The Afghanistan Freedom Front says it ambushed foreign militants supporting the Taliban on the road to Zebak district in Badakhshan, killing at least two and wounding three others.
Pakistan’s military has rejected the UNAMA report that hundreds of Afghan civilians were killed or injured in its cross-border attacks, saying the report is baseless. A Pakistan army spokesperson said that it targeted only Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan sites.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) says it killed at least two Taliban members in an attack on the group’s patrol vehicle in Herat. Taliban officials have not commented.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman, has called the UN Security Council sanctions committee’s update of identity details for five senior Taliban officials a continuation of failed past policies.
The World Bank says Afghanistan's trade has shifted sharply towards Central Asia and Iran after disruption along the Pakistan route. Central Asian corridors now handle 48 per cent of imports and Iran 46 per cent, while Pakistan's share has fallen to almost zero.
Sources in Herat say the Taliban detained at least four women at shopping centres on the city’s 64-Metre Road on Friday afternoon over their clothing and hijab.
Pakistan’s army spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says Afghan citizens carried out most of the country’s 28 suicide attacks this year, again accusing the Taliban of supporting armed groups.
Informed sources told Afghanistan International that Taliban intelligence has seized the Kabul home of former Member of Parliament Zalmai Khan Mujaddidi and expelled his relatives from the property.
Georgette Gagnon, acting head of UNAMA, has again urged the Taliban to lift restrictions on girls’ education and allow them to return to learning at all levels.
Local sources in Badakhshan say the home of Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Taliban’s army chief of staff, was attacked on Thursday evening in Wurduj district. It is unclear whether he was there at the time.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces targeted Kunduz airport and Taliban helicopters in rocket attacks on Thursday night. Sources had earlier reported a rocket strike on a Taliban gathering at the airport.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Tahir Andrabi, on Thursday again urged the Taliban administration to take serious and tangible action against terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has reshuffled 21 officials across the group’s judicial, financial, economic, security and religious institutions, according to Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid.
The recent suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty by India following the Pahagram incident in April 2025 marks a dangerous turning point in South Asian water governance.
Local sources in Badakhshan say the Taliban has detained seven residents of Yaftal-e Payeen aka Yaftali Sufla for allegedly cooperating with or knowing about the activities of the Sepah-e Mihan Front.
The World Health Organisation has warned that severe restrictions on female staff, unprecedented funding shortages and overlapping crises are seriously disrupting healthcare for Afghan women and children.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Organization for Migration have warned of an unprecedented rise in Afghans’ vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation and forced labour.
The Afghanistan Journalists Centre says journalist Bashir Hatif has been released from Bagram prison after serving a one-year sentence and has reunited with his family in Kabul.
Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban are preparing a large-scale operation in Badakhshan following increased opposition attacks, deploying more forces and senior commanders to the province.
The UN humanitarian office says heavy rain and flash floods continue to affect central, eastern and south-eastern Afghanistan, warning that floods and landslides may expose explosive ordnance.
Neda Mohammad Nadeem, the Taliban’s higher education minister, has asked Türkiye to send university lecturers and specialist doctors to Afghanistan to provide teaching and practical training.
Local sources in Sar-e-Pul say two Taliban members, including an intelligence employee and a soldier from the group’s 209 Army Corps, were killed in an armed attack in the provincial capital.