8am: No group has claimed responsibility for the killing of the 11 Sufis in Baghlan. Meanwhile, local sources confirm that Sufism has many followers in Baghlan. They noted that Sufi shrines and gatherings continue with their traditional practices of worship and remembrance. However, sources also confirmed that the Taliban, along with ISIS affiliates, Wahhabis, andRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) wrote in a report that attacks by opposition fronts do not pose a serious threat to the Taliban, and that the group has been able to maintain its military dominance in Afghanistan. He predicted that the Taliban would likely be able to maintain this advantageRead More...

Afghanistan International: Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s National Security Council Secretary, met with Mullah Baradar, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, during his visit to Kabul on Monday, November 25. Shoigu is the highest-ranking official from Moscow to visit Kabul since the Taliban came to power in August 2021. The Taliban reported that Shoigu promisedRead More...

8am: The human rights organization “Rawadari” has revealed the shocking state of the educational system under Taliban rule in its latest report. The findings expose how the Taliban has radically reshaped the curriculum, aligning it with their ideology and mandating the teaching of their religious doctrines. The report highlights the disorder and chaos caused byRead More...

Politico: Overall, there’s no denying that the number of Afghan asylum seekers have gone up as conflict has gripped their country and NATO allies left the reins to the Taliban. But with the oppression they’re under, Afghan women perhaps make clearest case for protection. And yet, activists now fear European governments will come under pressureRead More...



By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 24, 2024 The first train carrying goods from China to Afghanistan arrived in Mazar-e Sharif on November 23 after crossing through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the de facto Taliban rulers said. The Taliban said 55 containers arrived in Afghanistan after a 22-day journey, marking the inauguration of the first direct train linkRead More...

Amu: The Taliban have started shutting down women-only cafes in Herat Province in western Afghanistan, further eroding the few remaining spaces where women can gather freely under their restrictive rule. In the past week, at least three such cafes have been forced to close, with the Taliban’s morality police warning the owners of two othersRead More...

Afghanistan International: Hamid Saifi, a commander of the National Resistance Front (NRF), said that the situation in Bagram prison is worrisome, and that the Taliban is “mentally and physically torturing” members of this front. He called on the United Nations to send a delegation to the Bagram prison to address the issue and prevent theRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that it had killed three Taliban members and wounded two members of the group in an attack on the out post of Gate No. 4 of Bagram Airport on Thursday evening. The statement said that Mullah Zakir, the Taliban’s deputy commander, was killed in the attack atRead More...

VOA News By Homa Wahaj November 22, 2024 Washington — Saliha began taking online classes after she lost hope of returning to school to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor in Afghanistan. She was in ninth grade when U.S.-led forces withdrew from the country and the Taliban seized power in August 2021, banning girls’ secondaryRead More...

Amu: The Taliban’s police command in Baghlan Province reported that 10 people were killed in an armed attack on a shrine in the Nahrin district late Thursday night. In a statement, the Taliban described the incident as “mysterious,” adding that the attack took place at a khanqah, or Sufi lodge, within the shrine. Abdul GhayoorRead More...

Khaama: The spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, stated that terrorist groups have found safe havens in Afghanistan and are launching attacks on Pakistan from there. Over the past three years, attacks by the Pakistani Taliban on Pakistan’s security forces have intensified. Analysts suggest that the Pakistani militants are allies of the AfghanRead More...

8am: Sardar Mohammad Rahimi, a regional affairs expert, argued that Afghanistan’s neighbors have never viewed the Taliban strategically but have been compelled by geography to maintain ties with the group. According to Rahimi, these countries’ experiences with the Taliban have shown that they cannot trust the group domestically or regionally. Rahimi also stated that theRead More...

8am: The Taliban, too, claim to enforce God’s Sharia and incessantly speak of Islam and Islamic law. Yet, their actions practically fulfill the aspirations of ethnonationalists, achieving their goals and dreams. It is no coincidence that some ethnic nationalists sympathize with the Taliban, ecstatic that political and military power has fallen into their hands. TheRead More...

8am: The Taliban, despite widespread complaints from citizens about distributing humanitarian aid to their relatives and interfering in the aid process, persist in unfairly allocating and misusing assistance across Afghanistan. Residents of Herat Province claim that aid from organizations and relief agencies is distributed not based on need but rather to individuals close to theRead More...

The Independent (UK): The UK trained and paid special forces to fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. As hundreds of these fighters live in danger while Britain delays decisions on whether to give them sanctuary, the UK’s adversaries are circling. Click here to read more (external link).

8am: The mines and underground resources of a country are not the property of its government but belong to the people of that country. Governments can only extract and utilize these resources when they are legitimate and lawful representatives of the people. This legitimacy stems from citizens granting authority to individuals or entities through electionsRead More...



Ariana: Afghanistan’s national football team went down 3-1 to Tajikistan in Dushanbe on Tuesday. Afghanistan’s only goal was scored by Jamshid Achakzai. This comes after Afghanistan’s 2-0 loss to Nepal on Saturday, also in Tajikistan. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Colorado middle schoolers from Afghanistan find new home for theirRead More...

Afghanistan International: Pakistani media reported that Islamabad had shared “convincing evidence” about the sanctuaries of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other terror groups on Afghan soil with China’s special envoy for Afghanistan Yue Xiaoyong. Xiaoyong held talks with Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials in Islamabad on Monday. Pakistani authorities have provided Xiaoyong with information about theRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service November 18, 2024 One Chinese national was killed and five others, four of them Chinese, were injured in a cross-border attack in Tajikistan’s Zarbuzi Gorge, two sources close to a Tajik investigation told RFE/RL’s Tajik Service on November 18. The incident, which occurred in the southeastern Shamsiddin Shohin district, bordering Afghanistan, has not yetRead More...

Afghanistan International: In an investigative report, the Guardian described the Taliban’s destruction of thousands of homes in Kabul as a catastrophic purge with an “ethnic motive”. In a report prepared in cooperation with four Afghan news organisations, it has been stated that large areas in mainly Hazara and Tajik-populated areas have been completely cleared. ClickRead More...



Forbes: Australia has strengthened its support for Afghanistan women’s cricket, but one of the sport’s thorniest issues remains in limbo. It was announced recently that an Afghanistan women’s team, consisting of refugees who moved to Australia, will play a match in Melbourne in January. It will be the first time an Afghanistan’s women’s cricket teamRead More...

8am: Continuing their widespread restrictions on publishers and booksellers in Afghanistan, the Taliban have seized thousands of books without compensation, and this process is ongoing. The Hasht-e Subh Daily obtained a copy of the list of books banned by the Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture, revealing that over 400 titles have been confiscated andRead More...



8am: Given that anti-Taliban movements are also gaining momentum, the group faces two main options: either submit to negotiation or continue fighting against the people of Afghanistan. The situation is far from resolved, contrary to what the Taliban would have people believe. A large portion of Afghan citizens and politicians, both inside and outside theRead More...

By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 16, 2024 One of the world’s poorest countries, Afghanistan is also among the leading nations affected by climate change. Decades of war and environmental degradation have made Afghanistan the fourth most vulnerable country in the world to the impacts of climate change. Rising temperatures have exacerbated the frequency andRead More...

Khaama: The spokesperson for Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry urged the Taliban on Thursday to take immediate and effective action against Pakistani militants based in Afghanistan, deeming any support for them unacceptable. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch warned the Afghan Taliban not to “test the patience of the Pakistani people.” In a weekly press briefing reported by The ExpressRead More...