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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Issues Electronic ID Cards to 18.3 Million Citizens
DID Press: Afghanistan’s General Directorate of Statistics and Information has announced that nearly 18.3 million citizens have received electronic national identity cards since the distribution process began. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Taliban-run authority said 827,060 electronic ID…
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First “Jihad Museum” Opens in Kandahar
DID Press: Taliban authorities have officially opened what they describe as the first museum dedicated to preserving “jihadist” artifacts in Kandahar, according to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture and local media reports. The museum was inaugurated in the presence…
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Pakistan Airstrikes Expose Gaps in Taliban’s Security Claims
DID Press: Recent Pakistani airstrikes on targets in Afghanistan’s Kandahar, Paktia and Khost provinces have raised questions about the Taliban’s ability to defend Afghan territory against external military threats. The strikes, including attacks in Kandahar—the Taliban’s main political and religious…
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Taliban Leader Calls for Merit-Based Government Appointments
DID Press: Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has called on civilian and military officials in Kandahar to base appointments on merit and competence, rather than ethnicity, language, family ties or personal relationships.Akhundzada made the remarks at a one-day seminar for civilian…
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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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CIA Files Reveal Taliban Warned bin Laden After 1999 Hijacking
DID Press: Declassified documents released by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) show that the Taliban warned Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, to strengthen his security following the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 in 1999. The information…
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Pakistan Deports 551 Afghan Migrants
DID Press: Taliban officials say 551 more Afghan migrants have entered Afghanistan through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings as Pakistan’s repatriation of Afghan migrants continues. The process of returning Afghan migrants from Pakistan is ongoing, with Taliban authorities…
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Afghanistan United Front Claims Attacks on Two Taliban Members in Kandahar and Khost
DID Press: Afghanistan United Front has claimed that its forces killed two Taliban members in separate attacks in Kandahar and Khost provinces, including a member of the Taliban police and an official from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue…
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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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Afghanistan United Front Claims Two Taliban Intelligence Members Killed in Kandahar, Ghazni
DID Press: The Afghanistan United Front said its fighters carried out two separate targeted operations in Kandahar and Ghazni provinces on Saturday evening, claiming that two members of the Taliban’s intelligence apparatus were killed. The claims have not been independently…
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