Afghanistan International: Local sources reported renewed clashes early Wednesday in the Shahr-e-Buzurg district between Taliban units and fighters loyal to Abdul Rahman Ammar, the group’s former provincial head of mining. The clashes, which have continued for several days, pit Ammar’s forces against those of Shafiqullah Hafizi, the Taliban’s current head of mining in Badakhshan, in
Amu: Afghanistan opened their three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe with a commanding 53-run win at Harare Sports Club on Wednesday. A strong all-round performance, led by Azmatullah Omarzai, helped the visitors take a 1–0 lead in the series. The second T20I will be played later this week, with Afghanistan eyeing a series win and Zimbabwe
The Times of Centra Asia: Peaceful coexistence is turning out to be complicated for Tajikistan and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The Tajik government has viewed the Taliban as a threat since the militant group appeared in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s. But now that modest efforts are underway to establish some sort of amicable ties,
8am: The three-day talks between delegations from Pakistan and the Taliban in Istanbul have ended without any tangible outcome. Geo News reported Monday night, October 27, that the third and final day of the latest round of negotiations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban concluded in Istanbul, Türkiye, without any progress. According to the report,
Khaama: Turkey detained nine Afghan migrants and three suspected smugglers in Sakarya, part of a wider crackdown that has seen over 30,000 Afghans arrested this year. Turkish police detained nine Afghan migrants in the city of Sakarya on Tuesday, saying they had entered the country illegally, according to local reports. Reports of Afghan migrants being
Amu: Pakistani authorities deported 7,324 Afghan migrants on Monday, Oct. 27, according to the Taliban-run Commission for Refugees, in what marks one of the highest single-day mass expulsions of Afghans in recent weeks. The deportees were returned through the Spin Boldak and Bahramcha border crossings, with both forced and voluntary returns reported. The expulsions come
Amu: The mass deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran has led to a sharp increase in labor costs, with wages for construction workers doubling or even tripling in some areas, according to a senior housing industry official. Saeed Lotfi, the head of Tehran’s Real Estate Consultants Union, said in a press conference that the recent
Ariana: Afghanistan’s national men’s volleyball team lost 3–2 to Turkmenistan in the final match of the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Cup Men’s 2025 on Tuesday, securing second place in the tournament. The competition began on October 22 in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with the participation of six teams. Click here to read more