Security
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Afghanistan
Taliban Security Delegation Reviews Conditions in Northern Afghanistan
DID Press: A high-level Taliban security and military delegation has travelled to northern Afghanistan to review security conditions in remote and mountainous areas, amid calls from Taliban officials for additional forces and equipment in the region. The delegation was led…
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Afghanistan
Freedom Front Claims Three Taliban Members Killed in Faizabad Attack
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Freedom Front said it attacked a vehicle carrying Taliban members in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, killing at least three members of the group and wounding two others. In a statement, the group said the attack…
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Afghanistan
Blast Reported in Faizabad; Casualties and Details Unknown
DID Press: Local sources report that a powerful explosion occurred in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan Province, on Monday morning. According to the sources, the explosion took place at around 9:45 a.m. local time on Monday, September 28, near the…
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Government
IRGC Says It Seized US Unmanned Submarine in Strait of Hormuz
DID Press: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its naval forces had seized a U.S. Remus 600 unmanned underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said the vehicle had been used for what it described as “espionage”…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Reports 28 Killed, 32 Arrested in Nuristan Operation
DID Press: Taliban’s Defense Ministry says 28 members of Daesh and what it described as “evil and corruption” elements were killed and 32 others arrested during a security operation in Nuristan province. According to the ministry, the operation was conducted…
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Government
12 Construction Workers Abducted in Balochistan Attack
DID Press: Pakistani police officials say 12 workers were abducted after armed men attacked a construction company’s base in Duki district of Balochistan province, killing one security guard and injuring two others. Mansoor Ahmed Bozdar, acting police chief of Duki…
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Afghanistan
Taliban, Afghanistan Freedom Front Report Divergent Losses in Kamdesh
DID Press: Security sources affiliated with the Taliban say clashes with the Afghanistan Freedom Front are continuing in Kamdesh district of Nuristan, with 22 members of the group killed, 22 detained and around 50 others reportedly ready to surrender. The…
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Afghanistan
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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Afghanistan
Pakistan Claims 13 Taliban Fighters Killed in Border Clash
DID Press: Pakistan has claimed that at least 13 Taliban personnel were killed and several others wounded in overnight clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, while Kabul has rejected the account and presented a different version of the confrontation. Pakistan’s Ministry…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Official: Afghanistan Does Not Seek War With Any Neighbor
DID Press: Hayatullah Muhajir Farahi, deputy minister for publications affairs at the Taliban-controlled Ministry of Information and Culture, said Afghanistan does not seek war or tensions with any of its neighbors and does not interfere in the internal affairs of…
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