Mujahid said 3,124 people were injured and 5,412 homes destroyed in the quake, which struck Kunar province shortly after midnight.

The Taliban’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the quake, which hit shortly after midnight Sunday, caused all fatalities in Kunar.

Following their takeover in August 2021, the Taliban swiftly dissolved Afghanistan’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs and replaced it with the.

8pm News 30 August 2025 Torkham, the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been temporarily closed to all.

Shoigu acknowledged that the Taliban leadership has managed to reverse what he described as a negative trend in drug trafficking..