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Afghanistan
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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Afghanistan
Communists in Afghanistan: Loyal to Lenin, Disloyal to Homeland
DID Press: Marking the anniversary of Soviet forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, an opinion piece argues that foreign-backed ideological dependency—whether aligned with Moscow or Washington—has repeatedly undermined Afghanistan’s sovereignty and national cohesion. On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Red Army completed…
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