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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Signs $13.8M in Contracts to Expand Amu Darya Oil Operations
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed two contracts worth a combined $13.8 million with TNG Tatarstan, a company based in Russia’s Tatarstan region, for monitoring and consultancy services in the Amu Darya oil basin and…
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HRW Calls for Taliban Accountability Over Rights Abuses
DID Press: Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish effective mechanisms to hold the Taliban accountable for serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, including systematic restrictions on women and girls. Speaking at the…
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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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Atta Mohammad Noor Condemns Taliban Treatment of Afghanistan’s Shiites
DID Press: Atta Mohammad Noor, a leader of Jamiat-e Islami of Afghanistan, has condemned what he described as discrimination and “crimes” by the Taliban against Afghanistan’s Shiite community, calling Shiites his “brothers” and urging them to remain united. In a…
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Two Taliban Fighters Reportedly Arrested in Bamyan Over Alleged Sexual Encounter
DID Press: Two Taliban fighters have reportedly been arrested by the group’s intelligence officials in Bamyan province over an alleged sexual encounter with a woman, according to a Taliban intelligence source cited by DID Press. The source said the woman…
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Taliban Pressure on Shiite Institutions Raises Questions Over Religious Tolerance
DID Press: Recent developments in Kabul, including the nighttime encirclement and entry by officials from the Taliban’s Ministry of Justice into the Khatam al-Nabieen seminary and university, the cutting of electricity in the area, reports of physical confrontation with students,…
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UN Chief Calls for Immediate End to Taliban Restrictions on Afghan Women and Girls
DID Press: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the Taliban’s continuing discriminatory policies toward Afghan women and girls, calling for the immediate lifting of restrictions imposed on them. In a statement issued ahead of the first…
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Mohaqiq Urges Hazaras and Shiites to Unite Against Taliban Discrimination
DID Press: The Islamic Unity Party of the People of Afghanistan has condemned what it described as increasing pressure by the Taliban on the country’s Hazara and Shiite communities, accusing the group of restricting religious activities, targeting religious and educational…
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9/11 Victims Ask US Supreme Court to Review Access to $3.5B in Frozen Afghan Assets
DID Press: Families and estates of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks have asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review whether they can access about $3.5 billion in frozen assets belonging to Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan’s…
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Several Shia Leaders Arrested in Kabul
DID Press: Local sources have reported that several Hazara and Shia community leaders have been arrested by Kabul’s Police District 3 on the orders of the Taliban’s Minister of Justice. Among those recently detained are Sayed Hassan Sharifi Balkhabi and…
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