On August 20, 2026, National Resistance Front (NRF) commander Hasib Panjshiri was ambushed alongside members of his group in northern Salang, in Afghanistan's Parwan province, while traveling toward Andarab district in neighboring Baghlan.
A crowd of Shia Muslims gathered at Khatam al-Nabieen seminary in Kabul’s Darulaman area on Saturday evening to protest a Taliban Justice Ministry order to evacuate the centre.
Hurriyat Radio, a media outlet affiliated with Taliban intelligence, reported on Saturday, 5 September, that an Australian tourist had died in Badakhshan. The outlet said he died of a heart attack.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Russian Ambassador to Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov have discussed expanding bilateral relations and strengthening cooperation between the Taliban and Moscow.
Informed sources in Badakhshan say the Taliban has built a “drone operations centre” near the provincial airport following rising tensions, opposition attacks and armed clashes in Faizabad and several districts.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, has rejected reports that the group uses or directs international humanitarian aid, saying “not a single rupee” of such assistance has reached the Taliban administration.
Ireland’s representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Laurence Simms, says justice and accountability for human rights abuses in Afghanistan cannot be achieved without hearing victims and working with civil society and international bodies.
The National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front have called for a common platform among political, civil and armed groups opposing the Taliban, as Cambridge talks seek to bridge key differences.
Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force says intelligence it shared with the US and Sri Lanka helped dismantle an international drug-trafficking network linked to Afghanistan and seize 671kg of methamphetamine worth an estimated $21 million.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e Islami, has urged members and supporters of his party to cut ties with those who support the Taliban. He said anyone who has joined the Taliban administration or other groups should sever links with Hezb-e Islami.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has appointed Commander Mukhtar Shoresh, a close associate of Hasib Panjshiri, as his successor following Panjshiri’s recent killing by the Taliban.
Hengaw Human Rights Organisation says two Afghan prisoners and one Iranian prisoner were executed in Mashhad city for premeditated murder. The two Afghans were reportedly executed secretly on Wednesday without their families being informed.
Local sources in Herat told Afghanistan International that Taliban forces detained several women on Thursday in the Jebrail area and near the entrance to Herat Industrial Park and took them to unknown locations.
Dozens of experts and political activists at a conference in Peshawar called for the immediate reopening of Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossings, saying trade should be separated from political and security tensions.
The Afghanistan United Front has reported another attack on the Taliban in Helmand, saying its forces killed two members of the Taliban’s vice and virtue department in Nawa district.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has met Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, Islamabad's ambassador in Kabul, to discuss regional developments and the situation in Afghanistan. Dar stressed the need to monitor events affecting peace and security.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says NATO first used the Afghanistan war as a reason to keep the alliance alive, and that the end of its presence there was a disaster, with its forces ultimately fleeing the country.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan says the Netherlands has contributed $18.29 million to support people in need, saying sustained donor support helps ensure access to lifesaving services.
The Canadian government has issued a strong warning urging its citizens not to travel to Afghanistan, saying the security situation remains highly volatile and dangerous.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says it recorded at least 30 incidents of Taliban interference with humanitarian activities in the past month, including the detention of two aid workers in Herat.
The United Nations says Afghanistan’s child hunger crisis is worsening, with 3.7 million children suffering from acute wasting caused by malnutrition. Around one million of them face a severe and life-threatening form of malnutrition.
Pakistani sources say security forces killed 15 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan members on Wednesday in the Ghulam Khan border area of North Waziristan as they allegedly attempted to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan.