Security
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Hebatullah Orders Construction of “Special Military Base” in Kandahar
DID Press: Taliban’s caretaker government is constructing a special military base in the mountainous areas of Kandahar’s 11th district under the direct order of Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, reported provincial sources. According to these sources, the base has…
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Afghanistani Allies Data Leaked again in UK
DID Press: Two years after the exposure of personal details belonging to 18,000 Afghanistanis, a new data breach has emerged in the UK involving the British Ministry of Defense. The Jet Center confirmed the personal information of nearly 3,700 individuals—including…
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Kabul Envoy to Ankara: Afghanistan’s Security Should Serve as Foundation for Progress
DID Press: Caretaker government’s acting ambassador to Ankara emphasized at a ceremony commemorating (August 15) that the current security environment in Afghanistan should be used as a basis for progress and reconstruction of the country. Saniullah Farahmand, described (August 15) a…
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Caretaker Government: Ready to Continue War for next Two Centuries
DID Press: At a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, Fariduddin Mahmoudi, head of the Academy of Sciences of the caretaker government, declared that the administration is prepared to sustain the war for the next…
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Poll: Putin-Trump Meeting Likely to Yield Political Deal
DID Press: A recent survey indicates that the majority of DID Press readers regard the recent meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin primarily as a prelude to a “political deal between Moscow and Washington.” The…
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Pakistan Army Warns Taliban, India Over Militant Support
DID Press: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, accused Afghanistan’s caretaker government of directing Tahrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants to launch attacks inside Pakistan. He warned that Islamabad is determined to safeguard its citizens and will not allow such…
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Rai Al-Youm on Hezbollah’s Fiery Rhetoric and Future of Disarmament
DID Press: The pan-Arab daily Rai al-Youm analyzed the latest speech by Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sheikh Naiem Qassem, describing it as unusually sharp and threatening, and assessed what it may signal for Lebanon’s political and security future. According to the paper,…
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Trump Hands Melania’s Letter to Putin
DID Press: U.S. President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, sent a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The officials would not divulge the contents of the letter other than to say it mentioned the abductions of children resulting from…
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Germany sued over deportation of Afghanistani refugees from Pakistan
DID Press: Rights groups said Pakistan arrested hundreds of Afghanistani refugees this week, including some accepted into a German programme and awaiting visas. Rights activists in Germany filed criminal cases Friday against two German ministers after Afghanistani refugees accepted under…
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No Final Deal in Alaska Talks, but Possible Trump–Putin–Zelensky Meeting
DID Press: U.S. President Donald Trump, following his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, announced “significant progress” in negotiations over peace in Ukraine, saying a potential trilateral meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky could also take place. In an interview with Fox…
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