Another three flogged in public, this time in Paktika
The three men found guilty of theft by a Taliban court each received 39 lashings and were also handed down prison sentences...
Taliban sends team to probe Daikundi attack
Sources say the deputy head of the Taliban’s intelligence directorate is leading the inquiry into the attack, which left nine people, including children, dead...
COVID protests paused as China begins inquiry
The Chinese government has started investigations into some of the people who took part in the weekend protests against Beijing’s tough COVID-19 lockdown meas...
Herat Security Dialogue gets underway in Dushanbe
A group of political figures from Afghanistan along with foreign officials have come together for the two-day summit in Tajikistan...
Taliban’s supreme leader to have final say over ‘new laws’
Haibatullah Akhundzada issues a decree changing Afghanistan’s law-making process and ‘appoints’ himself as the final decision-maker...
Undocumented Afghan migrants mistreated by Turkish police
Refugees claim Turkish police beat them up, and imprison them for months at ‘illegal’ locations without giving them food or water...
Pakistan sending high-ranking delegation to Kabul for talks
Pakistan’s foreign minister will meet with the Taliban’s chief minister to discuss ways to strengthen ties between the two countries...
Riots break out in Belgium, Netherlands after Morocco’s shock World Cup win
Rampaging fans smashed shop windows, pelted stones and set vehicles alight on Sunday night after Morocco beat Belgium 2-0 in their World Cup match...