Three days after Pakistan's airstrikes on Paktika, the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on the Taliban administration to adopt a decisive policy against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce wrote in a statement that Uzbekistan has promised to help the group with soil laboratory equipment.
The Taliban's Ministry of Public Works announced on December 27 that China's first rail transit shipment arrived in Herat via Iran's rail network.
The Taliban's foreign minister called the Pakistani airstrike on Paktika a great injustice and said that Afghans do not forget anyone's good or evil deeds.
Alireza Bekdeli, the charge d'affaires of the Iranian embassy in Kabul, during a meeting with Abbas Araghchi and Iskandar Momeni, the country's foreign and interior ministers, emphasised on the strengthening of Iran's relations with the Taliban.
The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group flogged two people on Wednesday in the Warmi district of Paktika province on charges of having extramarital affairs.
In response to Pakistan's airstrikes on Paktika, Taliban’s intelligence agency spokesman Jawad Sargar said that Punjab has been separated from other parts of Pakistan and now the possibility of Pakistan's disintegration is stronger than ever.
A group of civil society activists has announced the release of Hamid Qarluq, an Uzbek civil and social activist, from the Taliban's custody.
The Taliban's Ministry of Public Health announced in a press conference that 72% of the people in Afghanistan's villages do not have access to primary and secondary health services.
In response to Pakistan's attack on Paktika, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva Nasir Andisha said that Islamabad has resorted to "coercive diplomacy" towards the Taliban.
In a sharp reaction to overnight attack by Pakistani warplanes on Barmal in Paktika province, Taliban's Ministry of Defence said that it "will not leave the attack unanswered, and considers defence of its territory as its inalienable right".
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban, has confirmed that at least 46 individuals have lost their lives following airstrikes conducted by Pakistan in Paktika province.
Rahmatullah Jaber, the Taliban's education chief in Herat, announced in a letter that girls' education above the sixth grade in private education centres is prohibited.
Sources claimed that a local employee of the Indian consulate in the city of Jalalabad was the target of an armed attack on Tuesday, as a result of which the bodyguard of the employee was killed.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that between September 15, 2023 and December 1, 2024, more than 783,000 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan.
Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, met with Taliban’s Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani during a visit to Kabul.
Russian and Tajik presidents Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon will meet in Leningrad on Tuesday, December 24.
Alireza Bigdeli, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul said at a meeting of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment that he is working to develop political and trade relations between Iran and the Taliban.
The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary courts in the districts of Pashtunkot, Faryab, Janikhel, Paktika and Kabul flogged four people, including a woman, on charges of "running away from home, robbery and forgery”.
A new round of polio vaccination campaign began on Monday, December 23, in 11 provinces of Afghanistan. The Taliban's Ministry of Public Health has announced that 4.8 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated in this phase.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that a UN delegation visited a treatment and rehabilitation centre for women and children addicted to drugs in Kabul. The organisation added in a statement that drugs have affected a third of Afghan families.
After capturing Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban killed wounded government security forces who were being treated in a 400-bed hospital and dumped their bodies in containers, Amrullah Saleh, former Afghan vice president wrote.
Referring to the Islamic Republic's recent decision to deport two million Afghan refugees from Iran, Caroline Gluck, the spokesperson of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that any return must be voluntary.
On Monday, December 23, the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency quoted group officials as saying that 350 security cameras had been installed in the city of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province.
The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kabul announced that it has resumed its operations as of Sunday, 22 December 2024.
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, has vowed to continue operations against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan until the group, described by him as the Fitna al Khwarij rebellious is completely eliminated.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan has announced its support for over 80,000 women-led small businesses, resulting in the creation of approximately 900,000 jobs across the country.
Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, has issued a decree directing the removal of judicial and security records for individuals who collaborated with the Taliban during Afghanistan’s previous government.
The Greek Coast Guard has confirmed the deaths of eight Afghan nationals after a migrant boat capsized while attempting to evade a patrol. The tragedy occurred near the island of Rhodes in eastern Greece.
The Taliban on Saturday issued a decree attributed to Hibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s supreme leader, mandating a crackdown on human traffickers.
Reliable sources reported to Afghanistan International that the Taliban recently took over the five-star Kabul Serena Hotel from the Aga Khan Development Network.
The head of Iran's Centre for Migrant Affairs announced that according to a new regulation, the movement, accommodation, and employment of immigrants have been banned in some areas.
Seyyed Hassan Rahimizadeh, Director General of Dogharoun Border Customs in Taybad, announced that since the beginning of 2024 till the end of December, more than $167 million of goods were exported from the Dogharoun Customs to Afghanistan.
In a joint statement, the special representatives of 11 countries and the European Union stressed on the need to achieve long-term stability in Afghanistan through national dialogue.
Bakhtar News Agency, a Taliban-controlled media outlet, reported that the group's leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has ordered the establishment of special courts to review pensions.
Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq announced a meeting with Philippa Candler, the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Islamabad.
In response to the recent statements of the US Secretary of State, Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban's deputy spokesman, said that the Taliban is not isolated and that the group currently has diplomatic, political, and economic relations with many countries.
Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban released Rahmdel Hanafi, one of Ashraf Ghani's former bodyguards’ wife from prison five days after he committed suicide.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has confirmed that the Islamic Republic has deported many Afghan refugees with valid residency documents in the past year.