Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security, says Iran may soon formally recognise the Taliban government based on geopolitical calculations and acceptance of an imposed reality.
After border crossings with Pakistan were closed, Afghanistan shifted much of its trade through Bandar Abbas Port of Iran, but disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has now severely affected trade and aid deliveries.
The Taliban police command in Nuristan Province says Eid al-Adha restrictions on music will also apply to tourists visiting the province.
Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, the head of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami, has called for the reopening of border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Media Support Organisation (AMSO) has expressed concern over the closure of three local radio stations in Kandahar, warning that the media environment in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly restricted.
Russia supports extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, although Moscow says the renewal should come with specific conditions.
The Taliban disaster management authority says at least 28 people were killed and 10 injured in storms, heavy rain, lightning and floods across Afghanistan over the past 48 hours.
A 100-member Afghan delegation of traders, exporters and private sector representatives travelled to Uzbekistan on Saturday to strengthen trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, thanked members of the European Parliament for opposing the normalisation of relations with the Taliban.
Sarfraz Bugti, Chief Minister of Pakistan's Balochistan province, says Afghanistan has forgotten Pakistan’s hospitality towards Afghan refugees over the past four decades.
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, on Friday May 22 warned in a note on X about the rising trend of Afghans being deported from neighbouring countries and Europe.
The European Union is facing strong criticism from lawmakers and human rights groups after inviting Taliban officials to Brussels for talks on the deportation of Afghan refugees.
India says it has sent 20 tones of essential supplies for BCG, tetanus and diphtheria vaccines to Kabul to support Afghanistan’s child immunisation programme.
Pakistan says its policy towards the Taliban will not change unless the group stops supporting militants operating from Afghan soil.
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has called for a full and independent investigation into Pakistan's recent deadly strike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul.
The Taliban governor’s spokesman in Baghlan Province said on Friday that at least 15 people were killed in overnight floods, which also destroyed more than 200 homes and vast areas of farmland.
Pina Picierno, Vice-President of the European Parliament, has warned that any agreement with the Taliban would amount to recognising a regime accused of committing crimes against humanity against women.
World Health Organization says women and children are the main victims of natural disasters in Afghanistan, accounting for 75 percent of people displaced by such events.
Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban's deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said on Thursday he hopes travel between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan will eventually take place without visas or passports.
Afghanistan Freedom Front says it carried out rocket attacks on a Taliban base at Kabul’s military airport on Wednesday night, claiming the site stored key equipment and trained Taliban fighters.
European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the Taliban’s penal code and calling for an end to public floggings and executions, as well as sanctions against Taliban leaders.
A high-level delegation including the Taliban's ministers of mines and agriculture and the director-general of the Breshna electricity company has travelled to Turkmenistan.