Security
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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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Former US Official: Iraq Secretly Asked Washington to Withdraw American Forces
DID Press: Lawrence Wilkerson, a former chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, has said that Iraqi political leaders, including the country’s current prime minister, privately asked Washington to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq, amid concerns over…
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Shia Scholars in Herat Condemn Pakistani Airstrikes on Kunar and Helmand
DID Press: A group of Shia religious scholars and community elders in Jebrail township of Herat province has condemned recent Pakistani airstrikes on parts of Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces, calling for an immediate halt to the attacks and an…
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Yemen’s Sanaa Forces Claim Cut to Saudi-Backed Forces’ Main Supply Route in Taiz
DID Press: Nidal Hamadeh, a Germany-based political analyst and director of the Center for Crisis Studies, said in a post on X that the reported disruption of the Taiz–Al-Turbah–Aden road has cut what he described as the last major ground…
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Sanaa Forces Take Control of Strategic Rasun Mountain Range in Taiz
DID Press: Yemen’s Sanaa armed forces have taken control of the strategic Rasun mountain range in Taiz province, Al Mayadeen reported. The mountainous area overlooks a key route linking Taiz with Lahj and Aden, as fighting has increasingly focused on…
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Face Choice Between Confrontation and Cooperation
DID Press: Rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, ranging from border clashes and airstrikes to disputes over the activities of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have brought relations between the two countries to a critical point. However, their geographic and economic interdependence…
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Former Mullah Omar Adviser Calls War with Pak Army “Hostility Toward Islam”
DID Press: Mufti Abdul Rahim, head of Karachi-based Jamiat-ul-Rashid and a former adviser to Taliban founder Mullah Omar, has criticized the Taliban’s policy toward Pakistan and called on the group to refrain from supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He described…
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Pakistan Government-Opposition Talks Fail as PTI Begins Protest March
DID Press: Talks between representatives of Pakistan’s federal government and opposition parties ended without a final agreement at the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly. The main obstacle was reportedly a dispute over a meeting between senior members…
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Pak Army Holds Taliban Responsible for Consequences of Alleged Terrorism Support
DID Press: Pakistan’s military has accused the Taliban of facilitating terrorism and reaffirmed Islamabad’s stated right to self-defence and to take targeted action against threats it says originate from Afghanistan. Senior Pakistani military commanders reviewed the country’s security situation and…
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Pakistan Claims 15 Militants Killed in Attempted Infiltration from Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistani security sources say security forces thwarted an attempted infiltration by 15 armed militants from Afghanistan into Pakistan in the Ghulam Khan sector along the two countries’ border, killing all of them. According to Pakistani media, the group…
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