Amu: The provincial skew underscores what critics describe as the Taliban’s insular and exclusionary approach to governance. Cabinet roles are overwhelmingly filled by ethnic Pashtuns from the south and southeast, while much of the country — including major provinces such as Kabul, Nangarhar, Herat, and Balkh — are entirely absent from the cabinet’s makeup. Women,
8am: The findings of this report indicate that these former military personnel were killed by the Taliban from August to November of this year, in the provinces of Ghor, Herat, Badakhshan, Khost, Kabul, Baghlan, Kunduz, and Takhar. According to the report, some of these former soldiers were directly shot, while others were killed after being
8am: Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, former First Vice President, reacted to the removal of the Uzbek language from the Jawzjan University plaque, stating that this act has further revealed the discriminatory nature of the Taliban. According to him, such measures are an insult to the identity and culture of the country’s Turkic communities and inflict
Afghanistan International: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said both the suicide attacks in South Waziristan and Islamabad had been carried out by Afghan nationals. Naqvi said on Thursday that it had been confirmed the attackers had come from Afghanistan and had carried out the assaults. He had earlier said the militants involved in the attack
Afghanistan International: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned Tuesday that his country could carry out military action inside Afghanistan following a deadly suicide bombing in Islamabad that killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 others. Asif accused the Afghan Taliban of harbouring militants responsible for attacks in Pakistan and rejected their condemnation of the
Amu: Pakistan’s defense minister, Khawaja Asif, said on Tuesday that a deadly suicide bombing in the capital was a “message from Kabul,” casting doubt on the viability of ongoing negotiations with the Taliban and calling the incident “a wake-up” call for the entire country. “This is no longer a war confined to border areas,” Asif
Amu: Speaking at a meeting in Kabul, Muttaqi said their delegation returned from Istanbul following the third round of negotiations with Pakistani counterparts, which failed to yield any concrete results. According to him, the central sticking point was Pakistan’s insistence that the Taliban guarantee no attacks would be launched from Afghan soil by the Tehrik-i-Taliban
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 8, 2025 Peace talks in Istanbul between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers have ended with no deal, but a cease-fire between the neighboring countries will continue. The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, blamed the collapse of the talks on the Pakistani delegation’s “irresponsible attitude and lack of cooperation.” Writing
The Diplomat: Afghanistan’s rugged terrain will make a potential ground war between Pakistan and the Taliban a hard one for Islamabad to win. Afghanistan could bleed Pakistan, leaving it struggling to recover from the damage inflicted over an extended period. Click here to read more (external link).
DW: Many thousands of Afghans are being forced to give up their lives and livelihoods in Pakistan and move to a country that feels more foreign than the one they are leaving behind. Click here to read more (external link).