Taliban

Twenty-two dead, dozens injured in crash involving Afghan returnees from Pakistan

Abdul Malik Niazi, a Taliban official, told The Media Line that “the accident occurred on the main highway linking Kabul with Nangarhar province. 

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Trucks transporting Afghan nationals, who were expelled from Pakistan, are parked as refugees wait for registration at the Omari refugee camp in Mohmand Dara, Torkham border, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, April 15, 2025.
Illustration of ISIS terrorists.

Russia warns ISIS-K recruiting Central Asian migrants for regional terror networks

Director of Russia’s Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov said the group’s “Khorasan Branch” had stepped up efforts to recruit members from other extremist groups.

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Taliban security personnel climb barefoot up a steep and sandy mountainside on a weekend at the Sayad area of Reg-e-Rawan in Kapisa province on April 24, 2026.

Russia says it's establishing 'full-fledged partnership' with Afghan Taliban

Russia sees a need to work with Kabul as it faces a major security threat from Islamist militant groups based in a string of countries from Afghanistan to the Middle East.

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Mutasim Agha Jan.

Taliban arrests senior co-founder Mullah Mutasim Agha Jan amid deepening internal rifts

Agha Jan, a close associate of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, served as finance minister in the group’s first government prior to the 9/11 attacks.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

National Guard shooting suspect radicalized in US, homeland secretary says

Noem's comments suggest that Lakanwal, who was part of a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan, may have embraced extremism after arriving in the US.

NOVEMBER 30, 2025ByREUTERS
A picture of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who is the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members, is displayed at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel, attorney Jeanine Pirro and other authorities, in Washington, US, November 27, 2025.

Why are tensions flaring again between Afghanistan and Pakistan? - explainer

Taliban claim Pakistani air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 9 children and a woman. Tensions rise amid cross-border attacks and accusations involving militants and India.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025ByREUTERS
Afghan citizens wait to register as they attempt to return to their country, with trucks loaded with their belongings seen in the background, after Pakistan closed border crossings for trade with Afghanistan following exchanges of fire between the two nations' forces, at the Chaman border crossing i

Nine children killed in Pakistani attack in Afghan province, Taliban says

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Khost province killed nine children and a woman, the Taliban say, escalating already fraught cross-border relations.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025ByREUTERS
WOMEN WITH their children try to get inside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday.

Taliban policing hospital entrances, denying entry to women without complete burqa covering - MSF

The report comes after women were left laying in rubble for hours, waiting for female rescuers following an earthquake.

NOVEMBER 19, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Afghan women and children wait for their turn to see a doctor at Yaka Dokan health clinic run by nonprofit organization World Vision, in Yaka Dokan village, Herat, Afghanistan

Taliban deputy PM orders traders to cut ties with Pakistan amid exploitation claims

Due to deteriorating relations, the Taliban instructed traders to find new trade routes outside of Pakistan. The move primarily affects pharmaceutical imports and transit dealings.

NOVEMBER 13, 2025ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023

Afghanistan economic recovery buckles as nine in 10 families go hungry or into debt, UNDP says

Over 4.5 million returnees and restricted female employment are buckling Afghanistan's economy, forcing 90% of households into debt and food insecurity, UN data shows.

NOVEMBER 12, 2025ByREUTERS
Sediqa, an MSF doctor, examines Haliza, a two-and-a-half-month-old baby girl, at the therapeutic feeding centre of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders in Herat, Afghanistan

Iranian airline, banned by US and Europe, launches commercial flights to Afghanistan

 The inaugural flight reportedly landed in Mazar-i-Sharif with 120 passengers from Iran. 

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Arrival of Iran Air Airbus A321 (EP-IFA) to Mehrabad International Airport

Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues, Taliban says

Zabihullah Mujahid said negotiations had failed due to Islamabad's insistence that Afghanistan assume responsibility for Pakistan's internal security.

NOVEMBER 8, 2025ByREUTERS
Afghan Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid and Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands following the signing of a ceasefire agreement mediated by Qatar and Turkey, in Doha, Qatar, October 19, 2025.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near Mazar-e Sharif, causing widespread damage

A devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Mazar-e Sharif, damaging key sites like the Blue Mosque and prompting fears of heavy casualties.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025ByREUTERS
A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025.

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to restart peace talks in Istanbul, sources say

Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to restart peace talks in Istanbul, aiming to prevent further border clashes after deadly violence this month.

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByREUTERS
People inspect houses and vehicles destroyed during an airstrike, following a temporary ceasefire, amid the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, October 16, 2025.