Dina Titus, the representative for Nevada, announced that she and nine other members of the US Congress have sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, opposing the decision to shut down the Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE).
An Instagram page operated by human traffickers circulates videos designed to entice young Afghans, disillusioned by Taliban restrictions, widespread poverty
Rahim Sekandar, a prominent pro-Taliban figure on social media, has confirmed that he is currently being held by the group.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday that Nanda Avalist, Indonesia’s newly appointed chargé d’affaires to Afghanistan, has arrived in Kabul and held a meeting with the group’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Two decades after the 9/11 attacks, the Taliban remain widely regarded as a fundamentalist and repressive group. However, their legal and political status varies and is often contradictory across different countries and international institutions.
The import of coal and soapstone from Afghanistan to Pakistan has been halted, according to reports in Pakistani media.
The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that 14 individuals, including one woman, were publicly flogged in the provinces of Kabul, Khost, Parwan and Paktika on charges including drug trafficking, running away from home and theft.
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a broad travel ban on citizens of Afghanistan and 11 other countries, effectively suspending their entry into the United States.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban foreign minister, has said the group wants access to Afghan communities in Europe to provide consular services and to defend what it describes as the “human rights” of Afghans living abroad.
The General Directorate for Migrants and Foreign Nationals of Fars Province has announced that all Afghan migrants holding return permits to Afghanistan must leave Iran by 6 July.
More than 80 human rights organisations have issued a joint statement condemning the execution of Afghan nationals in Iran and calling for an immediate halt to the practice.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), at its 164th session held in Kuwait, issued a statement calling for the protection of women’s rights to education and employment in Afghanistan. The council also underscored the need to safeguard the rights of minorities in the country.
In his message for Eid al-Adha, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada twice called on Taliban officials to refrain from interfering in one another’s affairs. He warned that such behaviour leads to “disorder, mistrust and discomfort.”
Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban have arrested Rahim Sekandar, a prominent supporter of the group on social media.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed a senior religious cleric, Mawlawi Gul Hassan, as its new ambassador to the Russian Federation.
The Taliban hosted a gathering in Ghazni province on Sunday aimed at building support among Afghanistan’s Hazara and Shia communities.
The Taliban, Pakistan and Uzbekistan have finalised a roadmap for the swift implementation of the 760-kilometre “Afghan Trans” railway project.
The first passenger train service between Mashhad, Iran, and Herat, Afghanistan, is expected to launch within the next two weeks, an Iranian official said.
The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Afghanistan early next month, with the session scheduled for 23 June.
The Taliban has installed surveillance cameras in several areas of Panjshir province, the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday, claiming the move is intended to improve security and public safety.
A Taliban team deployed to destroy opium poppy fields in Badakhshan’s Jurm district has withdrawn amid growing internal tensions and local unrest, sources told Afghanistan International on Sunday.
A senior Taliban official has claimed that Afghan women are the primary victims of the country’s worsening climate crisis, even as the group’s own restrictions on women continue to draw global condemnation.