Security
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Afghanistan’s 1406 Kankor Registration Opens Again Without Female Students
DID Press: Taliban’s National Examination Authority has announced the opening of registration for the 1406 general Kankor and religious-school entrance examinations, with Afghan girls still excluded from taking the university entrance exam. Mumtaz Qadiri, a spokesperson for the National Examination…
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Muttaqi: Pakistan Has Launched New Project to Destabilize Afghanistan and Region
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, said at the eighth Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan that Pakistan has launched a new project aimed at challenging security in Afghanistan and the wider region. Muttaqi alleged that Pakistan’s…
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Lavrov: NATO Military Infrastructure in Afghanistan, Neighbors ‘Unacceptable’
DID Press: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow considers the deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan and neighboring countries “absolutely unacceptable,” warning that such a presence could contribute to instability and increased conflict in the region. Speaking at…
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Taliban Minister: Pakistan Cannot Tolerate Afghanistan’s Stability and Development
DID Press: Abdul Latif Mansour, the Taliban’s acting minister of rural rehabilitation and development, has reacted to recent Pakistani attacks, saying Afghanistan seeks good and Islamic-principled relations with neighboring countries, but that Islamabad’s attacks indicate Pakistan cannot tolerate Afghanistan’s stability…
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Pakistan Reportedly Used US-Made Drones in Strikes on Kunar, Helmand
DID Press: Pakistani journalist Adil Raja, citing intelligence sources in Pakistan, has claimed that Pakistani drone strikes last week on areas of Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces were carried out using U.S.-made drones. According to Raja, the operation was conducted…
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25 Years On, Afghan War Crimes Victims Still Await Justice
DID Press: Human Rights Watch says that 25 years after the start of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, many victims of war crimes and human rights abuses still lack access to justice, accountability and reparations. In a report marking 25…
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Roberts: Israel’s Dimona Facility Could Serve as Iran’s “Nuclear Weapon”
DID Press: Paul Craig Roberts, a former U.S. Treasury Department official, referring to Iran’s missile capabilities and Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility, said Iran does not need to develop a nuclear weapon to establish nuclear deterrence. Speaking to the Going Underground…
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On World Teachers’ Day, More Than 800 Palestinian Teachers Reportedly Killed in Gaza
DID Press: According to the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Education, more than 800 teachers have been killed and another 3,300 injured in Israeli attacks since the war began in October 2023. The Palestinian Ministry of Education said,…
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Postol: Israeli Military Is on the Verge of Collapse
DID Press: Theodore Postol, professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a former Pentagon adviser, has criticized the performance of Israel’s leadership, saying the Israeli military is facing an extremely difficult situation and is on the verge…
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Italian-Swiss Analyst: Hidden Police Agents May Be Present Among Protesters in France
DID Press: Italian-Swiss analyst Angelo Giuliano has claimed that, unlike in some countries of the Global South where he says Western non-governmental organizations have financed or supported unrest, recent protests in France may involve a different form of intervention. Giuliano…
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