Taliban
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill nine, Taliban government says
At least nine people were killed in Pakistani airstrikes targeting Kunar and Helmand provinces, the Afghan Taliban said.
Pakistan urges US Afghanistan war commission to hear its side of 20-year conflict
Blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan kills 11, injures 30
Several Afghan Taliban killed as Pakistan thwarts border attack, sources say
UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan
"The arrests have heightened fear and apprehension among women and girls across Afghanistan," UN Women said, adding that many of the women had since been released.
US sentences former Taliban commander to 42 years in prison for terrorism, taking hostages
The charges are based on his role as a Taliban commander in Afghanistan, leading attacks against US serviceman and allies, and taking hostages between 2007 and 2009.
Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 13 in Afghanistan, including 11 children, Taliban says
At least 14 others were injured in strikes that violated Afghanistan's airspace and bombed civilian homes in the provinces of Kunar, Khost, and Paktika, a spokesperson added
Taliban opens fire on Afghan protesters demonstrating against arrest of women over dress code
Sources also told Afghanistan International that the Taliban has detained a number of protesters and has begun visiting hospitals in search of injured demonstrators.
Taliban official kills Iranian-Kurdish mother and daughter after failed forced marriage attempt
Sara Yousefi and her mother, Chiman Hosseinzadeh, were said to have been killed by Mofti Mohammadollah, head of the Taliban’s Hajj and Endowments Department in Kohistanat district.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Afghan women’s rights advocates urge Melania Trump to support girls facing Taliban restrictions
Over 100 Afghan women’s rights defenders have written to Melania Trump, urging her to help restore education and freedom to Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule.
