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The Torkham crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border reopened Tuesday after a one-day closure that disrupted passenger travel and transit, Taliban officials said.

The National Resistance Front said Monday its fighters killed a Taliban commander and three of his guards in an ambush in northern Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s education minister said US drones patrol Afghan skies nightly, proof that the country remains under foreign occupation, and warned that Afghanistan’s lack of modern sciences has left it unable to defend its airspace.

Fewer than 7 percent of female journalists in Afghanistan believe they are able to work freely, according to a new survey that highlights the mounting restrictions and threats facing women in the media.

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has banned the use of smartphones and even regular mobile phones around his residence in Kandahar, deepening his push to restrict internet access nationwide, sources told Afghanistan International.

A little-known armed faction has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed two Taliban fighters in western Afghanistan, the group said Monday.

A classified Taliban intelligence report warns that rising public anger could reach breaking point and pave the way for the return of warlords unless the group changes course, according to documents obtained by Afghanistan International.

A Taliban-run media outlet has condemned US President Donald Trump’s recent calls to retake Bagram Air Base, saying the comments violate Afghanistan’s sovereignty and insult its people.

In November 2010, a man with a distinctive turban, considered the special representative of Mullah Omar, was discreetly transported by a German intelligence from the Gulf to Munich during a cold winter and accommodated in a luxurious hotel.

An explosion was reported Saturday near the fourth gate of Bagram Air Base in Parwan province, local sources said.

The Taliban’s army chief has dismissed suggestions of any deal with the United States over Bagram Air Base, pushing back against recent demands from US President Donald Trump.

The Taliban on Sunday urged US President Donald Trump to honour Washington’s commitments under the Doha Agreement, after he warned of “bad things” if the group refuses to hand Bagram Air Base back to American control.

More than 60 percent of those missing after the recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are women, the United Nations said Friday, warning that female survivors face heightened risks of violence, exploitation and lack of access to health care.

President Donald Trump has urged the Taliban to hand over Bagram Air Base to the United States, warning of unspecified consequences if they refuse.

A Taliban spokesman warned Pakistan on Friday that threatening rhetoric from its leaders will make it harder to restrain the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

A senior Taliban intelligence official has warned that the group could resume suicide bombings to defend its rule, a threat delivered shortly after US President Donald Trump said Washington is exploring a return to Bagram Air Base.

A former Taliban diplomat has warned that no Afghan leader has the right to negotiate the presence of foreign troops in the country, as debate grows over US efforts to regain access to Bagram Air Base.

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is in discussions with the Taliban to regain control of Bagram Air Base, which fell to the group after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

South Africa’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom has described the Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women as “gender apartheid” and a crime against humanity.

Iran’s army chief, Gen. Amir Hatami, inspected progress this week on a project to seal parts of the country’s border with Afghanistan, state media reported.

Nearly 5 million mothers and children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition as the country’s hunger crisis deepens, the World Food Programme said Friday.