AP: The judge wanted everyone in the courtroom to know that when he’d signed a war orphan over to an American Marine he thought it was an emergency — that the child injured on the battlefield in Afghanistan was on death’s door, with neither a family nor a country to claim her. A lawyer for the federal government stood up. “That is not what happened,” she told the judge: almost everything he’d believed about the baby was untrue. Click here to read more (external link).
New Zealand cruise past Afghanistan by five wickets in T20 World Cup
Ariana: New Zealand produced a confident all-round performance to defeat Afghanistan by five wickets, chasing down a target of 183 with 13 balls to spare in their first match of the T20 World Cup in India’s Chennai on Sunday. Afghanistan will face South Africa in their next match on Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan Captain Khan Harbours Dream Of Playing In Kabul
Rashid Khan
AFP: Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan said Saturday he dreams of playing an international match at home in Kabul, which for him would be “bigger than the World Cup”. Khan will captain the surprise 2024 T20 World Cup semi-finalists against New Zealand in their opening match of the 2026 edition in Chennai on Sunday. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News in Dari – February 7, 2026
Detained Afghan Girl Says She Disguised Herself To Support Family
Afghanistan International: In the video, the girl says she was compelled to work in order to protect and support her sisters. The phenomenon of girls dressing as boys was also common during the Taliban’s first period of rule in Afghanistan. Afghan filmmaker Siddiq Barmak later portrayed this reality in the film Osama, which tells the story of a girl forced to disguise herself as a boy during the Taliban’s first government. Click here to read more (external link).
ISIS Claims Deadly Mosque Bombing in Pakistan’s Islamabad
Khaama: ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad as Kabul rejected Pakistan’s claims linking Afghanistan to attack. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad that killed at least 31 people and injured 169 others during Friday prayers, according to the IS statement on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).
Four Taliban Members Killed In Kunduz, Parwan Attacks, Says AFF
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said its fighters carried out attacks on Taliban military positions in Parwan and Kunduz provinces on Thursday evening, claiming that at least four Taliban members were killed and five others wounded. In separate statements, the group said two Taliban members were killed and three others injured in Kunduz. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News in Dari – February 6, 2026
Landmines from Afghanistan’s war are still killing civilians – including children
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 and unexploded ordnance, UNAMA said in its latest report published this week. Click here to read more (external link).
Islamabad Mosque Bomber Previously Visited Afghanistan, Says Pak Defence Minister
Khawaja Muhammad Asif
Afghanistan International: Pakistan’s defence minister, Khawaja Asif, said the deadly explosion at a Shia mosque in Islamabad was a suicide attack and that the attacker had previously travelled to Afghanistan. In a post on X, Asif said those responsible for killing worshippers in a mosque were “enemies of religion and the country,” adding that the militant involved in the attack had been present in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
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