Taliban justice minister reportedly orders Shamshad TV to vacate building
Sources within the Taliban administration have told Afghanistan International that Justice Minister Abdul Hakim Sharaei has ordered private broadcaster Shamshad TV to evacuate its building and hand the premises over…
Panjshir Zero Unit reportedly targets Taliban deputy governor in Faryab
Maulvi Nasrullah Fayazani, the Taliban’s deputy governor in Faryab province, was reportedly injured in an attack by the Panjshir Zero Unit in Maimana city. According to the information provided, the…
Companies accuse Taliban ministries of withholding millions in unpaid dues
Several private companies that held contracts with the Taliban’s Ministries of Defense, Interior and Public Health say they are still waiting for tens of millions of Afghanis in payments for…
Post-Kabul Afghanistan emerging as a hub for jihadist networks
New research examining the relationship between Al-Shabaab and the Taliban argues that Afghanistan is increasingly emerging as a hub for activities involving jihadist networks, 25 years after the September 11…
Haqqani says former suicide fighter now seeks general’s rank
Taliban Interior Minister and Haqqani network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani has publicly stated that a former member of the group’s first suicide training centre has asked him for a general’s rank.…
Four new polio cases reported in Afghanistan
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported continued transmission of wild poliovirus in Afghanistan, highlighting the ongoing challenge of eliminating the disease in one of the world’s two remaining polio-endemic…
TTP reportedly protests killing of Ghulam Khan formation members
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly protested the actions of an Emirati commander in Afghanistan’s Khost province in a secret letter addressed to Taliban supreme leader Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada. According…
OPINION: the West shut its doors to Afghans first. Now it wants to lecture Pakistan for doing the same
By Dr Muhammad Shahid Which international community, exactly, is lecturing Pakistan today? The same one that pulled the shutters down on Afghan students in March 2026. The same one that…
Another militant identified after Ghulam Khan infiltration attempt
Another militant killed by Pakistani security forces during an attempted infiltration at the Ghulam Khan border in North Waziristan has been identified as Huzaifa Muhajir. According to the information available,…
Two more militants identified after North Waziristan operation
Two more militants killed during a Pakistani security forces operation in the Ghulam Khan border area of North Waziristan have been identified as Haider Muhajir and Umar Mukhtar Mubarez. According…