Trade
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Ansarullah Claims Control of Bab al-Mandab and Yemen’s Western Coast
DID Press: Sanaa government has announced that Ansarullah forces have gained full control of coastal areas in Yemen’s Taiz province and seized the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, a development that could affect security and shipping in the Red Sea. The…
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Afghanistan, Kazakhstan Stress Expansion of Trade and Transit Ties
DID Press: Kazakhstan’s chargé d’affaires in Kabul, during a visit to Herat, met with Herat Governor Noor Ahmad Islamjar to discuss expanding trade and transit relations between the two countries. According to the Herat governor’s press office, the Kazakh diplomat…
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Muttaqi Calls for Expanded Relations Between Taliban and Bangladesh
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister, has called for stronger political, economic and cultural cooperation between Kabul and Dhaka during a meeting with a Bangladeshi delegation of religious scholars, businessmen and industrialists. According to a statement from…
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Pakistani Politician Warns of Expanding Afghanistan-Iran Trade
DID Press: Pakistani politician and analyst Afrasiab Khattak has warned that the expansion of trade between Afghanistan and Iran could lead to changes in Afghanistan’s trade routes and reduce Pakistan’s role in the country’s commercial exchanges. Khattak was responding to…
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Carney: Canada to Rapidly Reduce Economic Dependence on US
DID Press: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that his country will move quickly to reduce its economic dependence on the United States, as retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods take effect. Carney said four…
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Delta Energy Deal Raises Questions Over Persian Gulf and Western Influence in Afghanistan
DID Press: The signing in Kabul of a major oil and gas exploration and production agreement between the Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and Saudi company Delta Energy has once again drawn political observers’ attention to the hidden layers…
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Iran, Afghanistan Set $10 Billion Trade Target
DID Press: Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan said Tehran and Kabul aim to increase bilateral trade from around $4 billion to $10 billion.Alireza Bikdeli said expanding border crossings, roads and railway networks would be key to achieving the target, with much…
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Ansarullah Launches Heavy Attacks on Saudi Aramco and Military Targets
DID Press: Yemen’s Houthi movement said it had targeted several sites in Saudi Arabia in the latest wave of its attacks, including oil facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco. According to local media reports, the Jizan refinery and a bulk plant…
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Saudi Company Signs Oil and Gas Deal with Taliban; Khalilzad Attends Ceremony
DID Press: Taliban administration has signed a contract with Saudi company Delta International for the exploration and extraction of oil and gas in the Kashk–Tirpul basin in western Afghanistan. The agreement also covers the use of natural gas in Herat…
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Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls to Lowest Level Since May
DID Press: Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level since May, with an average of just 10 commodity vessels a day passing through the strategic waterway over the past 10 days, according to shipping…
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