Tolo News: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said that, they will issue extraction licenses of precious stones in several provinces in the near future. The spokesperson for the ministry told TOLOnews that in the near future, licenses for the extraction of precious stones, including rubies, lapis lazuli, and beryl, will be issued inRead More...

Ariana: Former commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said that with the Taliban gaining power, ISIS Khorasan has found conducive conditions for advancement. According to Business Insider, prior to the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, ISIS Khorasan’s activities were limited to Afghanistan with minimal penetration beyond its borders. Click here to read more (external link).



The Daily Mail (UK): British Muslim clerics who embarked on a so-called ‘fact-finding’ mission to Afghanistan have praised the ‘beautiful’ Taliban leaders for instilling freedom in the country following their rise to power amid the US pullout in August 2021.  But Zalmai Nishat, founder of the anti-extremist Etidal Peace and Democracy Foundation told The Times:Read More...

8am: The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan declared that, over the past two years, Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban due to a conspiracy involving internal elements and their external backers. This statement was issued on Thursday, April 11, marking the first anniversary of Akmal Amir’s and his six companions’Read More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 9, 2024 Media freedom advocates are expressing alarm over the Taliban’s proposal to restrict or completely ban access to Facebook in Afghanistan and have urged the fundamentalist rulers to reconsider the move. Najibullah Haqqani, minister of telecommunications and Information, announced last week on a local TV news channel that heRead More...



Khaama: According to a report,” Najibullah Haqqani, the acting Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology for the Taliban in Afghanistan, announced in an interview with Tolo News on Saturday night, April 6th, that the ministry has finalized the plan to block the social network Facebook in Afghanistan. It is worth mentioning that since the TalibanRead More...



8am: Local sources in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, have reported the tragic demise of a former government soldier due to severe torture inflicted by the Taliban. On Sunday, April 7th, sources revealed that the deceased, identified as Ziaurrahman Ayazi, previously served as the chief of security for the third district in Mazar-eRead More...

Khaama: According to media reports, Taliban officials expressed concerns on Friday, April 5th, during a security meeting in Kandahar about the possibility of ISIS attacks during Eid prayers. It was also discussed in the meeting that ISIS might attack Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhunzada, during Eid prayers in Kandahar, as cited by the Afghanistan International. InRead More...



8am: This report features an interview with a girl who was arrested on charges of engaging in extramarital relationships and transferred to Kabul province’s detention center from the Pul-e Surkh area of Kabul. This girl recounts the bitter and horrifying experience of physical and psychological torture, suicide, forced marriages, the exploitation of girls as sexualRead More...

Ariana: Afghanistan is preparing to participate in the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024™ which will be held from April 17 to 28. Afghanistan national futsal team is in Group D and will play three matches. Click here to read more (external link).



Ariana: The Ministry of Justice has once again emphasized the ban on the activities of political parties in the country and says that the directorate of political parties has been revoked and removed from the ministry’s structures. The ministry stressed that only charity organizations and unions can operate according to the principles and with anRead More...

Ariana: Russia is considering removing the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] from Moscow’s list of terrorist organizations, but the final decision must be made by the country’s top political leadership. The IEA [Taliban] was recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization in 2003, after it was included in the UN Security Council’s list. Russia has discussed theRead More...

8am: In recent months, global concerns about the strengthening of the ISIS group have intensified. ISIS Khorasan branch has expanded its activities in the region in recent months. It can be said that ISIS Khorasan has never been as powerful as it is now. The expansion of this branch’s operational field and the increase inRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News March 31, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban government in Afghanistan confirmed Sunday that they had detained “a number of foreign citizens, including two Americans” for allegedly violating their laws. Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief Taliban spokesperson, told the state-run Afghan radio they had informed the United States about the detention of its citizens.Read More...



Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate has rejected the Brookings Institution’s report alleging that Iran has been allowed to continue recruiting Fatemiyoun forces in Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, described the relations between the Islamic Emirate and Iran as positive and stated that no country is permitted to recruit forces or conductRead More...

AA: The interim Afghan government on Saturday said that US military drones are patrolling and “violating” Afghanistan’s airspaces. Speaking to Kabul-based TOLO news, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said: “These aircraft undoubtedly belong to the US, flying and crossing from the airspace of some neighboring countries to Afghanistan.” Click here to read more (external link). OtherRead More...

Nafees Takar VOA News March 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — There has been a wave of attacks across Pakistan in recent weeks by militant groups operating in the region that have widely varying objectives. This week, a suicide attacker killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in a convoy in Pakistan’s northwest. Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,Read More...

Sima Samar via Ms. Magazine: The Taliban that now rules Afghanistan is the same extremist entity that revoked the basic human rights of Afghanistan’s women and girls and minorities when they were last in power in the 1990s. And now, they have done it again. I didn’t think that I would see history repeat itselfRead More...

By VOA Afghan Service March 29, 2024 WASHINGTON — Last week’s concert hall massacre in Russia demonstrates not only the capacity of Islamic State-Khorasan to stage complex attacks beyond its base in South-Central Asia, but also the inability of the Taliban and regional countries to counter its threats, experts say. The Islamic State group claimed the attackRead More...



8am: Local sources in Ghor have reported a distressing incident involving Taliban fighters forcibly abducting a young girl from her home at gunpoint. Reports suggest that Khairullah Khairkhah, the district governor, Abdul Hamid Khalid, the security commander, Mohammad Moshfeq, the intelligence deputy, and Tawhidi, the intelligence officer of Pasaband district, were involved in the raidRead More...

By Akmal Dawi VOA News March 28, 2024 Just two weeks after senior Indian diplomat J.P. Singh visited Kabul to meet with Taliban officials, a senior U.S. official landed in New Delhi to discuss Afghanistan. Thomas West, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, urged Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra to develop “a unified diplomatic approach inRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 28, 2024 Amnesty International has urged Pakistan to halt expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghan girls and women to neighboring Afghanistan. “The deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan will put women and girls at unique risk,” Amnesty’s South Asia Office wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on March 27. The global rights watchdog’s pleaRead More...

The Guardian (UK): Perhaps the one positive for India from their shock 2-1 home defeat by Afghanistan in 2026 World Cup qualification is that the team have risen far enough for shock defeats to be a thing. It is not much of a comfort, however, and once solid-looking dreams of reaching the final stages onRead More...

By Navbahor Imamova VOA News March 27, 2024 WASHINGTON — Russian media and analysts are reporting a spike in hate crimes and violence against migrants from Central Asia following last week’s terror attack on a Moscow concert hall, which has led to the arrests of seven people of Tajik origin. Responsibility for the attack, which killed atRead More...

By Sarah Zaman VOA News March 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Two and a half years into their reign, the Afghan Taliban have cemented their ultra-conservative rule across the war-torn country but have yet to turn their fighting force into a traditional military. VOA spoke to analysts who say the former insurgent force does not need to patternRead More...