Trade
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Taliban Offers 2-Year Visas to Employees of Approved Afghan Companies
DID Press: Taliban government announced employees of companies officially approved by the administration will be granted two-year visas as part of ongoing incentives to attract Afghanistan investors back to the country. A coordination meeting to support returning traders and industrialists…
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Taliban Consul in Mashhad Meets Afghan Business Community in Iran
DID Press: Taliban’s consulate in Mashhad announced that Mawlawi Noor Mohammad Mutawakkil, the consulate’s head, held a meeting with Afghan traders and economic activists residing in Iran. During the session, Mawlawi Mutawakkil listened to the challenges and needs of the…
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Uzbekistan, JICA Step Up Regional Cooperation Focused on Afghanistan
DID Press: Uzbekistan’s Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade, Laziz Kudratov, held talks with Sota Tosaka, head of the Afghanistan office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency(JCA), to expand regional cooperation with a focus on Afghanistan. According to reports, the…
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Pakistan-Taliban Relations at Crossroads: Diplomacy Continues amid Deepening Border Tensions
DID Press: Relations between Pakistan and Taliban-led government in Afghanistan have entered a critical phase, marked by mutual mistrust and border security concerns, even as diplomatic channels remain open. Islamabad has repeatedly expressed concern over anti-Pakistan armed groups operating from…
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Taliban Reviewed Proposal for Cargo Handling Center at Islam Qala Port
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government reviewed a proposal to establish a standardized cargo loading and unloading center at Islam Qala Port in Herat province, according to officials. The proposal was discussed during a recent meeting of the government’s Inter-Ministerial Investment…
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Taliban FM Pledges Strong Commitment to Expanding Ties with Tajikistan
DID Press: Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi expressed a “strong commitment” to expanding relations with Tajikistan during a meeting with Tajik Ambassador to Kabul Saadi Sharifi, officials said. The meeting took place Thursday in Kabul, where Muttaqi highlighted what…
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Washington Pressuring Iran to Contain China’s Rise
DID Press: Italian analyst Emanuele Scimia argues that Donald Trump is pursuing a strategy of indirect pressure to counter China, rather than engaging Beijing in direct confrontation. The approach aims to slow China’s rise by tightening constraints on its energy…
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Trump Warns Canada Against Signing Trade Deal with China
DID Press: US President Donald Trump has strongly warned Canada against moving forward with any trade agreements with China, labeling such a move as a threat to Washington’s interests. Trump criticized the potential for a trade deal between Canada and…
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Xi Jinping’s Bold Push: Yuan Should Become Global Reserve Currency
DID Press: Chinese President, Xi Jinping, has for the first time explicitly said China’s goal is to make yuan one of the world’s leading reserve currencies. This statement, published in the Communist Party’s ideological journal, Qiushi, is considered the clearest…
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Afghanistan Seeks Active Participation in SCO
DID Press: Gul Hassan, the Taliban ambassador to Russia, announced that Kabul plans to resume its active participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a move that, according to him, is being pursued with the support of Moscow, Beijing, and…
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