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Global Condemnation, Retaliation Threats Follow Deadly Kabul Strike
DID Press: A wave of international and domestic reactions has followed reports of a deadly airstrike in Kabul, with figures from the Taliban claiming 400 killed and 250 wounded—numbers yet to be independently verified. Richard Bennett expressed deep concern over…
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Abdul Salam Zaeef Likens Pakistan’s Actions to Israel’s Conduct in Gaza
DID Press: Former Taliban diplomat Abdul Salam Zaeef has sharply criticized Pakistan’s military authorities, comparing their actions to Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip. Zaeef said the “actions of Pakistan’s military regime closely resemble the behavior of the Israeli regime…
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Taliban Claim 400 Killed in Alleged Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul Hospital
DID Press: Officials from the Taliban say a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed 400 people and wounded around 250 others. Hamdullah Fitrat said the casualties resulted from an attack by Pakistan’s military, though the…
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Pakistani Border Shelling Kills 4 Civilians in Eastern Afghanistan
DID Press: Four civilians were killed and nine others wounded after Pakistani forces shelled border areas in eastern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, officials from the Taliban administration said. Hamdullah Fitrat said mortar and artillery fire struck border districts…
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OIC Urges Action to Restore Girls’ Education in Afghanistan
DID Press: Organization of Islamic Cooperation has stressed that girls’ education in Afghanistan is a critical issue with far-reaching consequences for the country’s development. Khalil Ibrahim Okur, deputy head of the organization’s humanitarian affairs department, said access to education for…
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Afghan Asylum Seeker Dies in US ICE Custody, Rights Group Demands Investigation
DID Press: Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for a full and transparent investigation into the death of an Afghan asylum seeker who died after being detained by US immigration authorities. The organization said the man, identified as Nazir Paktiawal,…
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Pakistan Rejects Chinese Proposal for Talks With Taliban, Seeks Security Guarantees
DID Press: Pakistan has rejected a recent Chinese proposal to facilitate talks between Islamabad and Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, saying any shift in its policy toward Kabul will depend on receiving concrete and verifiable security guarantees. Official sources in Pakistan said…
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Khamenei’s Blood and the Revival of Political Islam
1DID Press: Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei can undoubtedly be regarded—after Ayatollah Sayed Ruhollah Khomeini, and in some respects even more than him—as the most significant architect of the discourse of political Islam in contemporary Iran. Years before the 1979 revolution,…
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Regional Conflict Threatens Central Asia’s Access to Global Markets
DID Press: Rising tensions in Iran and Afghanistan are putting South Asian trade at risk and disrupting Central Asia’s new routes to Asian and African markets. The escalation between the Taliban government in Afghanistan and Pakistan threatens the security of…
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Switzerland Bars US Military Flights Linked to Iran Conflict from Its Airspace
DID Press: Swiss government announced that, adhering to its longstanding principle of neutrality, it has denied U.S. military flights associated with the Iran conflict from passing through its airspace. On Saturday, the Swiss Federal Council stated that two requests for…
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