The Taliban foreign ministry says the United States’ decision to label the group as supporting wrongful detentions is regrettable and insists no foreign citizens have been held as bargaining tools.
The US ambassador to the United Nations said international aid to Afghanistan should be reassessed given Taliban restrictions, particularly on women.
A Taliban official in northern Afghanistan has threatened to kill Americans using weapons seized from US forces, as tensions between Washington and the Taliban escalated following America's designation of Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention.
The United States has called on the Taliban to release all detained American citizens after placing the group on its list of entities responsible for unlawful detention.
A US envoy has warned the Taliban to release detained American citizens, saying the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan should not test Washington’s resolve or risk consequences similar to those faced by Iran and Venezuela.
Pakistan’s information minister said the country’s military operations inside Afghanistan targeted militant hideouts and did not include attacks on civilian areas.
The United Nations Children's Fund says it aims to treat about 1.3 million Afghan children suffering from acute malnutrition this year, warning the condition continues to put young lives at risk.
Ahmad Massoud, leader of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front, says the current crisis in the country is a direct result of Taliban policies, accusing the group of sheltering the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and more than 20 other militant organisations.
Taliban officials in Herat say trade transit between Afghanistan and Iran continues despite the war in Iran, with up to 1,300 cargo trucks crossing the Islam Qala border each day.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Pakistan’s recent strikes were an unjust violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty during a meeting with foreign diplomats in Kabul.
The UN Security Council will meet on Afghanistan on Monday, March 9, with a senior UN official set to brief members on the situation in the country.
The Taliban have publicly flogged more than 2,000 people, including 291 women, on various charges since 2024, according to findings by Afghanistan International.
A group of women protested in Kabul on Saturday against Taliban restrictions on women’s rights, chanting slogans including “bread, work, freedom”.
The United Nations says it is preparing to support Afghans who may return from Iran in the coming months amid rising regional tensions.
The Taliban’s defence minister, Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, said Pakistan has asked the group to recognise the Durand Line as the official border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Taliban have called on the United Nations Security Council to take action to stop what they describe as Pakistani attacks on Afghanistan.
The Taliban said Saturday that Pakistan’s military carried out heavy attacks on several provinces in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours.
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief said dozens of people have been killed in Afghanistan in border clashes between the Taliban and Pakistan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday called for a diplomatic resolution to tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan during a phone call with the Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi
Pakistan’s information minister said that at least 527 Taliban fighters have been killed and 755 others wounded since the start of the clashes between Pakistani forces and the Taliban.
The Taliban’s Defence Ministry spokesperson said Friday that the group’s forces carried out attacks on 28 locations in Pakistan along the border over the past 24 hours.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that 56 civilians have been killed and 129 others injured as a result of armed clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban.