Ayaz Gul VOA News May 13, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United States and Pakistan have concluded their latest round of counterterrorism talks, agreeing to intensify their collaboration in the fight against terrorist organizations like the Pakistani Taliban and a regional Islamic State affiliate. Washington and Islamabad issued a joint statement simultaneously on Monday, saying the MayRead More...

Khaama: Qadir Qiafeh, deputy head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, stated that gemstones from Afghanistan are smuggled into Iran and sold illegally, as reported by Iranian media. In an interview with an Iranian media outlet, Qiafeh stated that gemstones mined in Afghanistan enter Iran through unofficial channels and trade in their markets. Click here toRead More...

Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) has declared that it conducted two separate attacks in Herat city and Tulk district, resulting in the deaths of three Taliban members and the injury of another. The Taliban has not yet issued any response to this assertion by the National Resistance Front. The statement revealed that MawlawiRead More...

Afghanistan International: Information obtained by Afghanistan International reveals that the Taliban has cancelled a scheduled trip of a Pakistani army delegation to Kandahar, in response to recent air and missile strikes by Pakistan in Paktika province. Originally, the delegation was to travel from Rawalpindi to Kandahar on Sunday. Security sources from Pakistan, confirming to AfghanistanRead More...



By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 12, 2024 Emergency crews battled the elements as they searched for victims in hard-to-reach areas of northern Afghanistan, where at least 315 people have died in flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall. The Taliban, Afghanistan’s de facto rulers, on May 12 said at least 1,630 people were injured in Baghlan Province,Read More...

Afghanistan International: Following Abdulhamid Khorasani’s protest against “Taliban ethnocentrism,” several non-Pashtun Taliban members warned that if the insults against him continue, they will split up from the Taliban. This Tajik-origin commander, through a video, supported the protests in Badakhshan and opposed the suppression of protesters. Click here to read more (external link).

8am: The George W. Bush Institute, led by the former US President, has uncovered the involvement of Taliban members in extensive financial corruption and also identified the influential role of foreign actors in sustaining the financial corruption of this group. Click here to read more (external link).

Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) has announced that in an attack on a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul, three members of the group were killed and four others were injured. The front stated that this attack took place on Friday night in the 17th police district of Kabul city. Click here toRead More...

Khaama: The World Food Programme has recently published statistics showing that currently, three million children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition. On Friday, May 10, the organization announced on its social platform X that the World Food Programme can only support one of every three children. The World Food Programme has emphasized that the reductionRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Pakistani Foreign Ministry dismissed Taliban’s claim about ISIS activities in Pakistani territory and termed the statement as irresponsible on Thursday. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Pakistan foreign ministry’s spokesperson, stated that the Taliban should take effective action against terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan instead of making such irresponsible claims. Recently, Pakistan and the TalibanRead More...

8am: Over the past nearly three years, the Taliban have extensively deprived the people of Afghanistan of their fundamental rights and civil liberties. This group has confiscated all civil, political, and religious freedoms from the people and deemed any form of political and civil activity a crime. In addition to completely excluding women from allRead More...

Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) reported that their forces conducted an attack in the Najrab district of Kapisa province, resulting in the death of three Taliban members. Two other Taliban members have also been wounded in the incident. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the Taliban fighters were ambushed by the NRF.Read More...



Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) reported a successful assault on a Taliban checkpoint in the Shindand district of Herat province on Saturday evening, resulting in the deaths of three Taliban members.The NRF confirmed that their forces suffered no casualties during the operation.  Click here to read more (external link).

Michael Scollon Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2024 Shortly after the Taliban seized power, Russia addressed the question of whether it was time to review the militant group’s status as a terrorist organization. “It is very important to see what the Taliban’s first steps in governing Afghanistan will be like,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry PeskovRead More...



8am: The claim of providing security has long been a tool in the hands of the Taliban, extending from the distant past to the present. By exploiting this notion and portraying themselves as worthy rulers, this group has also deceived some countries. However, the realities on the ground over the past nearly three years showRead More...

Khaama: People protests in Badakhshan’s Darayim district entered their second day on Saturday, May 4th. Residents claim the Taliban took five community leaders under the pretext of discussing protesters’ demands, but their fate remains unknown. Residents express concern over the detention of these five community leaders. Anti-Taliban protests in Darayim, Badakhshan, began on Friday, MayRead More...

Stars and Stripes: ISIS-K is taking advantage of poor economic conditions and instability in Afghanistan that came after the Taliban seized the country from the U.S.-backed government in 2021, said Kamran Bokhari, senior director of the Eurasian Security and Prosperity program at the Washington-based New Lines Institute. Click here to read more (external link).

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 2, 2024 A new United Nations report suggested Thursday that the hardline Taliban government in Afghanistan has eased its drive to enforce an Islamic dress code or hijab on women. However, the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, noted in its quarterly report that violations of human rights atRead More...

Ariana: New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday it will go ahead with a Test match against Afghanistan in September, a month after Australia scrapped a Twenty20 series against the national team. Cricket Australia postponed a three-match series due to take place in August at a neutral venue, saying the situation for women in Afghanistan was deteriorating.Read More...

The Guardian (UK): In the two decades before the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan had a vibrant media sector. There were newspapers, television channels, periodicals, magazines and more, invigorating the public discourse by allowing citizens to express their views on national and local issues. That is completely gone now. Click here to read more (externalRead More...

Daily News: The Taliban hopes to remedy Afghanistan’s many woes by making the highly conservative, poverty-stricken, war-torn country a tourism destination. Would-be bookers understand they have their work cut out for them. Visas are hard to procure. The Taliban’s treatment of women is famously abhorrent. None of the the country’s airports have direct flights toRead More...

8am: Findings from the Hasht-e Subh Daily show that the Taliban have imprisoned dozens of women in various provinces over the past nearly three years on various charges. Findings indicate that all detainees, contrary to the principles of fair trial in the Taliban’s penal system, have been subjected to humiliation, torture, and harassment, and someRead More...

Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan has issued a stark warning that the current situation under the Taliban’s rule presents a greater danger than the Soviet occupation. In a statement, the council urged for an extensive and definitive resistance against the Taliban, involving all political, military, and civilian sectors ofRead More...



Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced that within the past 24 hours, they have successfully conducted three separate operations targeting Taliban forces, resulting in the deaths of six members. On Saturday night, NRF forces initiated an attack in Kabul’s 6th police security district, eliminating two Taliban operatives. Further actions in Herat and KabulRead More...

Reuters: Directed by Roya Sadat, the 95-minute film is a testament to the courage of Afghan women leaders who continue advocating for change since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, and have drastically curtailed women’s freedoms and rights. Click here to read more (external link).