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The Taliban’s justice minister has summoned Hazara and Shia leaders.
Following criticism and protests by Hazara and Shia leaders over the conduct of Abdul Hakim Sharaee, the Taliban’s Minister of Justice, he has asked the leaders to come to his offi…
An explosion at a mine in Nuristan left one person dead and another injured.
A miner has been killed and another injured following an explosion during a mining operation in the Pachigram area of Barg-e-Matal district in Nuristan province.The incident occurr…
In Nangarhar, a woman who had been held captive in a house for eight months has been rescued.
The Taliban’s police command in Nangarhar says it has rescued a woman in Kuz Kunar district who had allegedly been held captive in a dark room for approximately eight months.Sayed…
Explosion in Baghlan: Four Taliban members killed and wounded.
Local sources in Baghlan province say that at around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday evening, a Taliban patrol vehicle was targeted in the city’s old quarter, in the Jar-e Khushk area.Accord…
Taliban ministry of higher education suspends and revokes the licenses of nine private universities.
The Taliban’s ministry of higher education has announced the one-year suspension of seven private universities over widespread violations, including the registration of “ghost stud…
Daoud Naji: Freedom front commando forces are engaged in direct combat with the Taliban.
Daoud Naji, head of the political committee of the Afghanistan Freedom Front, says the group’s armed forces are continuing their activities against the Taliban through two differen…
Taliban commander assesses security situation in Badakhshan’s border areas.
In Badakhshan, the Taliban’s Department of Information and Culture says Abdul Wakil Muneeb, commander of the 219 Omar Thalith Corps, has assessed the security situation in the prov…
Homayoun Afghan: The Taliban will not relinquish power easily.
Taliban Ministry of Mines spokesperson: Opponents should forget their dream of returning to power.Homayoun Afghan, spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, h…
Badakhshan governor: You will take your dreams of overthrowing the Islamic system to the grave with you.
Mawlawi Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi, the Taliban-appointed governor of Badakhshan, has warned the Taliban’s opponents that they will “take to the grave” their dreams of destabilizing…
231 cases of women being killed in Afghanistan documented in five years since the Taliban’s return to power.
As the Taliban marks the fifth anniversary of its return to power, a new investigation has documented at least 231 cases of women being killed in Afghanistan since the group seized…