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Afghanistan
Former Pakistani Diplomat: Islamabad’s Security-First Afghanistan Policy Has Failed
DID Press: Former Pakistani ambassador and Georgetown University adjunct professor Touqir Hussain has criticized Islamabad’s decades-long approach toward Afghanistan, arguing that treating the country primarily as a security challenge has failed and contributed to deeper instability and increasingly complex relations…
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Pakistan Says Ties With Kabul Depend on Action Against TTP
DID Press: Pakistan has said meaningful progress in relations with Afghanistan will depend on the Taliban taking “concrete and verifiable” action against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other militant groups Islamabad says are operating from…
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Taliban Leader Orders Arrest and Prosecution of Traffic Accident Offenders
DID Press: Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, has ordered the Interior Ministry to arrest those responsible for traffic accidents on Afghanistan’s highways and refer them to the relevant courts without exception. According to a five-article decree reportedly published by the…
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Taliban: No Political Prisoners Held in Afghanistan’s Prisons
DID Press: Taliban says more than 15,000 people are currently imprisoned in its detention facilities across Afghanistan, but none of them are political prisoners. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, said there are no political prisoners in the group’s prisons and…
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Qatar Envoy Reaffirms Continued Cooperation with Bamyan
DID Press: Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Murdaf Al-Ghashouti, visited Bamyan province and met with Qari Gul Haider Shafaq, the Taliban-appointed governor, to discuss economic and development cooperation. According to the Bamyan governor’s media office, the Qatari envoy reaffirmed his country’s…
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Taliban Minister Blames Afghanistan’s Ethnic Divisions on Foreign Interference
DID Press: Noorullah Noori, the Taliban’s acting minister for Borders, Ethnicities and Tribal Affairs, has claimed that ethnic divisions in Afghanistan were largely the result of interference by foreign intelligence networks and what he described as “occupiers.” Noori said there…
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Taliban Calls for Expanded FAO Support for Afghanistan Agriculture
DID Press: The Taliban’s agriculture minister has called for expanded cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support Afghanistan’s agriculture and livestock sectors. Ataullah Omari, the Taliban’s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, made…
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Taliban Seeks to Harness Afghanistan’s Solar, Wind and Hydropower Potential
DID Press: Abdul Latif Nazari, the Taliban’s deputy economy minister, has called for comprehensive research and planning to develop Afghanistan’s solar, wind and hydropower resources, describing renewable energy as an important area for strengthening the country’s infrastructure. Nazari said Afghanistan…
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SCO Calls for Inclusive Government in Afghanistan
DID Press: Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in their final declaration at the Bishkek summit, called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan with the participation of all ethnic and political groups. The leaders said an…
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675 kg of Narcotics and Prohibited Substances Destroyed in Ghor
DID Press: Taliban authorities in Ghor Province said they had destroyed 675.3 kg of narcotics and other prohibited substances seized during counter-narcotics operations in the province. The materials reportedly included 104 kg of opium, 44 litres of alcohol, 9,200 kg…
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