Tolatbek Musadikov, Deputy Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has warned that threats emanating from Afghanistan have not yet been eliminated. He said that instability in the country continues to endanger the borders of CSTO member states.
Fighting has again broken out among Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday that two women and three men were publicly flogged in Afghanistan’s Ghor and Balkh provinces on charges of “moral corruption” and “alcohol trafficking.”
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has issued a sharp warning to the Taliban, threatening their complete destruction and saying Pakistan could force them to “flee back to the Tora Bora caves.”
Pakistan’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, announced on Tuesday that four days of negotiations with the “Afghan Taliban regime” in Istanbul had ended without agreement.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Islamic Party of Afghanistan, has urged Pakistan to adopt a “new, constructive, and lasting” policy toward Afghanistan amid growing tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior warned Tuesday that any attack by Pakistan would be met with a “decisive and powerful response,” describing it as a “lesson for Pakistan and a warning for others.”
Pakistan and the Taliban have blamed each other for the failure of three days of talks in Istanbul aimed at securing a long-term ceasefire and easing cross-border tensions.
Peace talks between the Taliban and Pakistan in Istanbul have ended without reaching a long-term ceasefire agreement, according to media outlets close to the Taliban and Pakistani security sources cited by Reuters.
Local sources say Taliban forces clashed on Monday in the Payan-Mor area of Shahr-e-Buzurg district in Badakhshan province over control of a gold mine, leaving several casualties.
The Taliban’s governor of Balkh province, Yusuf Wafa, has travelled to Termez, Uzbekistan, along with a delegation, days after visiting Tajikistan.
The Taliban delegation denied the presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other militant groups in Afghanistan during the ongoing talks with Pakistan in Istanbul, according to informed sources familiar with the negotiations.
The Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem, said on Monday that Afghanistan’s education curriculum has been revised to align with “Islamic and Afghan culture.”
The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Works announced on Monday that Afghanistan has received its first-ever diesel shipment via the Khaf–Herat railway, marking a new milestone in regional trade connectivity.
Pakistani security sources have accused the Taliban delegation of being “obstructive” and “uncooperative” during the third day of peace talks in Istanbul, according to a Reuters report on Monday.
Iran’s Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare has launched a new social insurance programme for legal foreign workers, aiming to regulate employment and improve labour protections for migrants, most of whom are Afghan nationals.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior announced that a delegation led by Ibrahim Sadr, the ministry’s deputy for security affairs, has travelled to Tehran to attend the fourth meeting of interior ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
The Taliban have submitted a draft agreement to the Pakistani delegation after 15 hours of talks in Istanbul, outlining proposals to strengthen the ceasefire and prevent cross-border hostilities, informed sources told Afghanistan International.
Nila Ibrahimi, an Afghan teenager has been selected as one of the 17 United Nations Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2025.
Mohammad Murad Amanov, head of TAPI gas pipeline project, said Turkmenistan plans to begin supplying natural gas to Afghanistan by early 2027, once the Afghan section of the pipeline is completed.
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, arrived in Kabul on Sunday for talks with Taliban officials, the Iranian embassy in Kabul announced on X.
The Taliban have appointed Mawlawi Ismail Ghaznawi as the new governor of Badakhshan province, the group’s Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday.