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Release of a dissident Taliban commander amid easing tensions in Badakhshan.
Local sources have reported that Musa Kaka, a dissatisfied Taliban commander and a close associate of Juma Khan Fateh in Badakhshan province, was released from Taliban custody on S…
Two vehicles collide in Samangan; Three people killed and seven others injured.
Following a collision between two Toyota Corolla vehicles in Hazrat Sultan District of Samangan Province, three people were killed and seven others were injured.Hashmatullah Rahman…
Increase in targeted killings: Third former security officer killed in Ghor in past month.
Local sources in Ghor Province say that Abdullah Rahimi, a well-known commander affiliated with Ibrahim Malekzada, was killed in an armed attack in the province. According to the s…
Sources: Taliban cancels memorial mourning ceremony for Ali Khamenei in Herat.
Local sources report that the Taliban has cancelled a memorial mourning ceremony (Fatiha) for Ali Khamenei, the former Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the city o…
Shafiullah Azam: Winning the hearts of the people and reducing poverty is the responsibility of government officials.
Shafiullah Azam, Director of Economic Relations at the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has implicitly responded to recent remarks by Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister fo…
Library of Ziraki High school in Raghistan district, Badakhshan, destroyed by fire.
Local sources in Badakhshan Province say that the library of Ziraki High School in Raghistan District has been completely destroyed in a fire, with all of its resources and facilit…
68 Pakistani medical students have been granted permission to enter Afghanistan through the Torkham border crossing.
In Nangarhar, Mohammad Noman, head of Pakistani students, said that the Pakistani government and Taliban authorities on Saturday allowed the first group of 68 Pakistani medical stu…
United Nations: Afghanistan’s population reaches 48.6 Million.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has estimated Afghanistan’s population at 48.6 million in the current calendar year, a figure that exc…
Taliban Vice and Virtue Minister: Islam in Samarkand, Bukhara, and Termez Survives Only on People’s Tongues.
Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, claimed that in the Uzbek cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Termez—despite their rich Is…
Juma Khan Fateh returns to warwaz, Badakhshan, after talks with Taliban leadership.
On Saturday, 20 Saratan (July 11), the Taliban-affiliated Harat Media reported that Juma Khan Fateh returned from Faizabad city to Darwaz district of Badakhshan Province after what…