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Pakistan Blocks Routes to Islamabad Ahead of Planned PTI March
DID Press: Pakistani authorities have blocked several major roads, highways and bridges leading to Islamabad as supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party prepared for a planned march toward the capital. Authorities closed or restricted…
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UN Meeting: Peace in Afghanistan Impossible Without Women’s Freedom and Participation
DID Press: Participants at a meeting titled “Women, Peace, Justice and National Reconciliation in Afghanistan,” held on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, stressed that a reduction in violence in Afghanistan alone does not…
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Taliban Dismisses Dawat University Leaders, Appoints New Board
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education dismissed the president and administrative officials of Dawat Private University in Kabul and appointed its own team as the university’s new leadership board, reported Hasht-e Subh Daily. Neda Mohammad Nadim, the Taliban’s acting…
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AQIS Condemns Suicide Attack on Mosque in Pakistan’s Kohat
DID Press: Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has condemned the suicide attack on a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan, expressing regret over the deaths and injuries caused by the assault. In a statement concerning Friday’s attack, AQIS said targeting people…
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Iran Ready to Supply Afghanistan With Up to 2,000 MW of Electricity
DID Press: Iran is prepared to facilitate the supply of up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Afghanistan, Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said during talks with Mohammad Ahmad Jan Bilal, head of Afghanistan’s General Directorate of State-Owned Enterprises,…
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Germany to Cut Petrol, Diesel Taxes to Curb Soaring Fuel Prices
DID Press: Germany will temporarily cut taxes on petrol and diesel from October 1, 2026, as the government seeks to ease the impact of sharply higher fuel prices on households and businesses. The federal government and Germany’s states agreed to…
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Houthi Control of Bab al-Mandab Raises Economic Questions for Yemen
DID Press: The expansion of Ansar Allah (the Houthis) along Yemen’s western coast and its reported capture of strategic areas around the Bab al-Mandab Strait, including the port city of Mokha, have raised new questions about the economic and geopolitical…
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Pakistan: Regional Mediation Efforts With Taliban Have Failed to Ease Tensions
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says mediation efforts by regional countries to ease tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban administration in Kabul have so far failed to produce a breakthrough. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said Pakistan had engaged…
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Physical Oil Prices Surpass $130 as Hormuz Flows Plunge
DID Press: Physical crude oil prices have risen above $130 per barrel as disruptions to tanker traffic and sharply reduced oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz continue to put pressure on global energy markets. Recent market reports indicate that…
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Afghanistan, Turkmenistan Move to Accelerate 500kV Power Transmission Project
DID Press: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have discussed accelerating work on a 500-kilovolt (kV) electricity transmission project between the two countries, with officials also reviewing the implementation of the TAP project. Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar, executive director of Da Afghanistan Breshna…
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