8am: Local sources in Badakhshan province have reported that a vehicle carrying the Taliban Environment Head has been targeted by a landmine in the province, injuring two of his bodyguards. It is reported that the explosion took place in the Yatfal Paeen district of the province today, June 25, 2022, before noon. Click here to
Ariana: India reopened its embassy in Kabul on Thursday, more than 10 months after closing it following the takeover of the city by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA). The Indian embassy will become the 15th mission to open in Kabul under the rule of IEA, along with Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 24, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban announced Friday that the United States had freed one of the last two Afghans from the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after 15 years. The ruling Islamist group said Asadullah Haroon’s release was the outcome of “direct and positive interaction” between the
8am: A source close to Mawlawi Mehdi says that several Taliban fighters have been killed and several others were captured during the battle in Balkhab. The source said that local forces in Balkhab, led by Mawlawi Mehdi, attacked the Taliban forces on Thursday evening (June 23rd) in the area between Dozdan Dara and Qomkotal. Local
8am: Sources in Panjshir province say that six Taliban members have been killed and four others were wounded in an ambush by the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces. Sources say that the incident took place on Thursday (June 23the) in Chamalwarda area, Rokha district. According to sources, the Taliban were attacked when they tried to
8am: Sources in Bamyan province have reported that clashes escalated between Pashtun and Tajik Taliban-affiliated members at around 11:00am Friday during a sport match at the Rohullah Nikpai Gymnasium in the new city of Bamyan province. According to sources, the Pashtun and Tajik Taliban opened fire on each other, which disrupted the sport tournament and
Tolo News: Khost residents said that due to the lack of female physicians in the province many of the injured women have not yet been treated. They say that in the current situation, they are facing a shortage of medical facilities in the hospitals. “There are no female physicians. There are a number of injured
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 24, 2022 An aftershock has killed five people in eastern Afghanistan just hours after Taliban authorities said they have ended search-and-rescue operations from a major earthquake two days ago and raised the death toll to at least 1,150 in the war-torn country’s worst such disaster in two decades. Abdul Wahid Rayan, the Taliban
8am: Sources say that fierce clashes between the Taliban and local forces led by Mawlawi Mehdi Mujahid, the only Taliban commander from the Hazara community who recently left Taliban ranks, are taking place in various parts of Balkhab district, Sar-e-Pul province. A source close to Mehdi Mujahid told Hasht-e Subh that the clashes began this