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India Condemns Pakistan Airstrikes on Afghanistan as “Deflection from Domestic Failures”
DID Press: Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (India), condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan, saying they resulted in civilian casualties, including women and children, during the holy month of Ramadan. Responding to media queries, Jaiswal said the…
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Afghanistan’s UN Mission Condemns Pakistan Airstrikes as Breach of Int’l Law
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to UN condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on Nangarhar Province and Paktika Province, calling them a violation of international law and Afghanistan’s territorial integrity. In a statement issued on Sunday, Feb. 22, the mission said counterterrorism efforts…
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Pakistan Claims 70 Killed in Afghanistan Strikes as Taliban Say Civilians Hit
DID Press: Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s deputy interior minister, said nearly 70 people were killed in recent Pakistani strikes on what Islamabad described as “terrorist positions” inside Afghanistan. In comments to Geo News, Chaudhry claimed that available evidence indicates most of…
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Durrani: Pakistan No Longer Tolerate Cross-Border Militant Hideouts
DID Press: Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s former special representative for Afghanistan, described last night’s Pakistani airstrikes in Nangarhar and Paktika Provinces as a “clear and calibrated message” to the Taliban. Writing on X, he said Islamabad will no longer tolerate “cross-border…
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India Arrests 8 Suspects Over Alleged Pakistan–Bangladesh Terror Links
DID Press: Police sources in New Delhi say eight suspects have been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the Indian capital. According to Indian media, six of the suspects were detained in Tamil Nadu and are being…
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Iran Debuts Sayyad-G3 Missile in Strait of Hormuz Naval Drill
DID Press: Iran’s navy has, for the first time, deployed “Sayyad-G3” air-defense missile during recent naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Fars News Agency. The missile is presented as one of Iran’s most advanced domestically developed air-defense…
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Trump Sends US Hospital Ship to Greenland Amid Transatlantic Rift
DID Press: Tensions between Europe and the United States over the future and strategic status of Greenland have entered a new phase. Amid ongoing disagreements over influence and control in theArctic territory, Donald Trump announced that a large U.S. hospital…
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Pakistan Strikes on Afghanistan Exposed Islamabad’s Strategic Deadlock
DID Press: Pakistan once again resorted to military pressure against Afghanistan, striking targets in the country’s eastern provinces. The de facto authorities in Kabul say the attacks killed and wounded dozens of civilians. The operation, widely seen as an attempt…
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Trump “Surprised” by Iran’s Refusal to Yield, Says US Envoy
DID Press: Steve Witkoff, US Envoy for talks with Iran, said US president was “surprised” that Iranians have not capitulated under pressure. Witkoff said he met Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s former monarch, at Trump’s direction. According to Witkoff,…
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Pakistan’s Poverty Deepens as Living Costs Outpace Incomes
DID Press: Pakistan is facing one of its harshest economic periods in decades in 2024–2025, as runaway inflation, prolonged stagnation, and successive shocks continue to shrink household purchasing power across the country. Recent reports in Pakistani media indicate that economic…
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