The Taliban’s Directorate of Emirati Companies announced that leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a decree allocating more than one million acres of land to Taliban-linked companies.
A group of former Afghan ministers, lawmakers, and diplomats have launched a new political organisation in exile, the Afghanistan National Justice Party, holding its inaugural meeting on Monday in Istanbul, Türkiye.
At least seven journalists and media workers have been detained by the Taliban’s morality police and intelligence forces over the past three weeks, the Afghanistan Journalists Center reported Monday.
The Taliban on Monday announced the start of a formal process to deploy Afghan workers to foreign countries, a move the group said is aimed at reducing unemployment.
Fawzia Koofi, a former Afghan lawmaker, has described the Taliban’s general amnesty as a “deadly deception,” warning that it is being used to lure back former soldiers, journalists, and civil activists so they can be detained, or disappeared.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday there is currently no official plan for President Masoud Pezeshkian to visit Afghanistan, clarifying that his recent remarks reflected Tehran’s commitment to maintaining neighbourly ties with Kabul.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday that approximately 370,000 Afghan migrants, including pregnant women, unaccompanied children, people with disabilities and elderly, returned from Iran over a two-week period in July.
Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said significant political and diplomatic developments regarding Afghanistan are expected in the next two months, as international pressure on the Taliban continues to build.
A senior Taliban official met with Uzbekistan’s ambassador in Kabul to discuss large-scale electricity projects aimed at strengthening energy cooperation between the two countries, Afghanistan’s national power company said Sunday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued a directive to halt further migration into the capital, citing critical infrastructure limitations, according to Interior Minister Esmail Momeni.
Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, met with China’s envoy for Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, on Sunday to discuss regional developments and shared security concerns, particularly relating to Afghanistan.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has expressed concern over the mass deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran, calling for a gradual process that respects their dignity.
The Taliban publicly flogged two men in Paktia province’s Samkanai district on charges of theft, the group’s judiciary announced on Sunday.
The suspension of visa renewals for Afghan migrants in Pakistan has triggered a wave of arrests in Islamabad, with police intensifying operations across the city.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Taliban, and Iranian officials are set to hold a trilateral technical meeting in Kabul to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees and returnees, according to Taliban authorities.
The Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has announced the arrest of two individuals accused of translating and dubbing foreign television series containing what the group described as “Western content.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for a shift in the country’s foreign policy approach, urging stronger engagement with neighbouring states, particularly Afghanistan.
Afghan asylum seekers in Germany staged a protest on Saturday outside the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, condemning the German government’s acceptance of Taliban diplomats and the forced deportation of Afghan nationals.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed his willingness to visit Afghanistan to open what he described as a new chapter in bilateral relations.
Pakistani police have arrested a group of Afghan migrants in Islamabad’s B-17 township, with women and children reportedly among those detained, according to local community leaders.
The Refugee Rights division of Human Rights Watch has described recent footage showing the detention of Afghan women and girls in Pakistan as shocking and deeply distressing to the human conscience.