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Afghanistan
Taliban Rejects Talks With Political Opponents, Maintains Ban on Girls’ Education
DID Press: Shahabuddin Delawar, head of the Taliban’s Commission for Contact with Afghan Personalities, has ruled out negotiations with political opponents, saying the group does not consider them legitimate parties to Afghanistan’s political conflict. He also said the ban on…
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Taliban Declares 49 Housing Developments State-Owned Land in 12 Afghan Provinces
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Justice says 49 housing developments across 12 Afghan provinces have been identified as being located wholly or partly on state-owned land. Barakatullah Rasooli, a spokesperson for the ministry, said the findings were made during inspections…
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Koofi, Andisha Condemn Exclusion of Women’s Rights from Doha Agreement
DID Press: Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi and diplomat Nasir Ahmad Andisha have responded to remarks by Taliban official Shahabuddin Delawar, who said women were not mentioned in the 2020 Doha Agreement between the Taliban and the United States. Delawar, head…
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Taliban Accuse Hekmatyar of Rebellion, Seek Confiscation of Hezb-e-Islami Assets
DID Press: A leaked document allegedly issued by the Taliban’s Office of Administrative Affairs accuses Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan, of maintaining suspicious links with Pakistan, receiving foreign financial assistance, attempting to create insecurity and cooperating operationally with the…
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Taliban Official Says Ban on Girls’ Education Beyond Grade Six Will Continue
DID Press: Shahabuddin Delawar, head of the Taliban-run Afghan Red Crescent Society, has defended the continued ban on girls’ education beyond Grade Six, saying the restriction will remain in place until further notice under an order issued by Taliban supreme…
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Taliban Declare 250 Jeribs of Land in Mazar-e-Sharif State Property
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Justice has announced that 250 jeribs of land in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, have been declared government property following a ruling by a special court dealing with land-grabbing cases. In a statement published…
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Emran Feroz: Afghanistan’s War Did Not End With US Withdrawal
DID Press: Afghan-Austrian journalist Emran Feroz says the war in Afghanistan did not end with the withdrawal of US forces five years ago, arguing that Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan territory, particularly in recent months, represent a continuation of the conflict…
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UNAMA Deeply Concerned Over Detention of 52 Women and One Girl in Herat and Kabul
DID Press: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the recent arrest and detention of Afghan women and girls, as well as threats of detention against them by what it referred to as the de facto…
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Armed Resistance in Afghanistan Has Spread to 26 Provinces
DID Press: An analytical report by South Asia Times has reported the geographical expansion and increased activity of armed groups opposed to the Taliban in Afghanistan, emphasizing that armed resistance in August and September 2026 went beyond sporadic local clashes…
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Taliban Seek Institutional Support to Enforce Filming Ban in Kandahar
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Kandahar has formally asked relevant institutions to cooperate in implementing Part Nine of Article 22 of the Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of…
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