This is the second known flogging to have taken place this week after 19 people, including nine women, received lashings.

The former special envoy to Afghanistan said Taliban are making serious mistakes and that they need to start a consultative.

A World Bank survey found that widespread deprivation continues in Afghanistan and that food insecurity remains high which is impacting.

As tensions run high along the Durand Line in Paktia province, one source said the Taliban has deployed armed forces.

Thousands of people were left stranded on both sides of the crossing which was closed after a Taliban guard shot.

Ahmad Massoud has met with numerous foreign dignitaries in Tajikistan in recent months, dignitaries who have suggested convening a forum.

Amid ongoing border tension between the Taliban and Pakistan, residents claim rockets were also fired into Paktia, forcing them to.

Patients urgently in need of specialized medical treatment in neighboring countries, especially Pakistan and India, are among those waiting for.

The incident happened on Saturday night in Malkhan area in Khinjan district of Baghlan on a highway that connects Kabul,.

Afghanistan become one of the earliest member nations when the country’s envoy signed the UN Charter just one month after.