Security
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Taliban Warns Global Threat from Overseas Drug Production
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government warned UN that drug cultivation outside Afghanistan poses a significant threat to global security. Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban Foreign Minister, met with Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, to raise concerns over…
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EU’s Security Crackdown: Freedoms Curtailed Under Guise of Safety
DID Press: In development of modern states, security has historically had three complementary dimensions: military, policing, and legal. Military security protected against existential threats; policing ensured social order and the protection of property and individuals; and legal security, through universal…
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Uzbekistan Warns Regional Extremism Threatens Afghanistan and Central Asia
DID Press: Uzbekistan warned that the spread of regional extremism poses a direct threat to Afghanistan and the security of Central Asian states, linking its concerns to instability in the Middle East. Abdulaziz Kamilov, foreign policy adviser to the president…
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ICU Nurse Killed in Minneapolis; Kamala Harris Calls Incident “Shocking and Painful”
DID Press: Killing of Alex Jeffrey Purdy, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in Minneapolis, has sparked widespread political and social reaction across the United States. Purdy was shot dead by U.S. immigration enforcement…
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Taliban: No Group Has Access to US Military Equipment Left in Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban’s Interior Ministry denied reports that U.S. military weapons and equipment left behind after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan have been distributed to armed groups, insisting all such equipment remains under full government control. Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesperson…
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Leaked Documents Reveal Trump Administration Targeted Pro-Palestinian Students
DID Press: Confidential documents unsealed this week by a U.S. federal judge revealed the Trump administration sought to identify, detain, and deport university students involved in pro-Palestinian activism in the past year. A federal judge described these actions as unconstitutional…
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Iraq Faces Growing Security Crisis amid US Withdrawal and Influx of Thousands of ISIS Prisoners
DID Press: Iraq’s Ministry of Defense announced on January 17 that U.S. and coalition forces have vacated Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province, transferring full control to the Iraqi military. The move is part of a Baghdad–Washington agreement to reduce…
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UK PM Starmer Says Trump Must Apologize Over NATO Remarks
DID Press: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding NATO’s role in Afghanistan war, calling them insulting to Washington’s allies and demanding an official apology. Starmer highlighted the sacrifice of hundreds of British soldiers…
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Venezuela Alleges US Used “Unknown” AI Weapons in Maduro Operation
DID Press: Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López claimed the United States employed advanced, artificial intelligence–based weapons during an operation targeting President Nicolás Maduro. According to Padrino López, the weaponry had never been used in any prior military engagement, effectively…
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First Ukraine-Russia-US Trilateral Peace Talks Begin in Abu Dhabi
DID Press: For the first time since the outbreak of Ukraine war, official representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the US have convened a meeting in Abu Dhabi to explore pathways toward ending the conflict. The talks, which began Friday evening…
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