8am: Several residents of Kabul’s eighth district are complaining about an increase in armed robberies targeting their homes in recent days. They say thieves are entering homes at night in organized groups and taking residents’ belongings with them. According to these residents, in some cases the thieves have clashed with people inside the homes during
Afghanistan International: The UN said the Afghanistan Freedom Front, National Resistance Front, Green Unit of Afghanistan Green Trend, Afghanistan Guardians National Front, the Afghanistan Independence Front, the Afghanistan Liberation Movement, the Afghanistan Republican Front, the Afghanistan United Front, the Andarab Resistance Front, the Freedom and Justice Movement, Homeland Soldiers Front, the Islamic Liberation Front of
By Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 15, 2026 It was with a mixture of surprise and fear that Khan, a former Afghan soldier now living in Pakistan, received an offer to work with Pakistani security agencies on counter-militancy operations in Balochistan, the country’s southwestern province bordering Afghanistan and Iran. “The offer came from
Afghanistan International: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Sunday denied the presence of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, rejecting a Washington Post report that cited Western security officials and a UN body as saying the group is active again in the country. Mujahid described the report as propaganda against the Taliban and said there was no evidence proving
8am: The Taliban claim to have acquired anti-drone systems and plan to begin installing and operating the systems in Kandahar province. The sources added that the systems are intended to prevent Pakistani drones from operating in border areas. The Taliban also claimed that the deployment would be expanded to other border areas of Afghanistan after
By Ray Furlong and Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2026 Twenty-five years after serving as the global launchpad for the 9/11 attacks, Afghanistan has come “full circle” — with the Taliban retaking power after a 20-year US-led military presence and Al-Qaeda operatives again finding safe haven in the country. So far, this
8am: Several residents from the southern provinces are expressing serious concern over the rise in thefts and criminal offenses in these provinces. They say that despite the Taliban’s claims of ensuring security, they have failed to protect the lives and property of the people. According to them, widespread poverty and severe unemployment have contributed to
8am: Local sources in Badakhshan report the continued detention of individuals close to Juma Khan Fateh, house-to-house searches, and the confiscation of hundreds of weapons and ammunition boxes by Taliban special forces. According to the sources, restrictions on mining activities have simultaneously increased in some districts, and local Taliban members are set to be replaced
8am: Several citizens across the country are complaining about worsening insecurity. They say that although security was never good, conditions have deteriorated further in recent times. People, they add, have grown weary of Taliban oppression, poverty, and ongoing crime. By restricting the media, these citizens argue, the Taliban believe no one will find out about
8am: These days, debate over whether “the war in Afghanistan is an ethnic war” has intensified. On social media, this debate is sometimes accompanied by strong emotions and sharp reactions, to the point that a political or military event is quickly attributed to a single ethnic group, and responsibility for the behavior of individuals or