Iran executes Afghan national amid surge in death sentences
The men, identified as Saud Mirzaei, an Afghan citizen, and Wahid Ashouri, a 30-year-old Iranian from Yazd, had been convicted of premeditated murder and senten...
Taliban say Kandahar blast caused by old ammunition, not attack
The explosion occurred outside the Taliban narcotics control department of the provincial police headquarters in Kandahar....
Uzbekistan, Russia seek practical phase of Trans-Afghan railway project
Following agreements reached in 2024, the two nations have formalized a package of documents involving their transport ministries and national rail operators �...
208 Afghan women left in limbo after US-funded scholarship program is cut: Report
The decision was part of a wider series of funding terminations announced that day, amid what the report described as a dramatically scaled-back USAID operation...
Russian official says Moscow is welcome in Afghanistan despite ongoing challenges
In an interview with the Russian daily Izvestia, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said that Afghanistan remains a complex environment but holds untapped po...
Taliban minister calls non-Muslims ‘worse than four-legged animals’
In his speech urging ideological training for public employees, Hanafi said that while non-Muslims might perform administrative duties, their beliefs render the...
US lawmakers to consider bill aimed at blocking funds from reaching Taliban
The proposed legislation follows recent reports that U.S. cash shipments of $40 million per week have been sent to Afghanistan’s central bank....
Taliban publicly flog five people in two provinces
According to a statement from the Taliban’s Supreme Court, four men in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak....