Afghan Political leaders marked the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud with a virtual memorial on Tuesday, warning that divisions among Taliban opponents risk weakening resistance against the group.
The United Nations on Tuesday appealed for more than $139 million to support nearly 500,000 people affected by recent earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan, warning that the crisis could worsen with winter approaching.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the release of a detained Russian anthropologist in Afghanistan was secured thanks to Moscow’s “friendly relations” with the Taliban, the only government to formally recognise the group.
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered the dissolution of Interpol police structures within the group’s Interior and Foreign Ministries, according to a document obtained by Afghanistan International.
Taliban intelligence agents have detained Hamid Ansari, a civil society activist from Balkh province, on accusations that he received funding from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), sources told Afghanistan International.
A senior United Nations human rights official on Monday called on the international community to use dialogue, incentives and accountability measures to press the Taliban to respect human rights, particularly the rights of women and girls.
Senior figures from Afghanistan’s Jamiat-e-Islami party said Monday the group will no longer operate under a single leader and instead will be directed by a “High Council” to oversee political, civil and military efforts against the Taliban.
The United Nations said Monday that Taliban forces have barred Afghan women from entering UN offices in Kabul and several provinces, a move the organisation called a serious obstacle to its work in the country.
Pakistan and Türkiye's special envoys for Afghanistan met this week to discuss developments in the country and their regional implications, Pakistani officials said.
Taliban security forces barred female United Nations employees from entering the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) office in Kabul on Sunday, according to a source who spoke to Afghanistan International.
Afghans were the second-largest group of asylum seekers in Europe in the first half of 2025, after Venezuelans, according to the European Union Agency for Asylum.
The United Nations urged the Taliban to lift restrictions on girls’ education as the world marked International Literacy Day, highlighting Afghanistan’s literary heritage and the urgent need to restore access to schooling for women and girls.
Dozens of helicopters flown out of Afghanistan during the fall of the Western-backed government in 2021 are expected to be returned from Uzbekistan to Kabul in the coming days, sources told Afghanistan International.
The World Health Organization has urged the Taliban to lift restrictions on female aid workers in Afghanistan, warning that women in earthquake-hit areas are struggling to access urgent medical care.
Three Afghan nationals were among five suicide bombers who attacked a Pakistani security forces base in the border district of Bannu last week, security sources told Afghanistan International.
The European Union said Friday it will provide an additional €14 million to support the people of Afghanistan as the country struggles with drought, floods, a recent earthquake and the mass return of migrants.
Afghan refugees in Islamabad say Pakistani police have carried out violent raids on hotels housing families accepted under German resettlement programmes, arresting men, women and children and transferring some to detention camps.
Former Afghan detainees have described harrowing abuse inside Taliban prisons, saying both male and female jailers were equally brutal in carrying out torture.
Taliban officials said Saturday that a delegation met with Iranian counterparts at the Milak border crossing in Nimroz province to discuss border cooperation and transit.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, said Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told him during talks in 2022 that elections “have no place in Islam.”
The Qatari government has announced the launch of an air corridor to deliver humanitarian assistance to victims of the recent earthquake in Afghanistan.