Taliban-affiliated media said on Sunday evening that the group’s forces attacked a Pakistani border post near Khost province, claiming several Pakistani soldiers were killed in the exchange of fire.
The International Committee of the Red Cross says at least 92 people were killed and 375 injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan in 2025, with children making up at least 66 percent of the victims.
Taliban spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, said at least 61 people have been killed and 116 injured in recent deadly floods across Afghanistan.
China said on Friday that talks between the Taliban and Pakistan are progressing steadily, calling the willingness of both sides to return to negotiations under Beijing’s mediation a positive development.
Local Taliban officials in Kunar province say Pakistan fired 85 mortar rounds over the past 24 hours at the provincial capital and the districts of Sarkano, Manogai and Nari.
Dozens of Afghan and international civil society groups have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn Taliban policies and avoid normalising relations with the group. They warned that its new penal code deepens Afghanistan’s human rights crisis.
The Taliban’s use of drones has evolved over five years from commercial surveillance aircraft and propaganda tools into a more ambitious program involving armed and apparent one-way attack drones.
The Taliban’s commission on migrant affairs says Pakistan deported at least 2,990 Afghan migrants on Friday, returning them through the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
