Taliban intelligence agents raided a guesthouse in Kabul housing dozens of Afghans accepted for relocation to Germany, detaining and interrogating residents for hours, informed sources told Afghanistan International.
The Islamic State group’s Khorasan branch, known as ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area.
Financial management and the budgeting system form the backbone of governance and the foundation of any country’s power structure.
An explosion in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area on Monday killed at least seven people and injured 13 others, according to Emergency Hospital Afghanistan.
China’s embassy in Tajikistan warned on Monday that security conditions along the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border are “extremely dire and complex” following a recent clash.
Taliban authorities have confirmed that an explosion in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area on Monday caused casualties.
Abdul Kabir, the Taliban’s minister for refugees, has met with Kenichi Masamoto, Japan’s newly appointed ambassador in Kabul, to discuss humanitarian assistance and future cooperation, according to a Taliban statement.
Ali Ahmad Jalali, Afghanistan’s former interior minister, says efforts to shape the country’s future must begin with the establishment of a legitimate government.
The World Food Programme on Sunday warned of a sharp deterioration in Afghanistan’s hunger crisis, saying food insecurity and malnutrition are spreading across the country at an alarming pace.
Jim Risch, a Republican US senator, said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will review legislation later this month to prevent US taxpayer money from reaching terrorist groups, stressing that no American funds should go to the Taliban.
A two-day conference bringing together dozens of Afghan political figures and academics opened Saturday in Frankfurt, focusing on debates over Afghanistan’s future.
The Taliban Ministry of Interior said it has seized nearly 300 military cameras in Nimruz province, near the border with Iran.
Taliban have informed female employees who have been barred from working and ordered to stay at home that their monthly payment of 5,000 afghanis will be discontinued.
Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, has again voiced concern over what he described as coordination and an alliance between the Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the planned closure of Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar would leave Afghan migrants housed at the facility exposed to danger and uncertainty.
Afghan women who have been subjected to harassment and violence report that Taliban morality police in Herat have resumed aggressive inspections of women’s dress, and stopping.
Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, has repeatedly warned that internal divisions pose the greatest threat to the survival of the Islamic Emirate, stressing the need for unity and obedience within the group.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday examined challenges surrounding the relocation of Afghan refugees to the United States.
The United Nations Population Fund said Thursday that Japan has allocated $3 million in assistance to Afghanistan, funding that will support about 210,000 people.
Residents of Herat say Taliban enforcers have intensified the arrest of women for failing to wear the dress prescribed by the group, with detentions reported across several crowded areas of the city.
Zamir Kabulov, the Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan, said no international meetings on Afghanistan have yet been planned for 2026, adding that nothing has been scheduled so far, according to TASS.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, said Tuesday that more than 20,000 religious schools, or madrasas, operating under the Ministry of Education are currently active across Afghanistan. He added this about 2.5 million students enrolled in religious studies.