Khaama: Afghanistan’s national futsal team has conducted its first official training session after arriving in Indonesia for the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup. The Afghanistan Football Federation said on Sunday, January 25, that the team has been placed in Group D alongside Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Iran. Afghanistan will open its campaign on Wednesday withRead More...

Amu: Taliban have revoked the operating licences of an unspecified number of organizations that support media and journalists, while extending the licences of three others, according to a statement from the Taliban-run Ministry of Information and Culture. The ministry said the decision followed a review of “repeated complaints” of media outlets and journalists against “mediaRead More...



By Sana Kakar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 25, 2026 The Taliban has launched a crackdown on private children’s homes that provide shelter, education, and care to thousands across Afghanistan. The hard-line Islamist group has forcibly shut down several private care facilities in recent weeks and transferred children — many of them orphans — toRead More...



8am: The human rights organization Rawadari recently issued a statement on the implications of the “Criminal Code of Taliban Courts” and warned that this code is deeply concerning and in clear violation of international human rights standards and the fundamental principles of fair trial. The statement notes that, among other things, the Taliban have legitimizedRead More...

Khaama: India faces uncertainty over its investment in Iran’s Chabahar port after the Trump administration imposed new 25% tariffs on nations engaging economically with Tehran. The project, a collaboration between India, Iran, and Afghanistan, is vital for India’s access to Afghanistan and Central Asia without passing through Pakistan. Despite this, Indian officials insist that exitingRead More...

Ariana: U.S. President Donald Trump has once again criticized the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan under former President Joe Biden, calling Biden “very stupid.” Trump made the remarks on Tuesday during a press conference marking the first anniversary of his second presidential term. During the event, he referred to the 2021 bombing at KabulRead More...

Ariana: More than 1,000 Afghans who were promised entry to Germany following the Islamic Emirate’s return to power in Kabul will be refused permission to resettle, according to a report by Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on Tuesday. Citing figures from a parliamentary inquiry, the report stated that nearly half of the 2,308 Afghans awaiting decisions onRead More...

Tolo News: Allah Mir Miyakhil, an activist for refugee rights in Pakistan, said: “Afghan refugees in Pakistan are being treated worse than criminals elsewhere. Schools and religious institutions for Afghan children have been shut down. Their electricity was cut off, and even clean water facilities have been taken away.” Click here to read more (externalRead More...



Khaama: A powerful explosion struck a hotel in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw district, killing several people and injuring others, officials said. An explosion struck a hotel area in central Kabul on Monday, causing casualties, as witnesses said Chinese nationals were the main target. Click here to read more (external link).

Amu: Employees at the ministries of economy, refugees and repatriation, and the administrative affairs office said they were facing mounting financial pressure as delays continued through the winter. “Unfortunately, it has been about two months since salaries were paid,” a public employee said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. “We have followedRead More...

Zeteo: The State Department is paying Afghan allies seeking US refuge thousands of dollars to return to Afghanistan, where they face death, prison, or torture, documents show. Afghans who assisted US troops, along with their families, have been living in limbo for months on a former US military base in Qatar. Camp As Sayliyah, orRead More...

Amu: Taliban authorities in the western province of Herat have seized hundreds of rickshaws from city streets in recent days as part of a campaign to regulate traffic, local sources said. Taliban officials say the move is aimed at easing congestion and improving urban order, but rickshaw owners and drivers warned it could leave manyRead More...

8am: Yesterday, Taliban Morality Police stormed a women’s beauty salon in Kabul that had been quietly operating inside a private courtyard. Witnesses say the forces behaved aggressively, issued threats, and seized all the salon’s equipment. By targeting beauty salons, eyewitnesses add, the Taliban not only strip women of their personal freedoms but also wipe outRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Taliban have expanded a ban on publishing and broadcasting images of living beings to 24 provinces across Afghanistan, further tightening restrictions on media and freedom of expression, the Afghanistan Journalists Center said. In a statement issued on Thursday, January 8, the Afghanistan Journalists Center said the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation ofRead More...

Small Wars Journal: Four years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan’s regime faces deepening economic collapse, ethnic alienation, and persistent internal and external pressures. The United States now possesses an ideal opportunity to subvert Taliban rule and deny Afghanistan’s further usage as a terrorist safe haven. While the past quarter-century has seen overt investmentRead More...

8am: Several residents of Rawza village, located near the historic Rawza of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni, say the Taliban seized land in the same area without following legal steps or acknowledging ownership documents. They describe the area as one of the most densely populated residential zones of Ghazni city, home to more than 5,000 peopleRead More...

Afghanistan International: Protesters in northern Afghanistan set fire to gold mining equipment linked to the Taliban after clashes with security forces and company personnel escalated in Takhar province, local sources said. The violence followed confrontations in the Samti area of Chah Ab district, where residents have opposed what they describe as unregulated gold mining byRead More...



8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have systematically erased Persian words and expressions from schools, universities, and even city streets. In recent days, images shared on social media have revealed a new phase of this effort. Taliban authorities have removed urban signboards in Kabul, rearranged text, replaced Persian with Pashto, and gone soRead More...

8am: The Afghanistan Freedom Front has claimed that two Taliban fighters were killed and two others wounded in an attack in Kunduz province. According to the Afghanistan Freedom Front, the vehicle carrying Taliban fighters was also set on fire in the attack. Click here to read more (external link). More AFF News Afghanistan Freedom FrontRead More...

Afghanistan International: The incident took place in Chah Ab district of Takhar province, where Taliban forces and personnel connected to a gold mining company entered the area to launch an extraction operation. Several people on both sides were injured, according to the sources. A video obtained by Afghanistan International shows residents throwing stones at TalibanRead More...

Amu: Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has accused Pakistan of seeking to destabilise Afghanistan in coordination with major powers, including the United States, as relations between the two sides remain strained despite multiple rounds of talks. He linked the allegation to renewed US statements about Afghanistan’s former Bagram air base, adding: “When the United StatesRead More...

Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front said it carried out a rocket attack on a Taliban court building in northern Afghanistan, killing four Taliban members and wounding two others. In a statement issued on Friday, the group said the attack targeted the Taliban’s Court of Appeal in Maimana, the capital of Faryab, at about 6:30Read More...



Daily Mail (UK): Some young men are also reportedly being beaten up and ‘humiliated’ for defying strict cultural laws by daring to pick a Western-style haircut. Offending hairdressers will be referred to the Taliban’s feared judicial authorities and could face up for 15 months in prison. Click here to read more (external link).

Amu: Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has appointed 15 Taliban officials to new positions, including their provincial governors, deputy governors and senior security officials, according to a statement. According to a notice released by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, Gul Haidar Shafaq, previously Taliban governor of Jawzjan, was appointed governor of Bamiyan, while Abdullah Sarhadi, the TalibanRead More...

Amu: Former vice president Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum has said that the Taliban are “taking their last breaths” and only understand force, as criticism intensified over the killing of a former police chief in Iran. Speaking during an online memorial gathering for Gen. Ikramuddin Saree on Sunday, Dostum said the Taliban do not understand diplomacyRead More...