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Afghanistan
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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Kandahar Vaccinators Report Two Months of Unpaid Salaries
DID Press: Local sources in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province say vaccinators have not received their salaries for the past two months, leaving many workers and their families facing increased financial hardship. According to the sources, vaccinators typically earn between 3,000 and…
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Japan Pledges $9.4 Million for Afghanistan Counternarcotics Programme
DID Press: Japan will provide about $9.4 million to support a two-year counternarcotics programme in Afghanistan aimed at helping former poppy-growing families develop alternative livelihoods and expanding services for people affected by drug use, the United Nations Office on Drugs…
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Taliban Announces Plans to Quadruple Afghanistan’s Railway Network
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works, led by the Taliban, says more than 1,500 km of new railway lines will be built across the country to expand the rail network and increase Afghanistan’s capacity for regional trade and transit.…
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Afghanistan Records 4 New Polio Cases, Total Reaches 19 in 2026
DID Press: World Health Organization (WHO) has reported four new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Afghanistan, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of 2026 to 19. According to the WHO Eastern Mediterranean…
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Taliban Leader: We Will Not Accept Demands Contrary to Sharia
DID Press: Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said during a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the group’s return to power that his government would not accept demands that contradict Sharia. He called on the Afghan people to maintain unity…
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Turkmenistan to Resume Talks With Pakistan on TAPI Gas Pipeline
DID Press: Turkmenistan will resume serious and active negotiations with Pakistan in the coming months over the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov said. Meredov said that following the visit of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan’s…
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