On the 106th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence, Taliban Defence Minister Mullah Yaqub warned that Afghans have repeatedly failed to safeguard their freedom after regaining it on three separate occasions in the past century.
Pakistan Today has reported that the Afghan Taliban are providing regular financial support to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including monthly payments of about three million Afghanis (USD 43,000) to the family of the group’s leader, Noor Wali Mehsud.
The Taliban handed over a leaked list of Afghans who worked with Britain to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in exchange for a promise to push Tehran to recognise their government, The Telegraph reported.
The UN special representative on Afghan women’s affairs has warned that Afghanistan is facing the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis under Taliban rule.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said Farid Mamundzay, the final ambassador of Afghanistan’s former government in New Delhi, has returned to Kabul and met with Mawlawi Abdul Kabir.
Pakistan has formed a special committee comprising police and intelligence agencies to locate and repatriate Afghans holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards.
More than 6 million Afghan migrants live in Iran, including over 3 million without valid residency documents, according to figures cited by the state-run Fars News Agency.
South Africa–based MTN Group said it is under investigation by the US Department of Justice over its past operations in Afghanistan and those of its former subsidiary.
