Afghanistan

Taliban Government Imposes Tax on Shia Religious Schools in Afghanistan for the First Time ————————————– Sources in Kabul indicate that the Taliban government has recently begun collecting taxes from Shia religious schools (seminaries) in Afghanistan for the first time, a…

Anti-Violence Group Urges Pakistan and Afghanistan to End Escalation and Resume Dialogue ………….. The Global Nonviolence Organization (Freemuslim Association) has voiced deep concern over the recent and ongoing military escalation between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Emirate…

UN Experts Condemn New Taliban Internet Restrictions in Afghanistan ————————————— UN human rights experts have condemned the Taliban’s recent imposition of internet and social media restrictions across Afghanistan, declaring them violations of fundamental human rights, according to JURIST. The restrictions,…

EU Lawmaker Warns of ‘Digital North Korea’ as Taliban Tighten Online Controls; UNICEF Urges Lifting of Girls’ Education Ban —————————————————- A European Parliament member has warned that Afghanistan is turning into a “digital North Korea” after the Taliban tightened internet…

Pakistan Warns of Cross-Border Strikes as Tensions Escalate with Afghanistan ——————————– Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Islamabad may carry out military action inside Afghanistan if cross-border militant attacks persist, accusing the Taliban of failing to stop the…

Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated sharply after heavy overnight clashes along multiple points of the frontier, following cross-border attacks by Taliban and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters. The violence marks one of the deadliest escalations since Pakistan’s Defence Minister…

UN Warns of Looming Humanitarian Crisis as Drought Worsens in Afghanistan …………… The United Nations has issued a stark warning about the worsening drought in Afghanistan, saying severe water shortages and rising temperatures are endangering thousands of families and pushing…

Taliban Blocks Social Media Access in Multiple Afghan Provinces ……………. The Taliban has imposed new internet restrictions in Afghanistan, blocking access to major social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, across several provinces. Residents in Kabul, Parwan, Balkh, Samangan, and…

The Taliban’s diplomatic push at this week’s Moscow Format meeting coincided with a surge in violent incidents across Afghanistan, including overnight airstrikes in Kabul and strikes in southeastern provinces, while the United Nations children’s agency warned of an accelerating mental-health…

Afghanistan’s humanitarian situation is deteriorating sharply, with severe child malnutrition and collapsing healthcare systems coinciding with new social restrictions and widening internal rifts within the Taliban regime. According to a Sky News report, doctors in Badakhshan province say one child…