Activist detained in Balkh over UN links: Sources
The group has operated since before the Taliban takeover in 2021 and has received support through projects.
Human Rights
Media
Taliban police chief in Kunar threatens journalists over earthquake coverage: Sources
Sources said reporters were specifically instructed not to cover accounts from residents who said they lacked food, shelter and medical.
Security
Explosion in Farah kills seven family members
It remains unclear why the explosives were being stored in the house or whether any formal investigation is underway.
Afghanistan
Taliban collect fees from drivers on Kabul–Panjshir Highway, sources say
The payments, drivers say, are unregulated and vary from one commander to another.
Immigration
Iran and Pakistan deport nearly 13,000 Afghan migrants in a day
The commission said that 7,029 individuals were returned from Iran, while 5,845 were expelled from Pakistan.
Human Rights
Taliban governor in Bamiyan blocks planned Shiite religious gathering, sources say
The event, which was scheduled for Monday, Sept. 8, was to be held at the Shaheed Mazari Grand Mosque in.
Afghanistan
24th anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud’s assassination
Massoud was killed on Sept. 9, 2001 — two days before the attacks on the World Trade Center in New.
Media
Taliban commander admits targeting journalists, calls them ‘traitors’
“We wanted to kill the media workers, but they escaped,” Mokhles said, adding, "They were not jouranlists."
Security
Russian researcher freed by Taliban after six weeks in detention: Report
The researcher, Svyatoslav Kaverin, works at the Center for Paleoethnographic Research.
Politics
Jamiat-e-Islami’s Noor faction pledges unity in resistance against Taliban
It said the party now seeks to play a constructive role in “saving the country,” inspired by its late leaders.