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Afghanistan
Anti-Taliban Fronts Report Four Taliban Fighters Killed in Herat and Faryab
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Freedom Front and National Resistance Front reported separate attacks against Taliban forces in the western and northern provinces of Herat and Faryab on Saturday, saying four Taliban members were killed and weapons and communications equipment were seized.…
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Afghanistan
TAPI Pipeline Project Advances in Afghanistan With 116 km of Pipeline Laid
DID Press: Taliban’s Economic Deputy Prime Minister’s Office says 116 km of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline has so far been laid across Afghanistan, while another 135 km of the route has been prepared for installation. The office said the…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Leader Urges Clerics, Universities to Strengthen Islamic System
DID Press: Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has stressed the role of religious scholars and universities in strengthening what he described as the “Islamic system,” calling clerics the “heirs of the prophets” and urging university officials to prepare students to serve…
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Afghanistan
United Front Claims Killing of Taliban Morality Official in Kandahar
DID Press: United Front of Afghanistan said on Saturday that its fighters targeted and killed a Taliban official from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice at a park in Aino Mina township in Kandahar. The…
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Afghanistan
Republic Front Claims Four Attacks on Taliban Positions in Bamyan
DID Press: Local sources and reports indicate that Taliban positions and personnel in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province have been targeted at least four times over the past four months by the Republic Front, highlighting the expansion of armed opposition activity into…
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Afghanistan
Pakistan Says It Seeks Peace, Not War, With Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said Islamabad does not want a war or conflict with Afghanistan, while accusing the Taliban of supporting the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and describing the issue as the biggest obstacle to improving relations between…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Forces Seize 91 Weapons in Afghanistan’s Helmand
DID Press: Taliban police officials in Helmand province say counterterrorism forces have seized 91 firearms, along with large quantities of ammunition and military equipment, during separate operations in Lashkar Gah and several districts over the past five months. According to…
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Government
Images Allegedly Show TTP Leader in Pakistan, Challenging Islamabad’s Claims
DID Press: Newly circulated images on social media allegedly show Noor Wali Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, potentially raising fresh questions about Islamabad’s claims regarding his whereabouts. According to claims accompanying the…
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Afghanistan
Taliban: Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Is Secure
DID Press: Taliban has rejected concerns raised by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) over security along the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, saying there is no security threat in the area and that the border remains under full control. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah…
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Afghanistan
Moldovan President Calls Visa Issuance to Taliban Delegation ‘Shameful’
DID Press: Moldovan President Maia Sandu has described the issuance of visas to a Taliban delegation as “shameful,” saying the decision was made without political coordination and contrary to the government’s stated policy, according to Moldovan state media. Sandu said…
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