Afghanistan International:Iraj Kakavand, the head of Iran’s anti-narcotics police, debunked the Taliban’s claims of diminishing drug production in Afghanistan by revealing the seizure of over 662 tons of various drugs within Iran in 2023 and the early months of 2024. Speaking at the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group meeting in Moscow on Thursday, Kakavand highlighted theRead More...



By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi May 26, 2024 Flooding from heavy rainfall swept through a remote village in northeast Afghanistan, killing 10 members of a single family. Local Taliban officials in Badakhshan Province told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi that four bodies had been recovered, and rescuers were searching for more after the May 26 flooding overnight. Mohammad AkramRead More...

Ariana: In the conference, a reporter asked Biden if he could explain why the United States commits Kenya to a foreign war in Haiti, while it has withdrawn its forces from Afghanistan. “Very easily. There’s a reason why Afghanistan has been known as the graveyard of Empires. The likelihood of anybody uniting Afghanistan is highlyRead More...



Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced on Friday that it has killed two Taliban members and injured another in the 12th police district of Herat. NRF stated that no harm was done to its forces or civilians in this attack. Click here to read more (external link).

Roshan Noorzai Waheed Faizi VOA News May 23, 2024 As the United Nations warns of more “intensive” floods affecting food security in Afghanistan in the coming months, experts say the country needs long-term planning to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. The U.N. said that floods in the northeastern and northwestern provinces in theRead More...

Afghanistan International: Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, reported a significant increase in terrorist groups operating in northern Afghanistan during a security conference in Bishkek. The Russian state news agency TASS reported on Friday that during the CIS security chiefs’ meeting in Bishkek, Tashiev underscored the severity of the threat,Read More...

SCMP: Chinese diplomats were forced into action by Pakistan’s failure to prevent a surge in such terrorist attacks launched from Afghanistan, Beijing has proposed investments in Afghanistan if Kabul could restrain the militants responsible for the attacks, analysts say. Click here to read more (external link).

8am: Some residents of Jaghori district in Ghazni province claim that a Taliban’s morality police official has expelled at least 50 Hazara street vendors from the Sang-e-Masha bazaar and handed it over to Pashtuns from Muqur district in Ghazni province and Shinkay district in Zabul province. They assert their dismay at the extensive interference andRead More...

Khaama: Following the devastating floods in Ghor province, concerns have increased over the potential collapse of the “Minaret of Jam,” an 800-year-old structure and the oldest mud-brick minaret in the world. Local sources in Ghor province report that recent floods have submerged the Minaret of Jam and nearly destroyed its protective walls. Click here toRead More...





Khaama: The Afghanistan Cricket Board has announced Rashid Khan’s return to Kabul after four years. Khan is the captain of the national cricket team and a prominent world-class bowler. Officials of the Afghanistan Cricket Board reported his return to Afghanistan on Saturday, May 18th. Rashid Khan could not travel to the country in recent yearsRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that in an attack by its members on the guards of Mullah Hibatullah, the Taliban leader, in Kabul, three members of the group’s special security guard were killed and another Taliban member was injured. The front said that the attack occurred at 8:15pm on Friday near theRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 17, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Friday that unknown assailants fatally shot three Western tourists and their local translator in the central city of Bamiyan. The late-afternoon shooting in a busy central market also injured four people, including a foreigner, a spokesman for the Taliban-led Afghan Interior MinistryRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Abubakar Siddique May 17, 2024 At least one Taliban border guard and one Pakistani soldier have been killed and several more injured in the latest border clashes between them. The clashes continued into the early hours of May 17 after they first erupted five days ago. Pakistani and Taliban forcesRead More...

Michael Hughes: A U.S. congressionally-funded think tank, insidiously named the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), has called on Washington to boost counterterrorism operations, enhance ties with Pakistan, and conduct more lethal strikes inside Afghan territory. Although more likely to come from a national security research outfit, the USIP recommendations are not so unreasonable. But itRead More...

Tehran Times: The deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said that talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial’ in Afghanistan. Mohsen Karimi pointed out that ‘offshore rial’ is used with the aim of supporting the economic activists and exporters of the private sector of the country.Read More...

Khaama: Officials from the Mental Health Department of the Herat Regional Hospital have reported a concerning increase in the number of women suffering from mental illnesses. According to the report, at least eighty per cent of those seeking help at the Herat Psychotherapy Hospital are women and girls. According to a United Nations report, sinceRead More...

8am: Abdul Hamid Khorasani, a Tajik-origin member of the Taliban originally from Panjshir province, who has been widely supported by Serajuddin Haqqani, has always been a prominent figure within this group, frequently appearing in the media and social networks. Over the past three years, Abdul Hamid Khorasani has been actively involved in the identification andRead More...

Afghanistan International: Sources told Afghanistan International that a Taliban helicopter crashed into the Firozkoh-Harirud river, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries. The helicopter was reportedly on the way to Ghor province to rescue two people who had drowned in the river. The Taliban are currently “gathering information about this incident” and have not yet madeRead More...

8am: Abdullah (pseudonym) is one of the residents of the fourth security district of Kabul City. Speaking to the Hasht-e Subh Daily, he says that the Taliban exploited some women associated with them for extorting detained individuals. Abdullah states: “Some Taliban checkpoint commanders, especially in the fourth security district, gather information about individuals beforehand, andRead More...

Khaama: The Guardian reported that David McBride, a former Australian army lawyer, has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for leaking “classified documents” related to the Afghan war. On Tuesday, May 13, The Guardian announced the conviction of the former lawyer, stating that he shared the classified documents with journalists afterRead More...

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...