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Afghanistan
Muttaqi to Attend Eighth Moscow Format Meeting on Afghanistan
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Foreign Ministry has announced that Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will attend the eighth Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan at Russia’s invitation. Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, head of the Public Relations and Information Department at…
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Afghanistan
Eighth Moscow Format Meeting on Afghanistan to Be Held in Moscow
DID Press: Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, has announced that the eighth meeting of the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan will be held in Moscow on October 5. According to Zakharova, special representatives and senior officials from Afghanistan,…
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Afghanistan
UNODC Warns of Rising Organized Crime Risks in Afghanistan
DID Press: UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that weakened rule of law and judicial institutions in Afghanistan since the political changes of 2021 have increased the country’s vulnerability to organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking and…
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Afghanistan
Turkish Intelligence Chief Holds Talks With Senior Taliban Officials in Kabul
DID Press: Ibrahim Kalin, head of Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), visited Kabul and Kandahar on Wednesday and held talks with senior Taliban officials on strengthening security and intelligence cooperation between Türkiye and Afghanistan, according to Turkish security sources cited…
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Return of ‘Black Gold’: Myanmar Becomes World’s Largest Opium Producer Again
DID Press: The “Golden Triangle” in Southeast Asia, once one of the world’s main centers of opium production, is witnessing a renewed expansion of poppy cultivation, with Myanmar once again emerging as the world’s leading known source of illicit opium.…
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Pakistan, Sri Lanka Seize 671 kg of Methamphetamine Linked to Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) says it has helped dismantle a transnational drug-trafficking network linked to Afghanistan after authorities seized a combined 671 kg of methamphetamine in operations at ports in Karachi and Colombo. According to the ANF, 200…
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Afghanistan
SCO Calls for Inclusive Government in Afghanistan
DID Press: Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in their final declaration at the Bishkek summit, called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan with the participation of all ethnic and political groups. The leaders said an…
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Afghanistan
Two Afghan Nationals Killed in Clash With Tajik Border Guards
DID Press: Tajik authorities say two Afghan nationals were killed in an armed clash with the country’s border guards in the Fathabad area of Khatlon region, along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border. Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security said the two men…
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CSTO Chief Warns of Afghanistan Border Instability
DID Press: The secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), stressing the need to strengthen control over the organization’s borders, warned that continued instability in areas bordering Afghanistan poses clear threats to the security of Central Asia and the…
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Pakistan, Iran Expand Border Security Cooperation
DID Press: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on border security, with a renewed focus on combating terrorism, drug trafficking, human smuggling, and irregular migration. The agreement was reached during talks in Islamabad between Pakistan’s Interior Minister…
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