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Afghanistan Complained to UNSC Over Pakistani Airstrikes
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN has formally lodged a complaint with the UNSC, condemning recent Pakistani airstrikes on Paktika and Nangarhar provinces as a “clear violation of territorial integrity and fundamental principles of international law.” The complaint…
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China Urges US to Scrap Trump-Era Unilateral Tariffs After Supreme Court Ruling
DID Press: Beijing on Monday called on US to revoke unilateral tariffs imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump, following a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated key legal grounds used to justify the…
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Artificial Currency Stability Undermines Pakistan’s Exports and Trade Balance
DID Press: Pakistan’s economy is gripped by an illusion of stability—one driven not by structural reform but by administrative intervention in the foreign-exchange market. The artificial pegging of the rupee around 280 per dollar has created a surface calm, yet…
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USS Ford Crew Voice Growing Fatigue over Extended Mission
DID Press: Crew members aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford have expressed dissatisfaction over the repeated extension of the ship’s deployment, reported Israeli media outlets, including Maariv, citing reports from Western media. The carrier, dispatched to the…
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Gunmen Abduct 14 Workers in Pakistan’s Balochistan
DID Press: Armed assailants abducted 14 workers in two separate attacks targeting development projects in Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan, local authorities said. In Khuzdar, attackers stormed a government construction camp and kidnapped 11 workers, including the project manager. A brief exchange…
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Modi Praises Netanyahu Amid Gaza Child Killings
DID Press: While India presents itself internationally as a major Asian power and a defender of human rights, the public praise expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the ongoing killing of civilians in…
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Achakzai: Pakistan Will Not Back Down to Taliban Threats
DID Press: Former Information Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Jan Achakzai, warned that Pakistan will not retreat in the face of threats from the Taliban, stressing that Islamabad does not fear external pressure. In a post on social media, Achakzai cautioned…
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Pakistan President: “No Safe Haven If Bloodshed Continues”
DID Press: president of Pakistan on Sunday defended his country’s recent airstrikes on targets inside Afghanistan, warning that if bloodshed continues within Pakistan, the perpetrators, planners, and sponsors “will not be spared.” Asif Ali Zardari said the recent intelligence-led strikes…
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Dialysis Crisis in Herat as Pakistan Border Closure Chokes Medical Supplies
DID Press: The continued closure of border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan has triggered an acute shortage of dialysis medicines and consumables in Herat, putting the lives of dozens of kidney patients at risk, doctors warn. Physicians in Herat say…
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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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