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Afghanistan
Taliban: Afghanistan’s Security and People’s Interests Under Full Taliban Control
DID Press: Taliban spokesman asserted that the security and interests of the Afghan people are entirely under the control and supervision of the Taliban regime, and that there are no threats to the country’s stability. Zabihullah Mujahid, in a recent…
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Electronic Cards Issued for Over 25,000 Vehicles in Kabul
DID Press: Directorate for Regulation of Urban Public Transport at the Taliban-run Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation announced that since the beginning of the current year, electronic cards and route logbooks have been issued for 25,988 transport vehicles in…
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Russia, Taliban Move Toward Structured Defense Cooperation
DID Press: Russian media report that Vasily Ismakov, Russia’s deputy defense minister, met on Wednesday (Jan. 28) in Moscow with Mohammad Farid, the Taliban administration’s deputy defense minister for strategy and policy, to discuss expanding defense cooperation. According to the…
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Taliban Set Up “High Commission” to Combat Drugs in Kandahar
DID Press: Taliban administration in Kandahar has announced the establishment of a “High Commission for Combating Drug Trafficking, Production, and Use,” formed by order of Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. According to a statement from the Taliban governor’s office, the new…
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Taliban Declare Objection to Their Laws “Religious Crime”
DID Press: Taliban’s Ministry of Justice has announced that all legislative documents issued by the group are fully based on Islamic Sharia, declaring that any objection to these laws amounts to opposition to Sharia itself. In a statement, the ministry…
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Removing Female Teachers and Deepening Education Divide in Afghanistan
DID Press: In absence of female teachers, many families are increasingly reluctant to send their children—especially girls—to school, a trend that has contributed to rising dropout rates. Afghanistan’s education system is facing one of the most critical crises in its…
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Amnesty International: Taliban’s Latest Decision Is Another Blow to Media Freedom in Afghanistan
DID Press: Amnesty International has condemned the Taliban’s latest decision to revoke licenses and ban the activities of organizations supporting independent media outlets and journalists, saying the move is part of the Taliban’s “campaign to suppress and dismantle media freedom”…
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Uzbekistan Weighs Military-Technical Cooperation With Taliban
DID Press: Uzbekistan is reviewing the possibility of launching military–technical cooperation with Afghanistan under Taliban administration, according to a draft presidential decree outlining the country’s strategic planning through 2030. The draft, signed by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and published on…
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Taliban Detentions of Women Surge 435%, Marking Unprecedented Spike
DID Press: New figures released by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Interior Ministry show a dramatic and unprecedented rise in the number of women detained across the country, with the total reaching 1,825 inmates—a 18.7% increase compared with last year and a staggering…
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Taliban Penal Code: A Step Toward Institutionalizing Discrimination, Intensifying Pressure on Afghanistan’s Shiites
DID Press: The disclosure of a document titled “Taliban Courts Penal Code” by the NGO Rawadari has once again intensified concerns over the future of religious minorities in Afghanistan—particularly the Shiite community. The document, consisting of three sections, ten chapters,…
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