khalid bin Walid Corps” in Laghman province. No details about possible casualties have been released so far. According to the sources, Pakistani forces targeted the…
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Taliban Claim Airstrikes Inside Pakistan
DID Press: Taliban Ministry of Defense claimed it carried out airstrikes on military targets in several Pakistani cities, while Islamabad has not confirmed the claims and has only reported the fall of a drone in Swabi. In a statement, the…
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Oman Welcomes New Ideas in Iran–US Nuclear Talks
DID Press: Oman’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that during the latest round of talks, the Iranian side’s views and proposals were reviewed alongside responses and questions from the U.S. negotiating team regarding how to address key elements of…
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Gulf States Fear US-Iran War, Brace for Regional Fallout
DID Press: Rising US military deployments in the Middle East have triggered deep concern among Gulf states over a potential direct conflict between Washington and Tehran. Hosting key American bases, these countries fear the consequences of a large-scale war and…
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Pakistan, EU Hold Virtual Talks on Afghanistan Security, Human Rights
DID Press: Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, held a virtual meeting with European Union envoy Gilles Bertrand to discuss the latest political and security developments in the region. Sadiq noted that the talks focused primarily on human rights,…
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Targeted Killings Export Insecurity Beyond Afghanistan’s Borders
DID Press: Recent targeted attacks against Afghanistan political figures and activists abroad have renewed concerns over the “cross-border export of insecurity,” as violence linked to Afghanistan increasingly spills into host countries. The attempted assassination of Keramuddin Reza Zada, a former…
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Iran–US Talks: Deal or Confrontation?
DID Press: On the eve of the third round of talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US, Abdul Latif Nazari, Deputy Minister of Economy in the Taliban administration, published an analytical note on his Facebook page on…
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Iran–Afghanistan Hold New Round of Border Security Talks
DID Press: Iran and Afghanistan held a new round of border talks under the framework of agreements reached by senior officials of both countries, with a focus on strengthening security and bilateral cooperation. The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of…
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