CNN: For two years, the US military has insisted that the loss of life was caused by a single explosion, and that troops who reported coming under fire and returning it were likely confused in the chaotic aftermath, some suffering from the effects of blast concussion. But video captured by a Marine’s GoPro camera thatRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 24, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Iran pledged Wednesday they would increase joint efforts against Afghanistan’s terrorism threat and urged Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban government to involve all Afghans in “basic decision-making.” The two neighboring countries, which share long, porous borders with Afghanistan, made the promise in a joint statement released atRead More...

Afghanistan International: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami, has stated that with the Taliban assuming power in Afghanistan, the foundation for an “independent and robust government” in the country has been established. However, Afghanistan’s airspace remains under United States’ occupation. Hekmatyar has demanded from the Taliban that if the United States does not cease thisRead More...

Roshan Noorzai Zheela Noori VOA News April 23, 2024 Zuhal Akbari has opened a new pastry factory in the western Afghan city of Herat, recruiting women “so that they can do something for themselves, their families and their health.” Akbari told VOA that most of the 11 women who work with her are university graduatesRead More...

8am: Meanwhile, some Hazaras and other Shiites express concerns about the continuation of ISIS attacks, describing the Taliban as unsuccessful in ensuring people’s security. They argue that under this group’s rule, people have no refuge and are even afraid to raise their voices of suffering and pain due to fear of the Taliban. Click hereRead More...



Afghanistan International:.Iranian journalist Zhila Bani Yaghoub reported that Iran’s police forces have erroneously arrested the relatives of the late Khair Mohammad Khairkhwa Andarabi, a former commander of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF). According to Bani Yaghoub, these individuals were detained in the city of Karaj on April 7 and remain in custody. Click here toRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 19, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban government confirmed Friday that one of its leading religious scholars was assassinated by unknown assailants in neighboring Pakistan. The deceased, identified as Mohammad Omar Jan Akhundzada, was leading evening prayers at a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Thursday when gunmen stormedRead More...

Michael Hughes: The Taliban’s archaic interpretation of Sharia has been a useful tool in crushing civil society despite the fact such discourse is in line with Islamic principles, a new research report from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute argued, as the radicals in Kabul look to eradicate opposing voices from the country. The study by researcher M. AbulRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 18, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A survey released Thursday revealed that over the past seven months, nearly 250,000 children have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring Pakistan with almost nothing, and they urgently need food, shelter and access to education. The study by Save the Children said that more than 520,000 Afghans have returned homeRead More...

Akmal Dawi VOA News April 18, 2024 For years, Qari Wazir Mohammad and his six siblings received assistance from the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, or SCA, enabling all seven of them to read Braille and perform daily tasks such as cooking and cleaning. All born blind in a remote village of war-torn Ghazni province, theRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 17, 2024 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The Taliban government in Afghanistan has suspended the broadcast of two privately run local TV channels over alleged violations of official regulations and “Islamic values.” Free media advocates Wednesday criticized the overnight suspension, calling it a violation of Afghanistan’s media-governing laws. The Taliban-run information ministry’s MediaRead More...

Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) announced that during an attack by their forces on a Taliban security forces’ vehicle, three Taliban members were killed, and two others were wounded. NRF posted on X social media platform that the incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Kabul city’s fourth police district. Releasing aRead More...

WION: All-rounder Rashid Khan is reconsidering playing in the Big Bash League (BBL) after Cricket Australia (CA) indefinitely postponed the T20I series with Afghanistan last month. Rashid said he was ‘hurt’ by CA’s decision and that him playing in Australia’s premier T20 franchise tournament was undermining his teammates. Click here to read more (external link).

Ayaz Gul VOA News April 16, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan said Tuesday that intense unseasonal rainfall, lightning and floods across both neighboring countries had killed at least 100 people over the past several days. A spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said floods had caused human and material losses inRead More...

8am: Local sources report that individuals affiliated with Mawlawi Jalal, the Taliban commander in Samangan province fatally stabbed a man in Balkh Province. Hasht-e Subh Daily confirms that the victim, named Meftah, was killed on Sunday, April 14, in the vicinity of the first district of Mazar-e Sharif City. Meftah, who ran a shop inRead More...

Afghanistan International: On Sunday, the National Resistance Front (NRF) announced that in an attack by its forces on a Taliban vehicle, two members of the group had been killed, and two others were injured. The Front stated that the attack took place in the fourth police district of Kabul city. Click here to read moreRead More...

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...