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The Taliban have initiated a recruitment drive for fighters in districts near the Durand line in Kunar.
As tensions and clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan intensify along the Durand Line, the Taliban have initiated a recruitment drive for their military in the districts of Kuna…
Nadeem: Turkey should cooperate with Afghan universities and teaching hospitals.
Taliban Minister of Higher Education Neda Mohammad Nadeem has asked Turkey’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Sadin Elidiz, to send Turkish lecturers to teach at Afghan universities and…
U.S. Citizen arrested in Mazar-i-Sharif on allegations of promoting Christianity.
News sources have reported the arrest of Todd Adam Baker, a 44-year-old U.S. citizen, in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan’s Balkh province. According to the r…
Majid Qar: The Taliban do not go to the front lines against Pakistan; they do so against Afghans instead.
Afghan writer and social activist Majid Qar has criticized the Taliban’s military strategies, saying that during disputes with Pakistan, senior Taliban military officials did not g…
UNAMA: Restrictions on unaccompanied women in healthcare centers and markets continue.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has announced that Taliban inspectors from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice are mo…
Freedom Front: We killed five Taliban fighters in Badakhshan’s Zebak district.
The anti-Taliban Freedom Front has claimed that its forces repelled Taliban attacks in the Zebak district of Badakhshan province and, in subsequent counteroffensive operations, kil…
UN: Taliban publicly flogged 127 people in three months.
The United Nations has reported in its latest assessment that the Taliban carried out corporal punishment against dozens of citizens across Afghanistan between April 1 and June 30…
Taliban says one suspect in attack on Badakhshan information and culture chief arrested.
The Taliban’s police command in Badakhshan province has confirmed the killing of Zabihullah Amiri, the group’s Director of Information and Culture in the province. According to a s…
Sources: Taliban propose "three-day marriage" to close Bibi Sediqa's case.
Sources close to the family of Bibi Sediqa, a 12-year-old girl who has been detained in a Taliban prison for approximately 21 months, say local officials of the group in the Balamo…
Sources: Former military officer targeted by unidentified armed men in Takhar province
Local sources report that Abdul Jabbar, a former military officer, has been killed in an attack by unidentified armed individuals in Takhar province. According to these sources, he…