8am: Sources say that at around 3:30 a.m. last night, Pakistani fighter jets bombed the Sarai Mullah Sahib area. According to the sources, the area is now the headquarters of a military unit affiliated with the special forces of Mullah Hibatullah, the Taliban Supreme Leader. Click here to read more (external link). More Pakistan Border
TOI: Pakistan said early Thursday that it had carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan. There was no immediate response from Kabul to the latest Pakistani strikes. Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had denied on Wednesday that Afghan Taliban forces carried out attacks
Afghanistan International: The reason for the raid remains unclear. Reliable sources in Kabul told Afghanistan International that Taliban forces prevented Karzai’s guests from meeting the former president. The sources said Taliban forces stormed Karzai’s residence on Wednesday morning, September 23, and “disrespected” tribal elders who were on their way to meet him. It remains unclear
8am: If we seek a simple answer to these complex developments, we can conclude that the terrorist group the Taliban, on the advice of Khalilzad and ethnic secular networks outside Afghanistan, have concluded that in the ongoing conflict between America and Iran (in which Saudi Arabia is indirectly involved), the Taliban should remain aligned with
8am: Some Shia followers in Afghanistan are expressing serious concern over the Taliban’s continued religious pressure on adherents of their faith. They say that under various pretexts, the Taliban are seizing Shia properties and public sites, including mosques, madrasas and clinics, one after another on different charges, and are arresting, insulting and humiliating religious elders
8am: Residents of five villages in Ghazni province say the Taliban are seizing the lands of the Faizawi Zargar Qanat from residents under the pretext of establishing an industrial park. They add that the disputed area covers about 2.27 square kilometers, and residents of the villages of Asfandeh, Zargar, Jabbar, Gudul Ra’yat, and Karmian consider
Amu: Pakistani fighter jets struck parts of the eastern provinces of Kunar and Paktika early Monday, killing three civilians, including a woman, according to Taliban spokesman, in the first publicly reported Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan in nearly three months. The Taliban’s Information and Culture Department in Kunar confirmed the strike on Noorgal, saying a residential
By Amos Chapple Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 20, 2026 Restoration work under way on Afghanistan’s most famous minaret is the latest indication that the country’s Taliban rulers are taking a calculated approach to cultural heritage, in contrast to their statue-smashing predecessors of the 1990s, experts say. Images of work to safeguard the UNESCO-listed Minaret
Afghanistan International: The death toll from a suicide bombing and shooting by armed attackers in Kohat, Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has risen to at least 31, with more than 100 injured. Local police say at least 16 of those killed were officers. On Saturday, 19 September, the Taliban Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly condemning
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