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Sources say the Taliban governor of Herat, Noor Ahmad Islamjar, has blocked a planned protest march by Shia residents following a deadly attack on civilians in the province.

China has created a new administrative unit called “Xinling” in Xinjiang near the Afghan border and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, aiming to boost security along the Wakhan Corridor and curb Uighur militant infiltration.

Pakistan has sent its first export shipment to Uzbekistan via Iran after border crossings with Afghanistan remained closed, marking the formal launch of a new Pakistan-Iran transit corridor, an official said.

Local elders in Nuristan say residents of Kamdesh and Barg-e Matal face severe food shortages and risk famine due to prolonged road closures, warning of a looming humanitarian crisis.

Local sources say Pakistan’s army carried out artillery strikes on the Shali Valley in Khas Kunar district on Sunday, April 12. There are no immediate reports of casualties.

At least 10 people were killed and 15 injured by heavy rain, flooding, wall collapses and landslides in the past 24 hours, Taliban disaster management officials said, bringing the total toll from recent natural disasters to about 190.

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, said Afghanistan’s deadlock, once in the Taliban’s favour, is beginning to break, hinting at ongoing developments without giving details.

A day after a deadly attack on Shia civilians in Herat’s Injil district, witnesses say gunmen seized victims’ phones before opening fire, killing and wounding dozens.

At least 22 people have died, and nine others were injured in flooding and heavy rain across several Afghan provinces over the past two days, Taliban disaster management officials said.

Karim Khalili leader of Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, and Mohammad Mohaqiq leader of People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, says the attack on civilians in Herat was a targeted act based on religious sect identity, describing it as a crime against humanity.

Local sources say shopkeepers and goldsmiths in Herat went on strike Saturday to protest the killing of civilians in an armed attack in Injil district that left at least 11 people dead.

Taliban officials in Herat say the death toll from a gunmen attack on civilians in Injil district has risen to 11, with several critically injured victims dying in hospital.

Informed sources told Afghanistan International that four gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on civilians in Injil district on Friday afternoon, killing at least 13 people, including two women.

A report says the United States has accepted only three Afghan refugees since October 2025, highlighting a sharp shift in US refugee admission policies.

Students at Balkh University say the Taliban have forced them to sign a document pledging to follow the Hanafi school of Islam, alongside rules on dress, behaviour and religious observance.

Local sources say unknown gunmen opened fire on civilians in Injil district of Herat on Friday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens, with casualties feared to rise.

The UN says heavy rain and flooding over the past two weeks have affected at least 10,634 families in Afghanistan, leaving 93 people dead and 181 injured across 165 districts.

Uzbek authorities say 191kg of Hashish was seized from a truck arriving from Afghanistan at the Termez crossing, with one suspect arrested. The drugs were hidden inside steam boilers.

Local sources say Taliban border forces have withdrawn from several posts after Pakistani attacks, including at least three positions in Barg-e Matal district.

Taliban border and tribal affairs minister Noorullah Noori warned Pakistan it could face the same fate as the US and Soviet Union if the conflict continues, amid rising tensions between the two sides.

Pakistan deported 2,784 Afghan migrants on Wednesday, April 8, the Taliban’s migrant affairs commission said. The returnees were sent back via the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings, according to the group.