The Independent (UK): Ex-warlords, resistance fighters, diplomats and politicians gather together united by a single cause: how to oust the ultra-fundamentalist group that threatens regional stability and treats women as a subservient class. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan Opposition Leaders Meet for 2nd Day in Vienna The Vienna Conference: Amplifying Anti-TalibanRead More...

8am: In the last two years, the Taliban have consistently asserted the establishment of comprehensive security across Afghanistan. Despite this claim, the group has not only carried out targeted killings of former government security forces and political opponents but has also orchestrated numerous attacks against Hazara Shia positions, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Recently, HeratRead More...

The Independent (UK): Pakistan’s top court opened a hearing Friday on a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the forceful deportation of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk if they were returned to Afghanistan. The deportations are part of a nationwide crackdown by the government inRead More...

8am: In a press release issued on Friday, December 1, the Freedom Front disclosed that the overnight confrontation took place in the Khum-Zargar area of the Hesse-Awal Kohistan district in Kapisa. According to their statement, their forces engaged in a fierce battle, resulting in the death of at least four Taliban fighters and the injuryRead More...

8am: The Taliban stand as a significant and primary impediment to the human rights of the people of Afghanistan. Therefore, resisting the rigid and harsh ideology of this terrorist group is crucial to achieving fundamental human freedoms. The historical experience with the Taliban has proven their indifference to reformist ideas and recommendations. As various formsRead More...

8am: Amirabbas Lotfi, the spokesperson for the Iranian Anti-Drug Headquarters, made this announcement on Tuesday, November 28, in response to a recent United Nations report on the reduction of opium cultivation in Afghanistan, according to an ISNA report. Lotfi stated, “The income of Afghan farmers from opium cultivation in the past Gregorian year has suddenlyRead More...

By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 28, 2023 Pakistan has issued an ultimatum to the Afghan Taliban: Expel the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) extremist group from Afghanistan or face the consequences. Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Asif Durrani, repeated the warning on November 11, saying that the Afghan extremist group must “choose Pakistan or the TTP.”Read More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 28, 2023 Afghan women’s rights activists are demanding the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecute Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers for systemic violations of human rights. In an open letter sent to the ICC on November 27, they accused the Taliban, who seized power in August 2021 as international troops withdrew from the country, of consistentlyRead More...

The Guardian (UK): Several former Afghanistan players have claimed the president of the country’s football federation ordered them to fix two matches during a men’s tournament in Malaysia. The former captain Djelaludin Sharityar and the goalkeeper Aimal Gerowal are among those to have accused Mohammad Kargar – who has been president of the AFF sinceRead More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News November 27, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan confirmed Monday that an overnight suicide bombing of a military convoy in a northwestern region had killed two civilians. The military’s media wing reported that Sunday’s attack in Bannu, a garrison district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, had also injured seven civilians and three soldiers. The armyRead More...

8am: Local Taliban officials in Takhar province have allocated residential township lands, originally designated for the victims of natural disasters in the Altu Khwaja region of Dasht-e Qala district, to returnee migrants from Pakistan. The residents of Dasht-e Qala allege that the Taliban have been unjust to the people of this district. The distribution ofRead More...

8am: On Sunday, November 26, Hasht-e Subh Daily received information from a reliable source stating that the 90-year-old merchant had been in Taliban custody for approximately 22 days. Furthermore, the source claims that the Taliban’s motive for detaining Roshan is to extort money from him. As per the source, Roshan was taken into custody afterRead More...



8am: On Sunday, November 26, the Freedom Front of Afghanistan stated in a press release that, in a recent operation against Qari Hemat, the security director of the Taliban in the Dawlat Shah district of Laghman province, two of his guards were killed. The Front added that Qari Hemat was injured in this attack andRead More...

8am: Sources indicate that the explosion occurred around 2:10 PM on Saturday, November 25, in the area of Sarak-e Awal-e Shahidi in Taliqan City, the center of Takhar province. According to the sources, the target was a Taliban Ranger-type vehicle. This comes after a Taliban commander named Hozaifa was killed, and his guard was injuredRead More...



8am: Eyewitnesses claim that at least 10 rockets were launched toward the Bagram building, with some of the fired missiles hitting the target. According to local sources, the Taliban suffered casualties as a result of this attack, but the exact number is not yet known. While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack soRead More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 24, 2023 Afghanistan’s embassy to New Delhi has announced it is closing permanently due to what it said was “pressure from the Indian government” and lack of diplomatic recognition. The embassy said in a statement that the closure entered into force already on November 23 and came after the ceasing ofRead More...



Ayaz Gul VOA News November 24, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Officials in Pakistan have defended charging fees on Afghan nationals leaving the country or waiting for Western-sponsored resettlements, saying the decision complies with local immigration laws. The targeted community comprises tens of thousands of people who worked for the U.S.-led NATO military mission in Afghanistan and fledRead More...

Khaama: According to Pakistani media, authorities in the country have reported that the process of deporting migrants will be carried out as previously planned. The interim government of Pakistan intends to deport approximately one million Afghan migrants by January 2024. Reports continue to indicate that many Afghans, fearing the situation in Afghanistan under Taliban control,Read More...

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 23, 2023 The family of former prosecutor Mohammad Naqi Taqi, who was forced out when Taliban militants took power in August 2021, has confirmed his death in eastern Afghanistan, saying it appears he was brutally slain by unknown assailants. Taqi’s son told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on November 22 that his fatherRead More...

WarontheRocks: Contradicting Biden’s assessment, the Taliban’s 2021 ascension reinvigorated al-Qaeda’s Afghan operations. Al-Qaeda commanders are back in Afghanistan, swiftly reactivating the group’s presence. Training camps are now operational in five provinces, including Zabul and Nuristan, areas that Osama bin Laden once earmarked as crucial for al-Qaeda. In Nuristan, these camps are actively training suicide bombers,Read More...

Ayaz Gul VOA News November 22, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban government has told the United Nations that it will consider religious values and refuse outside interference in the country’s internal affairs when dealing with the world. The statement was submitted to the U.N. this week in response to a Security Council-commissioned assessment that included recommendationsRead More...

AP: Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug. 2021, according to a report released Monday by a U.K.-based rights group. Afghan Witness, an open-source project run by the non-profit Center for Information Resilience, says it found that abusive postsRead More...

Khaama:  Commanders of the Taliban in various provinces have continued to engage in marriages with underage girls. The report states, “In Nimroz province, a local Taliban official forcibly married a 13-year-old girl. Due to economic difficulties and security concerns, the victim’s family could not raise objections to this incident. In another case in Maidan WardakRead More...



Ariana: The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) said in a report published on Friday that Afghanistan’s economy is on the verge of collapse. USIP said that most Afghan families are facing difficulties to meet their basic needs. Increasing return of migrants, restricting women’s work, and banning poppy cultivation without providing alternative crops for farmersRead More...

Khaama: Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai stated on Friday that Pakistan’s interim government plans to deport all illegal Afghan refugees by January next year. “The caretaker government is trying to deport all illegal Afghan immigrants by January. After that, the government would announce a time frame for repatriating the remaining Afghan immigrants,” Achakzai said atRead More...