Pakistan
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Analysis
Islamabad Against Islam: Standing Alongside Tel Aviv and Washington
DID Press: Pakistan’s deployment of tens of thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia, at a time when the war in Yemen remains one of the longest-running and most costly humanitarian crises in the Muslim world, raises serious questions about the…
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Economy
Islamabad Blocked by 2,000 Containers as Protest Security Measures Hit Economy
DID Press: The widespread use of shipping containers to block roads in Islamabad ahead of a planned march by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has imposed significant costs on drivers, transport companies and businesses. An Al Jazeera report said thousands of vehicles…
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Afghanistan
Russia Offers to Mediate Between Afghanistan and Pakistan
DID Press: Russia has said it is ready to mediate between Afghanistan and Pakistan if formally requested by both sides, as tensions between the two countries remain a focus of regional diplomacy. Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan,…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Army Says 11 Militants Killed in KP, Balochistan Operations
DID Press: Pakistani military says 11 militants were killed during separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. According to the Pakistani military, five members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during an operation in South Waziristan near…
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Afghanistan
EU Expresses Concern Over Civilian Deaths in Pakistani Airstrikes on Afghanistan
DID Press: European Union has expressed regret over civilian deaths in recent airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces and called on Kabul and Islamabad to exercise restraint and reduce tensions through dialogue. In a statement issued by the spokesperson…
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Afghanistan
Khalilzad Says Islamabad Has Become “Containerabad”
DID Press: Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, has criticized the extensive road closures and movement restrictions in Pakistan’s capital, describing Islamabad as “Containerabad.” Khalilzad, in a post on X, shared an Al Jazeera report on the situation…
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Afghanistan
Taliban: Pakistani Airstrikes ‘Will Not Go Unanswered’
DID Press: Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman for the Taliban, has condemned recent Pakistani airstrikes on parts of Afghanistan’s Kunar and Helmand provinces, saying the attacks “will not go unanswered.”Fitrat said the Taliban would “avenge the blood of the people” and…
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Afghanistan
Unprotected Skies, an Indifferent World: A Narrative of Midnight Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan
DID Press: Around 3 a.m., while residents of Chogam Valley in Afghanistan’s Kunar province were asleep, an Afghan civilian home was reportedly hit in a Pakistani airstrike, killing five people, including several children, and sending three others, including two women,…
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Afghanistan
Former Pakistani Senator Proposes Seven-Nation Coalition to Address Afghan Security Challenges
DID Press: Former Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has proposed a seven-country regional framework to address security challenges and cross-border instability linked to Afghanistan. Speaking at the International Conference on Afghanistan’s Situation and Path to Peace in Islamabad, Sayed proposed…
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Afghanistan
Naseer Ahmad Faiq: Afghan Civilians Should Not Pay the Price for Taliban-Pakistan Dispute
DID Press: Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has condemned Pakistan’s recent attacks on Afghanistan, saying that the dispute between Islamabad and the Taliban over the activities of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) should…
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