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Afghanistan
Afghan Merchant Dies After Nearly Five Months in Taliban Custody
DID Press: Local sources say Haji Asil Khan, a merchant from the Ahmad Shah Baba area of Kabul’s 12th district, has died after spending about five months in detention under the Taliban. Sources told media outlets on Sunday, Sept. 13,…
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Washington Post: al-Qaeda Has Established at Least 8 Training Centers in Afghanistan
DID Press: US and Western intelligence reports indicate that al-Qaeda, 25 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, has once again expanded its training and organizational activities in Afghanistan. According to a report by The Washington Post, al-Qaeda and affiliated…
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Pakistan: More Than 4,700 Citizens Killed in Terrorist Attacks Linked to Afghanistan
DID Press: Pakistan told the United Nations Security Council that more than 4,700 of its citizens have been killed in terrorist attacks over the past three years, which Islamabad says were carried out by militant groups based in Afghanistan. Pakistan’s…
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Afghanistan
Mujahid: “Zabihullah Mujahid” Was a Shared Name Used by Several Taliban Spokespeople
DID Press: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that the use of the name “Zabihullah Mujahid” by several individuals during the previous Afghan government was a security measure designed to prevent members of the group’s spokesperson network from being identified.…
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Washington Warns US Companies Over Business Deals With Taliban
DID Press: US State Department has warned American companies to exercise “extreme caution” when conducting business with Afghanistan under Taliban rule. An unnamed State Department spokesperson told Radio Free Afghanistan that U.S. private companies seeking to conduct business in Afghanistan…
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Former EU Diplomat Warns of Taliban Ideological Influence on Afghan Youth
DID Press: A former European diplomat has warned about the expansion of Taliban-controlled religious schools in Afghanistan, saying hundreds of thousands of young Afghans are being educated in these institutions where the United States and Pakistan are portrayed as enemies.…
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Afghanistan
Ideological Kinship Between the Taliban and al-Qaeda
DID Press: Reports of a Taliban-organized meeting in Doha coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, and the reported views expressed there in support of al-Qaeda, have once again brought the longstanding question of the Taliban’s relationship with…
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Doha Meeting Raises Questions Over Taliban’s Ties to al-Qaeda
DID Press: Reports have emerged of a meeting organized by the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, coinciding with the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, where the al-Qaeda network and the attacks carried out in the United States that year…
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Afghanistan
Khalilzad Reveals US Mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq After 9/11
DID Press: Zalmay Khalilzad, the former senior U.S. diplomat involved in Afghanistan’s peace process, has described several decisions made by Washington after the September 11 attacks — particularly regarding Afghanistan and Iraq — as mistakes, 25 years after the attacks.…
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Afghanistan
Lavrov: US Used 9/11 to Expand Its Geopolitical Influence
DID Press: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States of using the global solidarity and UN support that followed the September 11, 2001 attacks to advance its geopolitical objectives and expand its presence in various regions. In…
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