The Telegraph (UK): Landmines and other explosives left behind after decades of war killed at least 92 people and injured 379 others in Afghanistan last year. More than two thirds of the victims were children, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Afghanistan now ranks third globally for casualties caused by landmines
By Freshta Shikhany Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 28, 2026 The bombing earlier this month on a Chinese hotel restaurant in Kabul, claimed by a regional affiliate of the Islamic State extremist group, has raised new questions about the its operations in Taliban-run Afghanistan and what analysts say is an emerging campaign targeting Chinese citizens. The January
8am: Local sources say the Taliban abducted a young man from Panjshir province in Kabul and killed him after subjecting him to torture. Sources told Hasht-e Subh Daily on Monday, January 19, that the 25-year-old, identified as Sayed Jalal, was abducted on Saturday from Lycee Maryam by the Taliban’s intelligence service. The sources said Sayed
Afghanistan International: In a statement published by ISIS’s Amaq News Agency, the group said a suicide bomber entered a Chinese restaurant in Shahr-e Naw and detonated explosives among Chinese nationals and their guards. The statement said Chinese nationals were targeted over what the group described as China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims. Taliban officials said the
Khaama: A powerful explosion struck a hotel in Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw district, killing several people and injuring others, officials said. An explosion struck a hotel area in central Kabul on Monday, causing casualties, as witnesses said Chinese nationals were the main target. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have carried out widespread arrests, assassinations, and extrajudicial killings, while forcibly disappearing former military personnel. Despite mounting evidence, the group has consistently dismissed investigative reporting by the media, human rights organizations, and field and visual documentation, labeling them as baseless accusations. Recently, the Hasht-e Subh Daily documented
Afghanistan International: The latest incident occurred on Thursday evening in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, where armed men shot and killed Mohammad Shah, an Ismaili resident originally from Shighnan district. Shah, who worked for a private office in the province, was attacked in the Dasht-e-Qargh area while returning home from a bakery, according to eyewitnesses.
Tolo News: Following remarks by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan, who condemned Pakistan’s strikes on Kabul and likened Islamabad’s approach to India’s attacks on Pakistan, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has now rejected the comparison. Khawaja Asif claimed that Pakistan’s operations against Afghanistan were targeted and specifically aimed at verified Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Khaama: Pakistani forces launched strikes on three Taliban bases near the Chaman border over Friday and Saturday, killing at least 23 fighters. Media reports said the operation followed Taliban firing across the border, which was described as an “unprovoked” ceasefire violation. So far, officials in Kabul have not commented on the Pakistani media claim, and
8am: Officers of the British Special Forces have revealed that some members of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) shot toddlers in their beds in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013, and that unlawful conduct within the unit was widespread. The UK-based outlet Declassified reported on Sunday night, 30 November 2025, that an officer identified by