Recent Updates
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Government
Israel Led Journalist Deaths for 3rd Straight Year
DID Press: Israel has been identified as the leading contributor to journalist fatalities worldwide for the third year in a row, according to the 2025 annual report released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The organization says Israeli forces were responsible…
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Afghanistan
Regional Stakeholders Press to Open China–Wakhan Trade Corridor
DID Press: Regional analysts say activating the overland corridor connecting China to Afghanistan through the Wakhan Corridor—and linking it to Afghanistan’s national highways—should be treated as a strategic priority and restored through targeted investment. According to experts, the route could…
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Afghanistan
Administrative Corruption: The Chain Holding Global Development Hostage
DID Press: At the national level, corruption not only wastes resources but also destroys public trust; at the international level, it facilitates illicit financial flows and exacerbates inequality. The UN estimates that eradicating corruption could inject three trillion dollars into…
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Afghanistan
Famed Balkh Poet Clarifies Detention by Taliban Intelligence
DID Press: After being released, Sayed Sikandar Hussaini Bamdad, a renowned poet from Balkh province and head of the Ferdowsi Library in Mazar-i-Sharif, who was previously detained by the Taliban government’s intelligence agency, announced on Facebook that his detention was…
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Human Rights
UN: Gaza Genocide Carried Out with Complicity of Multiple States
DID Press: Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, condemned what she described as Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza, saying that it was carried out “with the complicity of a number of…
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Afghanistan
Taliban: Combating Administrative Corruption our Top Priority
DID Press: Hamdullah Fetrat, Deputy Spokesperson of the Taliban government, said fighting administrative corruption is at the top of the government’s agenda, and over the past four years, the level of corruption has been reduced to a minimum. The government…
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Afghanistan
Vegetable Oil Factory Worth $2M Opens in Nangarhar
DID Press: A new vegetable oil factory, “Al-Me’yar,” has been inaugurated in Nangarhar province with an investment of $2 million. The facility has been established for processing oilseeds and has a daily production capacity of up to 200 tons. Factory…
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News
Six Pakistani Soldiers Killed in Militant Attack
DID Press: Pakistani police and security sources told Reuters that six soldiers were killed in an armed attack on a security outpost in the country’s northwest. The attack occurred from Monday night into early Tuesday in the Kurram region, one…
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Immigrants
Afghanistan Youths in Turkey Trapped in Legal Limbo, New Study Finds
DID Press: Large numbers of young Afghans in Turkey are living in a state of legal uncertainty and heightened vulnerability due to the suspension or cancellation of identity documents, legal restrictions, and declining humanitarian assistance. The situation has severely limited…
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Afghanistan
Powerful Blast Near Taliban Base in Panjshir Sparks Suspicion of Drone Attack
DID Press: A powerful explosion has struck northern Panjshir province. Local sources reporting the possible use of small drones near a major Taliban base. Residents say the blast occurred close to a Taliban compound in the village of Manjinsto, raising…
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