UN Rights Council to vote on creating investigation into abuses in Afghanistan
The mandate of the UN special rapporteur on Afghanistan — an independent expert reporting to the council — is also due for annual renewal....
Trump says US could have ‘won Afghanistan easy’
Trump said that past American wars were lost not because of a lack of power, but because the US “stopped fighting to win.”...
Badghis residents face severe drinking water shortages
Locals in Ghormach district said a two-inch pipeline provides water for more than 500 families, but only for three to four hours a day....
Sources: Taliban fire 90 female literacy teachers in eastern Afghanistan
The teachers were employed under the Directorate of Education and were teaching in adult literacy classes, mostly operating in rural districts of the province, ...
Afghan MMA fighter Farid Basharat wins 14th straight bout in UFC
Basharat earned a unanimous decision victory over Gutiérrez in the fight held in the United States, according to event organizers....
Taliban foreign minister to visit Russia for Moscow-format talks, sources say
The trip is scheduled for Oct. 6 and will include a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed....
UN grants Taliban foreign minister travel exemption for visit to India
The exemption, cleared on Sept. 30 by the Security Council’s sanctions committee on Afghanistan, permits Muttaqi to travel to India from Oct. 9 to 16....
Taliban spokesman denies giving reason for internet outage
The blackout disrupted daily life across the country, halting banking services, grounding flights and cutting communication between families....