Archive

Marco Rubio, the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State, has stated that the Taliban have taken more American citizens hostage than previously reported.

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s Foreign Minister, met with Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister, to discuss bilateral cooperation.

Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Public Works, announced that the rail transport contract with China, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan has been extended for 2025.

The Taliban's Minister of Refugees has said that some members of the United Nations Security Council veto decisions against the Taliban.

Humayun Afghan, the spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum announced that in the past three years, five major contracts worth $600 million have been signed for the extraction and exploration of cement mines.

In a statement, the Purple Saturdays Movement called for the approval of the request for the issuance of an arrest warrant for the Taliban leader and the chief justice of the group’s Supreme Court.

Amir Tavakoli Roudi, member of the Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced after his visit to Kabul that an agreement was reached during a meeting with the Taliban to launch a new Iran-Afghanistan-Turkey corridor.

Rasoul Mousavi, a former Iranian diplomat, has said that the Taliban has never been included in the Islamic Republic's list of terrorist groups.

Germany is planning to fly a group of convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country for the second time since the Taliban took power, newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.

On World Education Day, the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) once again called on the Taliban to end the "tragedy" of banning education for millions of Afghan girls.

On the occasion of the International Day of Education, the European Union Delegation to Afghanistan said that high-quality, gender-free education is essential for Afghanistan's well-being and self-sufficiency.

A number of Afghan journalists in exile announced the establishment and start of Tawazon Media.

Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Secretary-General Imangali Tasmagambetov announced that the programme to strengthen Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan will begin in 2025.

In response to the request for an arrest warrant for the group’s leader and chief judge of the Supreme Court, the Taliban accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of double standards.

Hayatullah Mohajir Farahi, the Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture, defended the group's ban on the distribution and publication of dozens of books, saying that banning books is a "common practice" in many countries.

A day after a deadly knife attack in Germany, the country's interior minister said that she was working hard to deport more criminals to Afghanistan.

A number of Afghans living in Australia have submitted a petition to the country's parliament against the ban on Afghan women's education in Afghanistan.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul announced on Thursday, January 23, that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Afghanistan soon.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced on Thursday that the group had flogged 10 people, including a woman, in front of the public in Khost province.

Mao Ning, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, announced that the country has asked the Taliban to investigate the murder of a Chinese citizen in Takhar and identify and punish the perpetrators.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Thursday said that he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity.