Sources claimed that a local employee of the Indian consulate in the city of Jalalabad was the target of an armed attack on Tuesday, as a result of which the bodyguard of the employee was killed.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that between September 15, 2023 and December 1, 2024, more than 783,000 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan.
Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, met with Taliban’s Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani during a visit to Kabul.
Russian and Tajik presidents Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon will meet in Leningrad on Tuesday, December 24.
Alireza Bigdeli, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul said at a meeting of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment that he is working to develop political and trade relations between Iran and the Taliban.
The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary courts in the districts of Pashtunkot, Faryab, Janikhel, Paktika and Kabul flogged four people, including a woman, on charges of "running away from home, robbery and forgery”.
A new round of polio vaccination campaign began on Monday, December 23, in 11 provinces of Afghanistan. The Taliban's Ministry of Public Health has announced that 4.8 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated in this phase.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that a UN delegation visited a treatment and rehabilitation centre for women and children addicted to drugs in Kabul. The organisation added in a statement that drugs have affected a third of Afghan families.
After capturing Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban killed wounded government security forces who were being treated in a 400-bed hospital and dumped their bodies in containers, Amrullah Saleh, former Afghan vice president wrote.
Referring to the Islamic Republic's recent decision to deport two million Afghan refugees from Iran, Caroline Gluck, the spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that any return must be voluntary.
On Monday, December 23, the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency quoted group officials as saying that 350 security cameras had been installed in the city of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province.
The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kabul announced that it has resumed its operations as of Sunday, 22 December 2024.
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, has vowed to continue operations against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan until the group, described by him as the Fitna al Khwarij rebellious is completely eliminated.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan has announced its support for over 80,000 women-led small businesses, resulting in the creation of approximately 900,000 jobs across the country.
Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, has issued a decree directing the removal of judicial and security records for individuals who collaborated with the Taliban during Afghanistan’s previous government.
The Greek Coast Guard has confirmed the deaths of eight Afghan nationals after a migrant boat capsized while attempting to evade a patrol. The tragedy occurred near the island of Rhodes in eastern Greece.
The Taliban on Saturday issued a decree attributed to Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s supreme leader, mandating a crackdown on human traffickers.
Reliable sources reported to Afghanistan International that the Taliban recently took over the five-star Kabul Serena Hotel from the Aga Khan Development Network.
The head of Iran's Centre for Migrant Affairs announced that according to a new regulation, the movement, accommodation, and employment of immigrants have been banned in some areas.
Seyyed Hassan Rahimizadeh, Director General of Dogharoun Border Customs in Taybad, announced that since the beginning of 2024 till the end of December, more than $167 million of goods were exported from the Dogharoun Customs to Afghanistan.
In a joint statement, the special representatives of 11 countries and the European Union stressed on the need to achieve long-term stability in Afghanistan through national dialogue.