Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada met with senior officials in Paktia province on Thursday, 10 April, calling for unity and obedience, the group’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid announced.
The Taliban has formed a "security committee" to safeguard Afghan migrants in Pakistan amid ongoing deportations and reports of mistreatment, Shir Mohammad Sharif, head of the group's Border Police within the Ministry of Interior, announced on Thursday.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that the Taliban’s stringent bans on women’s education and employment could slash Afghanistan’s economy by $1.4 billion annually, according to World Bank estimates cited in a new UN report.
The Taliban has scheduled the public execution of three individuals convicted of murder for Friday, 12 April, in the provinces of Badghis and Nimroz, according to Abdul Rahim Rashid, spokesperson for the Taliban’s Supreme Court.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has raised alarm over the Taliban’s “propagation of virtue and prevention of vice” law, detailing its extensive implications in a report released on Wednesday.
The Taliban’s Directorate for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Jowzjan province has ordered local media to cease publishing photographs and videos of living beings, intensifying a growing wave of censorship across Afghanistan.
The Taliban police command in Kandahar said four of its fighters were injured Thursday in an explosion at its headquarters, attributing the blast to a container of "old ammunition."
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s Interior Minister, participated in a recent high-level meeting in Kandahar without making a formal request to meet with the group’s reclusive leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, sources told Afghanistan International.
Taliban officials and representatives from Iran convened in Kabul on Wednesday to advance the complete implementation of their bilateral economic agreement, according to a statement from the office of the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs.
The Taliban judiciary has confirmed that a woman and four men were publicly flogged in Afghanistan’s Sar-e Pol and Maidan Wardak provinces for alleged offences of “illicit relations” and theft.
According to data released by Pakistan’s Immigration Department, a total of 11,371 Afghan migrants were arrested and deported over a nine-day period as part of an intensified crackdown on undocumented migrants.
In an interview with Izvestia newspaper, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk stated that suspending the Taliban’s designation as a terrorist organisation by Russia could pave the way for economic engagement with Afghanistan.
On Wednesday, 9 April, Pakistan’s The News International reported that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has acquired FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles, manufactured in the United States.
The Taliban’s commission for addressing migrants’ issues announced that a total of 5,932 Afghan migrants were deported from Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday, 8 April.
Mohammad Reza Aref, Vice President of Iran, during a visit to Khorasan Province, called for strengthening cross-border relations with neighbouring countries, particularly Afghanistan.
The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reported the first confirmed cases of child malnutrition in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos.
The Taliban have reportedly suspended all Mushaira poetry events across Afghanistan, citing economic pressures and recent criticism voiced during literary gatherings.
The Trump administration has eliminated the remaining $562 million in aid to Afghanistan, a decision termed by the United Nations as potentially catastrophic.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has strongly reacted the forced deportation of Afghan migrants from Pakistan, calling the move “contrary to Islamic principles, human rights, and international laws.”
A special session on the education and political participation of Afghan women was held on Monday at the headquarters of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna.
The Iranian Embassy in Kabul announced that Alireza Bikdeli, Iran's Ambassador to Afghanistan, met with Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister.