Pakistan
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Afghanistan
Muttaqi: Pakistan Has Launched New Project to Destabilize Afghanistan and Region
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, said at the eighth Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan that Pakistan has launched a new project aimed at challenging security in Afghanistan and the wider region. Muttaqi alleged that Pakistan’s…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Minister: Pakistan Cannot Tolerate Afghanistan’s Stability and Development
DID Press: Abdul Latif Mansour, the Taliban’s acting minister of rural rehabilitation and development, has reacted to recent Pakistani attacks, saying Afghanistan seeks good and Islamic-principled relations with neighboring countries, but that Islamabad’s attacks indicate Pakistan cannot tolerate Afghanistan’s stability…
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Government
UN Secretary-General Heads to Islamabad for Talks With Senior Pakistani Officials
DID Press: UN Secretary-General António Guterres left for Pakistan on Sunday evening on a pre-planned visit, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN chief, said. Guterres is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday, where he will meet with senior Pakistani…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Reportedly Used US-Made Drones in Strikes on Kunar, Helmand
DID Press: Pakistani journalist Adil Raja, citing intelligence sources in Pakistan, has claimed that Pakistani drone strikes last week on areas of Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces were carried out using U.S.-made drones. According to Raja, the operation was conducted…
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Afghanistan
Shia Scholars in Herat Condemn Pakistani Airstrikes on Kunar and Helmand
DID Press: A group of Shia religious scholars and community elders in Jebrail township of Herat province has condemned recent Pakistani airstrikes on parts of Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces, calling for an immediate halt to the attacks and an…
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Economy
FAO: More Than 60% of Pakistanis Cannot Afford a Healthy Diet
DID Press: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned of major imbalances in Pakistan’s food production and consumption system, with more than 60% of the population unable to afford a healthy and nutritious diet, according to…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan, Afghanistan Face Choice Between Confrontation and Cooperation
DID Press: Rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, ranging from border clashes and airstrikes to disputes over the activities of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have brought relations between the two countries to a critical point. However, their geographic and economic interdependence…
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Afghanistan
Former Mullah Omar Adviser Calls War with Pak Army “Hostility Toward Islam”
DID Press: Mufti Abdul Rahim, head of Karachi-based Jamiat-ul-Rashid and a former adviser to Taliban founder Mullah Omar, has criticized the Taliban’s policy toward Pakistan and called on the group to refrain from supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He described…
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Government
Pakistan Government-Opposition Talks Fail as PTI Begins Protest March
DID Press: Talks between representatives of Pakistan’s federal government and opposition parties ended without a final agreement at the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly. The main obstacle was reportedly a dispute over a meeting between senior members…
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Afghanistan
Pak Army Holds Taliban Responsible for Consequences of Alleged Terrorism Support
DID Press: Pakistan’s military has accused the Taliban of facilitating terrorism and reaffirmed Islamabad’s stated right to self-defence and to take targeted action against threats it says originate from Afghanistan. Senior Pakistani military commanders reviewed the country’s security situation and…
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