Ariana: Public Health Ministry officials have confirmed that a polio vaccine campaign across 16 provinces was launched on Monday. Sharaft Zaman Amarkhil, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Health, says that the campaign got underway on Monday in a number of provinces including Kabul, Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Zabul, Farah, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Nuristan andRead More...

Afghanistan International: Rukhshana Media reported that the Taliban has established a jihadi school for followers of the Shia Ismaili sect in Shighnan District, Badakhshan. According to the report, Taliban’s Sunni mullahs teach Sunni religious books to children in the predominantly Shia Ismaili district of Shighnan. Rukhshana Media reported on Monday (October 28), citing its sources,Read More...

Khaama: The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports confirmed in a statement that Khalilah Ali, the wife of Muhammad Ali, the world boxing champion, will arrive in Afghanistan to construct a sports stadium. Khalilah Ali is scheduled to arrive at Kabul airport on Thursday, October 24, to build a sports stadium named “Victory” andRead More...

Afghanistan International: Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue, in his recent visits to the provinces, has emphasised on the strict implementation of the Law on the Promotion of Virtue. Informed sources said that the main purpose of these trips was to enforce the ban on photography and filming. Hanafi called onRead More...

By Abubakar Siddique and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 22, 2024 The Taliban’s repressive policies and extremist interpretation of Islam has turned Afghanistan into a pariah state. In 2021, Afghanistan became the only country in the world to ban teenage girls from going to school. Now, the country has become the first to outlaw any depictions ofRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 22, 2024 The Taliban conducted house-to-house searches in at least two districts of Kabul on October 22, local sources quoted by RFE/RL said. A resident of the Khair Khana district in Kabul, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told RFE/RL that the Taliban carried out the searches in Khair Khana and another districtRead More...

Ariana: Afghanistan U17 national football team defeated the Philippines 8-0 in their first match of the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers in Cambodia on Monday. Afghanistan U17 are placed in Group B of the tournament along with hosts Cambodia, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Macau. Afghanistan U17 will next face Macau on Wednesday. Click hereRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced on Sunday evening, October 20, that it had attacked the military section of the Kabul Airport from several directions. This front wrote in a statement that this operation started with the launch of several rockets and inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban. Click here to read moreRead More...

Afghanistan International: Pakistani customs officials announced the discovery and seizure of a shipment of weapons left behind by US forces in Afghanistan at the Torkham crossing. American media outlet The Media Line wrote that Pakistani officials believe the weapons were supposed to be delivered to militant groups in Pakistan. Click here to read more (externalRead More...

BBC: The government says it is allowing some “eligible” Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside the British military to resettle in the UK, after they were previously rejected. Under the previous government, about 2,000 Afghans who served with specialist units – known at the “Triples” – were denied permission to relocate to the UKRead More...

The Taliban announced in August that it had destroyed over 20,000 musical instruments in Afghanistan in the past year. The extremist group considers instruments un-Islamic and permits only unaccompanied singing. In interviews with RFE/RL, an exiled Afghan musician condemned the move, while the head of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music said, “Music was theRead More...



8am: The fall of Afghanistan to the extremist Taliban was a catastrophe that shattered the dreams and hopes of its people overnight. This group’s rise didn’t just bring suffering to women and girls; it unleashed destruction on the entire population, even impacting the soil and climate of Afghanistan. When asked how the past three yearsRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News October 9, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Hardline Taliban authorities in Afghanistan reported Wednesday that nine people, including at least two women, were publicly flogged after being convicted of various crimes, such as adultery. Five of the punishments took place at a sports stadium in Kandahar, capital of the eponymous southern province. Local TalibanRead More...

Afghanistan International: The US State Department spokesperson has said that the US position on the Taliban has not changed and that Washington continues to recognise the group as a “global terrorist organisation”. Matthew Miller said that normalisation of relations with the Taliban is contingent on fundamental changes in the Taliban’s behaviour towards human rights. Recently,Read More...

8am: Over the past three years, the Taliban have consistently claimed to have achieved nationwide security and eliminated criminal gangs and networks, often emphasizing these assertions to the global community and the people of Afghanistan. However, these claims occur amidst a significant rise in insecurity and armed robberies in Takhar province, causing serious concerns amongRead More...



Ariana: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday called on Afghanistan and other Islamic countries to tie defense belt against Israel. “If any nation wants to avoid the paralyzing siege of the enemy, it must open its eyes from the beginning, be awake,” Khamenei said in a Friday prayer speech in Tehran. “When it seesRead More...

Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Taliban base in Dara district of Panjshir province on Friday evening, October 4. The front said in a statement that 13 Taliban members had been killed and two others were wounded in the attack. Click here to read moreRead More...

NDTV: One of the finest spinners in the game at present, Afghanistan star spinner Rashid Khan tied the nuptial knot as he got married on October 03. Rashid got married in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, with the wedding celebration videos taking social media by storm. The Afghan star, who is widely touted as the No. T20IRead More...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 4, 2024 Russia has urged the West to lift sanctions on Taliban-led Afghanistan and called for the inclusion of its government in discussions about the country’s future in direct opposition to the U.S. position of keeping sanctions against the regime in place. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during aRead More...

Michael Hughes: Afghanistan’s trade with Pakistan has plummeted since the rise of the Taliban 2.0 regime, driven by political rows and security issues, and to compensate Kabul is hoping to enhance commerce with Iran, India, and neighbors across Central Asia. Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have resulted in closure of trade routes and stiff tariffsRead More...

Afghanistan International: Sources in Takhar told Afghanistan International that the Taliban has instructed journalists in the province that they are no longer allowed to film and photograph. According to sources, this order was recently issued by the Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue in Takhar. Click here to read more (external link).

By Abubakar Siddique and Frishta Sahak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 1, 2024 The Taliban’s repressive policies and widespread rights abuses have made its unrecognized government in Afghanistan a global pariah. To boost its international image, the hard-line Islamist group has tried to woo foreign tourists to the country, where violence has significantly dropped sinceRead More...

The Conversation: Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and girls. But a newly passed “vice and virtue” law goes further. It is among the most repressive and discriminatory measures ever enacted by the Islamist fundamentalist group.Read More...

By Ayaz Gul VOA News September 30, 2024 Islamabad — The Taliban said Monday that their security forces had killed and captured several “key members” of a regional Islamic State affiliate for plotting recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, alleging that the suspects had crossed over from Pakistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, listed the claims and so-calledRead More...

Ariana: The three-match ODI series will begin on the 6th of November, with the 2nd and 3rd ODIs scheduled to be played on the 9th and 11th of November, respectively. The exact venue is yet to be finalized. Click here to read more (external link).