Two men convicted of robbery by a Taliban court in Nangarhar province were publicly flogged on Sunday, receiving 39 lashes each, according to a ruling issued by the primary court of Spin Zar district. The court also sentenced both men to two years and six months in prison.
Sohail Afridi, chief minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, says he would urge the Taliban to stop cross-border attacks, telling them that both sides as Pashtuns, Muslims and neighbours must cease hostilities. He added that his loyalty lies fully with Pakistan.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Finance says the suspension of trade with Pakistan has caused “no negative impact” on Afghanistan’s commercial activity and that customs revenues remain stable. The ministry said it will continue supporting traders seeking alternative transit routes.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry and the European Union have jointly called for the start of a credible political process in Afghanistan under the UN-led Doha process.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front, says his movement does not want foreign military intervention despite waging armed resistance against the Taliban.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Tashkent to discuss bilateral cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s exports increased in October despite the closure of border crossings with Pakistan, according to a new World Bank report.
Two former Pakistani diplomats say the Taliban’s policies are fuelling internal opposition and paving the way for potential regime change in Afghanistan.
An Iranian border official says more than 2,000 Iranian cargo trucks have been stranded by Taliban authorities at the Islam Qala crossing in Herat.
Taliban is seeking to expand pharmaceutical imports from India as it reduces reliance on Pakistan for medical supplies.
With three rounds of negotiations having failed, a high-level Turkish delegation led by the head of Türkiye’s intelligence agency is expected to travel to Islamabad next week.
The Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce and India’s Minister of State for Commerce and Industry have agreed to appoint trade attachés at each other’s embassies in an effort to strengthen economic cooperation.
Olarbek Sharshiyev, executive director of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), has warned that international terrorist groups have increased their activities in Afghanistan and Syria.
Taliban Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi has called on Afghan Sikh and Hindu citizens who left for India to return, saying Afghanistan “urgently needs” their presence and skills.
India will soon resume air-cargo services with Afghanistan, a senior official from India’s Ministry of External Affairs has announced. This signals a revival of direct trade links amid improving engagement between New Delhi and the Taliban authorities.
As the world marks World Television Day on, the Taliban’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, continues efforts to curb visual media in Afghanistan.
Former Pakistani senator Mushahid Hussain has said that an overwhelming majority of Afghans are dissatisfied with Taliban rule, describing the group’s governance as “medieval.”
Amid increasingly close engagement between New Delhi and Taliban, Abdul Shakoor Haqqani, the Taliban’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, has met with India’s ambassador in Bishkek, Birender Singh Yadav.
Denmark’s deputy representative to the United Nations says Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) receives “significant” support from the Afghan Taliban, including logistical assistance.
The American magazine New Lines has reported, citing multiple sources, that Pakistan has resumed political contacts with Afghan figures opposed to the Taliban as tensions between Islamabad and the group intensify.
Human Rights Watch says the Taliban’s enforcement of the burqa in Herat is an attack on women’s autonomy and violates their rights to work, access healthcare and receive other essential services.
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has met with Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s minister of industry and commerce, in New Delhi to discuss expanding trade, connectivity and people-to-people ties.