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Tuesday, 10 November 2026English edition
The Geopolitician

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Afghanistan · In the world’s press

Afghanistan in the world’s press

Which countries’ presses mention Afghanistan, how much against their habit, and what they said. Foreign presses only; the country’s own press is shown apart.

Mentions from foreign presses, 90 days

95 mentions yesterday · 44% below its 30-day mean · 0.3% of the world’s foreign attention

Who is watching

The presses that mentioned Afghanistan most over the last 7 days: mentions, the share of that press’s foreign attention, and the change against its previous 30 days.

  1. Turkey’s press 226 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  2. Pakistan’s press 178 mentions · 3% of its foreign attention · ×0.9 vs its habit
  3. Japan’s press 128 mentions · 4% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  4. Austria’s press 102 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.5 vs its habit
  5. United Kingdom’s press 50 mentions · 0.6% of its foreign attention · ×0.7 vs its habit
  6. Iran’s press 35 mentions · 0.5% of its foreign attention · ×0.4 vs its habit
  7. Burkina Faso’s press 33 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×1.0 vs its habit
  8. Tajikistan’s press 32 mentions · 14% of its foreign attention · ×1.1 vs its habit
  9. Egypt’s press 28 mentions · 2% of its foreign attention · ×8.6 vs its habit
  10. Senegal’s press 19 mentions · 0.9% of its foreign attention · ×81.4 vs its habit
  11. Peru’s press 18 mentions · 1% of its foreign attention · new
  12. France’s press 10 mentions · 0.2% of its foreign attention · ×1.3 vs its habit

Afghanistan’s own press: 728 mentions in 7 days.

Stories that reached the Afghanistan press

The travelling stories this press carried, newest first, with the day it first did.

  1. Trump's statements on Iran military actions 6 presses · 8 days · on 3 Nov 2026

What they said

The latest foreign headlines naming Afghanistan, as the outlets wrote them; the translation is ours when shown.

Collection outage, left blank: 17 Sep 2026, 18 Sep 2026, 28 Sep 2026, 29 Sep 2026, 30 Sep 2026, 1 Oct 2026, 2 Oct 2026, 3 Oct 2026.

Counted at fetch time from the titles and descriptions of every article read, by the outlet’s country. Shares, not raw counts, when presses are compared: a press that publishes more mentions everyone more. Coverage of the local press, not public opinion and not truth. Data since 17 September 2026. Method →

The observatory → · All Afghanistan briefings →