Amu: Two Afghan athletes returned to Kabul early Sunday after winning medals at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where they were greeted with celebrations by fans. Muay Thai fighter Mohammad Yousuf Jahangir and taekwondo athlete Mohsen Rezaei earned gold and silver medals, respectively, for Afghanistan during the multi-sport event, which featured athletes from 57 Muslim-majority countries. They were welcomed at Kabul airport athletes and hundreds of Kabul residents. Click here to read more (external link).
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8am: Sources in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province, say the Taliban beat an elderly man to death with punches and kicks on Friday afternoon in a street near a local madrassa, accusing him of stealing 2,000 Afghanis. 
Amu: Under the first category, Afghan nationals who have been fingerprinted but were never formally registered may now receive a dedicated identification code and education certificates. The second category refers to those with no registration history, who will be identified through a special system and then granted residency services. The final category covers those previously registered: only individuals entered into the system before mid‑September are eligible for benefits, while others in this group are barred from receiving further services. 
Amu: The Afghanistan U19 cricket team delivered a commanding performance to defeat India A U19 by six wickets in their second consecutive victory at the 2025 Youth Tri-Series in Bengaluru on Friday. 
Afghanistan International: As the world marks World Television Day on, the Taliban’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, continues efforts to curb visual media in Afghanistan. Television broadcasting in Afghanistan began in 1978 with the establishment of National Radio and Television under the Soviet-backed government, an institution now fully controlled by the Taliban. Over the past four years, the Taliban, acting on Akhundzada’s orders, have sought to restrict or eliminate visual media. The group’s “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” law bans the broadcast of images of living beings. Ratified by Akhundzada in July last year, the law imposes sweeping media restrictions and violates numerous civil rights, particularly those of women. This June, a member of the Taliban’s Qatar office told Afghanistan International that Akhundzada had “never listened to the radio in his life, never watched television, and never engaged with modern digital media.” Other Taliban sources have said he occasionally listens to the radio but only rarely.