Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday, 7 November, that Afghanistan had been cleared of Islamic State. He said Taliban forces had fought the group decisively and achieved significant results.
Six years after the assassination of Yama Siawash, a prominent Afghan television presenter, his lawyer, Heidi Dijkstal, said the case remains before the International Criminal Court's prosecutor.
Pakistan's Bank Alfalah announced it has ceased banking operations in Afghanistan and will transfer its Kabul and Herat branches to Ghazanfar Bank. The bank said the transfer was approved by Afghanistan's central bank and took effect on 5 November 2026.
The National Resistance Front said the Taliban-appointed mayor of Faizabad in Badakhshan was killed in an attack by its forces. The group said the mayor’s guards were also killed.
UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda expressed concern over restrictions imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan during a meeting on women, peace and security, warning that the country faces the world's worst women's 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.
