Afghanistan International: The Taliban have expelled Harish Kumar, a senior Indian diplomat, accusing him of meeting opponents of the group and attempting to organise them, sources told Afghanistan International. According to the sources, Kumar had met with anti-Taliban leaders during visits to Delhi and Qatar, where discussions were held about convening a meeting in Islamabad.Read More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal and Azmat Ali Shah September 13, 2025 Students at an Afghan refugee camp near Peshawar in northwest Pakistan are worried about what comes next for them if they are forcibly repatriated to Afghanistan. RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal met students at a school in the Khazana Refugee Camp on the outskirts of Peshawar.Read More...

Khaama: OCHA reported 516 women, 476 men, 509 girls, and 663 boys were among more than 2,100 killed in Afghanistan’s recent devastating earthquake. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said at least 2,164 people, including hundreds of women and children, died in the recent 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s easternRead More...

Tolo News: Officials at Mirwais Regional Hospital in Kandahar say that with the use of modern medical equipment, they have managed to reduce the child mortality rate in the southern region from 23.5% to 9.53%. According to the officials, in the second quarter of last year, 208 children lost their lives, while in the firstRead More...

Afghanistan International: Afghan Political leaders marked the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud with a virtual memorial on Tuesday, warning that divisions among Taliban opponents risk weakening resistance against the group. Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front and son of the late commander, said political infighting only benefits the Taliban.Read More...

8am: Twenty-four years ago, on September 9, 2001, Afghanistan lost one of its most renowned political and military figures. Born in the shadow of the Hindu Kush Mountains, Ahmad Shah Massoud began his struggle as a guerrilla fighter against the Soviet Red Army and, over time, emerged as one of the leading commanders of theRead More...

Amu: The Taliban’s provincial police chief in Kunar has threatened local journalists, warning them not to report on complaints from survivors of a recent earthquake, according to several people familiar with the matter. Zia-ul-Haq Hamed, the Taliban’s police commander in Kunar, told reporters in a meeting that they must avoid publishing stories that present whatRead More...

Afghanistan International: The United Nations said Monday that Taliban forces have barred Afghan women from entering UN offices in Kabul and several provinces, a move the organisation called a serious obstacle to its work in the country. According to a source, Taliban officials told female employees they were acting on orders from Hibatullah Akhundzada, theRead More...

Khaama: Pakistani officials claimed that over 8,000 TTP militants have entered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Afghanistan, fuelling a surge in terrorist incidents across the province. Pakistani authorities have disclosed that more than 8,000 members of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also referred to as “Fitan al-Khawarij,” are currently stationed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to local mediaRead More...

Amu: The Noor faction of Afghanistan’s Jamiat-e-Islami party has vowed to continue resisting Taliban rule in a unified and coordinated manner, the party’s leadership council said in a statement. The council emphasized the party’s historic role in Afghanistan’s political and social struggles, recalling its participation in the fight against the Soviet occupation, resistance to terrorism,Read More...

Afghanistan International: Dozens of helicopters flown out of Afghanistan during the fall of the Western-backed government in 2021 are expected to be returned from Uzbekistan to Kabul in the coming days, sources told Afghanistan International. According to the sources, 57 helicopters that once belonged to the former Afghan army will be transferred back. After theRead More...

Ariana: Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan as the world’s largest source of opium, a development that experts warn could inject millions of dollars into terrorist networks and reshape the region’s security landscape, according to a report by The Telegraph. The report highlights that large-scale, open poppy cultivation is now more widespread in Pakistan than in Afghanistan,Read More...

Afghanistan International: Three Afghan nationals were among five suicide bombers who attacked a Pakistani security forces base in the border district of Bannu last week, security sources told Afghanistan International. The attackers were identified as Abdul Aziz, known as Qasid Mohajer; Shabir Ahmad, also called Mawlawi Bilal Mohajer, from Saidabad district in Maidan Wardak; andRead More...

Ariana: Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party, has confirmed he wants to deport women asylum seekers back to the Islamic Emirate-run Afghanistan if he becomes prime minister. When asked by Sky News journalist if he would “detain” women and children and “send them back”, Farage said “yes”. Click here to read moreRead More...

8am: Reliable sources describe the situation of prisoners in Taliban prisons in Herat province as shocking. According to them, in this prison, in addition to the buying and selling of narcotics, some imprisoned children are also subjected to sexual abuse by Taliban members, while children over seven years old are held in this prison onRead More...

Afghanistan International: Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, said Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told him during talks in 2022 that elections “have no place in Islam.” Massoud disclosed the exchange on Saturday in a discussion on the social media platform X. He said Muttaqi had urged him to end resistance againstRead More...

Afghanistan International: Sayed Mohammad Ibrahim Gailani, known as Pir Ibrahim Baba, is the nephew of Pir Sayed Ahmad Gailani, former head of the Qadiri Sufi order. His lineage traces back to the prominent Sufi Abdul Qadir Gailani, founder of the Qadiri order. Sayed Ahmad Gailani, a former jihadist leader, served as head of the HighRead More...



8am: Iranian media reported Saturday that an aircraft loaded with food, medicine, and emergency supplies had arrived in Afghanistan, according to Hamid Vahedi, Commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Force. Vahedi stated that assisting neighbors and those in need represents a core humanitarian duty of Iran’s military, with the country’s air forces maintaining readiness toRead More...

Afghanistan International: Nearly 84,000 people have been directly or indirectly affected by the recent earthquake in Afghanistan, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Thursday. The organisation reported that 98 percent of homes in quake-hit areas were either completely destroyed or severely damaged. Taliban officials said the quake in Kunar provinceRead More...

By RFE/RL September 6, 2025 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could designate countries that have wrongfully detained US citizens as state sponsors of terrorism, including Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, and China. Senior administration officials in a briefing to reporters on September 5 said Washington would target countries holding wrongfully detained Americans as wellRead More...

8am: Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, the group’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has signed more than 205 mining contracts with domestic and foreign companies. These agreements cover the extraction of copper, gold, coal, chromite, oil, and gas across various provinces. A review of documents and reports reveals that many ofRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 4, 2025 The death toll from a massive earthquake in Afghanistan last week has nearly doubled to 2,205 as rescue workers manage to access the remote mountainous area devastated by the disaster. Hamdullah Fitrat, a spokesman for the Taliban-led government who gave the updated casualty figures on September 4, said deliveries of firstRead More...

Ariana: Afghanistan’s national cricket team secured a remarkable victory over Pakistan by 18 runs in their third match of the Sharjah Tri-Nation Series. This win marks Afghanistan’s first triumph over Pakistan in this tournament, following a previous defeat where Pakistan won by 39 runs. Looking ahead, Afghanistan is scheduled to face the United Arab EmiratesRead More...

Afghanistan International: The fighting broke out around 9 p.m. in the Kahgdai area of Nahrin district and lasted for nearly an hour, the sources said. No casualty figures have been confirmed.  Kahgdai is known as a stronghold of the Resistance Front, which has previously battled Taliban forces in the area. Click here to read moreRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Frud Bezhan September 3, 2025 MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan — Wazir Khan was asleep when a devastating earthquake struck his remote village in eastern Afghanistan. The midnight tremor flattened his home in the village of Mazar Dara in the eastern province of Kunar, trapping his family under rubble. Khan survived. ButRead More...

Amu: Separate traffic accidents in the northern provinces of Samangan and Jawzjan, as well as the central province of Bamiyan, left eight people dead and nine others injured, including a child, Taliban officials said Tuesday. Road accidents have recently surged across Afghanistan, killing dozens and injuring many more. Residents cite poor road conditions, lack ofRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2025 GHAZI ABAD VILLAGE, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan — More than 1,400 people are reported dead and thousands of others injured as aid workers continue to battle to get to a remote mountainous region of Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that flattened villages. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government’s chief spokesman, said on SeptemberRead More...

Khaama: A powerful magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing over 500 people, injuring thousands, and flattening villages in Kunar and Nangarhar, as rescue operations face difficult conditions. On the night of August 31, 2025, a powerful magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, shaking the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar at around 11:47 p.m. local time. TheRead More...



 By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Ray Furlong September 1, 2025 Aid workers are racing to a remote area of Afghanistan with emergency, food, and medical supplies following an earthquake that flattened villages and killed hundreds of people. Taliban authorities have reported at least 800 people were killed and 2,500 injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquakeRead More...