Afghan

Taliban want control of more Afghan diplomatic missions

The Taliban initially promised a more moderate rule after their takeover in August 2021, but instead imposed sweeping bans and other measures curtailing basic freedoms.

Taliban bans Nowruz festival in Afghanistan

Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in an announcement said the group’s regulators have told people “Islam prohibits the celebration of Nowruz”

Afghanistan: OIC to send Islamic scholars to Kabul, will discuss women’s rights with Taliban

OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha told the media that the OIC will continue to raise the issue of right to education and work for Afghan females with the Taliban. The team of Islamic scholars being sent to Afghanistan by the OIC will hold a dialogue with the Taliban rulers of Kabul

Afghanistan: At least 1 killed, several wounded a blast rocks Mazar-i-Sharif

Saturday's blast took place during an event honouring Afghanistan's media at a cultural centre in Mazar-i-Sharif. Police said a security guard was killed and that five journalists were among the wounded

Taliban takes advantage of Pakistan economic crisis to boost Afghanistan's coffers

With the Taliban collecting tax from businesses across Afghanistan and trucks carrying goods across the Durand Line – the de facto border with Pakistan – the current Afghan regime in Kabul is doing well on the revenue front

Pakistan threatens Afghanistan with war even as Taliban refuses to act against TTP bases

The Afghan Taliban told the Pakistani delegation that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – also known as the Pakistani Taliban - has no presence in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban also claimed that all members of the TTP leadership had relocated to Pakistan after the Taliban captured Kabul

Afghanistan: Taliban shuts down shops for accepting Pakistani rupees

Officials of the committee for Afghani Promotion said that the usage of foreign currency has been banned in this province and will deal legally with violators

Afghanistan: Taliban 'desperate' for resumption of flights to India

The Afghan Taliban’s hopes of resumption of flights between India and Afghanistan gained a fresh lease of life after flights resumed between Kandahar and Dubai

Afghanistan Famine: Millions of Afghans may starve to death, warns UN

With Afghanistan facing a severe humanitarian crisis amid ongoing political chaos and an unstable security situation under the Taliban regime, the United Nations (UN) has warned that two-thirds of the Afghan population are facing extreme hunger and are in urgent need of aid

Afghanistan: Taliban issuing gun licences to traders, businessmen as abductions soar

The Taliban’s security department in Kabul has announced that businessmen in Afghanistan's capital will be provided with security and gun licences