The Afghanistan United Front, led by Sami Sadat, says it carried out 16 attacks against Taliban forces across eight provinces in the past week. According to statements issued between 22 and 29 October, 18 Taliban members were killed and nine wounded.
Leaders of the Organization of Turkic States pledged at their annual summit to continue cooperation through mechanisms such as the Afghanistan Working Group to promote peace, stability and sustainable development in Afghanistan.
The Taliban's morality police in Herat have shut down western Afghanistan's largest UN-established carpet-weaving centre, which had been inaugurated by the Taliban governor. UNHCR representative Arafat Jamal said 348 women worked at the facility.
The National Resistance Front said the Taliban-appointed mayor of Faizabad in Badakhshan was killed in an attack by its forces. The group said the mayor’s guards were also killed.
UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda expressed concern over restrictions imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan during a meeting on women, peace and security, warning that the country faces the world's worst women's rights crisis.
The Taliban’s use of drones has evolved over five years from commercial surveillance aircraft and propaganda tools into a more ambitious program involving armed and apparent one-way attack drones.
The Taliban’s commission on migrant affairs says Pakistan deported at least 2,990 Afghan migrants on Friday, returning them through the Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
