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Afghanistan
Taliban: Pakistan Strikes on Kunar and Paktika Not Go Unanswered
DID Press: Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban government, condemned Pakistani military airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Kunar and Paktika provinces, calling them a repetition of what he described as a “war crime.” The “military circle in Pakistan” had carried out attacks…
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Taliban Dismisses Dawat University Leaders, Appoints New Board
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education dismissed the president and administrative officials of Dawat Private University in Kabul and appointed its own team as the university’s new leadership board, reported Hasht-e Subh Daily. Neda Mohammad Nadim, the Taliban’s acting…
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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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Iran, Kabul-Islamabad Tensions Dominate Turkish, Qatari Talks With Taliban
DID Press: The situation in Iran and tensions between Kabul and Islamabad were among the key issues discussed during separate visits by senior Turkish and Qatari security officials to Afghanistan, according to Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani. İbrahim…
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Pakistan: Regional Mediation Efforts With Taliban Have Failed to Ease Tensions
DID Press: Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says mediation efforts by regional countries to ease tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban administration in Kabul have so far failed to produce a breakthrough. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said Pakistan had engaged…
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Deadly Attack on Kohat Police Lines Mosque Kills 21, Injures 103
DID Press: At least 21 people, including 15 police personnel and six civilians, were killed and 103 others injured in a suicide bombing and armed assault at a mosque inside the Police Lines compound in Kohat, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,…
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Hekmatyar Warns Taliban Energy Deal to Turn Afghanistan into Regional Battleground
DID Press: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e Islami Afghanistan, criticized a recent energy agreement between the Taliban authorities and a Saudi company, warning that awarding strategic projects without a legally recognized government with broad national support may expose Afghanistan to…
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Taliban Leader Calls for Merit-Based Government Appointments
DID Press: Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has called on civilian and military officials in Kandahar to base appointments on merit and competence, rather than ethnicity, language, family ties or personal relationships.Akhundzada made the remarks at a one-day seminar for civilian…
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43 Countries Condemn Taliban Restrictions on Afghan Women and Girls
DID Press: Representatives of 43 countries at the United Nations in New York have expressed solidarity with Afghan women and girls and condemned the Taliban’s continued restrictions on their rights, calling for all such measures to be lifted immediately. In…
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Amnesty Calls for Global Action to Reopen Girls’ Schools in Afghanistan
DID Press: Amnesty International has called on the international community to exert coordinated pressure on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools for girls and end restrictions on the education of women and girls in Afghanistan, marking five years since the…
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