Former soldier killed in Badakhshan; Taliban not keeping their promises. In the latest case of a general amnesty violation, local sources in Badakhshan say a former soldier named Abdul Rashid was killed by the Taliban in Nasi district after being detained and tortured. A former employee of the former government’s National Security Agency, he sought
Local sources: Herat’s internet has been temporarily cut off. On Monday, September 22, 2025, local sources in Herat province reported that internet access in the city had been temporarily cut off. According to the reports, the internet speed was first reduced and then the connection was completely cut off. The disruption comes as Herat is
Guterres to Taliban: Women’s participation is a fundamental right. In his recent speech, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that women’s participation in decision-making is a fundamental right, not a privilege. She also warned that global progress on gender equality has been very slow and no country has yet achieved full equality for women and girls.
Armed attack on Taliban Ranger on Kunduz-Shir Khan Bandar highway. A Taliban police ranger was attacked by unidentified gunmen in the Haq-ul-Aboor area of Imam Sahib district, on the Kunduz-Shir Khan Bandar highway, sources in Kunduz province said. The attack was followed by heavy fighting between the attackers and Taliban forces, which continued for some
Resistance Front: The commander of the Takhar Rapid Reaction Unit was killed along with three others in central Baghlan. The Afghan National Resistance Front (ANRF) claimed that the commander of the Taliban’s Rapid Response Unit for Takhar province was killed along with three of his bodyguards in the Shark area of central Baghlan district. The
Fear of execution; British couple recount harrowing experience in Taliban prison. Barbie and Peter Reynolds, a British couple who were held by the Taliban for running a charity education program in Afghanistan, have said they were terrified of being executed while in custody. Peter Reynolds, 80, said: “We started to think we would never be
After Trump’s warning, the Taliban held several emergency meetings in Kandahar. Local sources have reported that after Donald Trump’s statements about retaking Bagram Air Base, the movement of Taliban leaders to Kandahar has increased significantly. Over the past few days, most of the group’s cabinet ministers have met with the Taliban leader and have discussed
Local sources: Bagram targeted by drone attack. Today, Bagram Air Base witnessed a precision drone attack by the United States that targeted a Taliban commando unit. Local sources say that several Taliban members were killed and wounded in the attack, but the group’s officials are trying to prevent the truth from leaking out by concealing
Taliban leader fears US covert operations; Akhundzada has banned digital communications, even using regular telephones. Some local sources have reported that Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has severely restricted access to digital communications around his residence due to concerns about the possibility of assassination by US forces. According to these reports, the use of fiber optic
Critics: The Taliban Ministry of Virtue is a cover for suppressing other ethnic groups. The Taliban have said that they have formed “cooperation committees” in the center and provinces to implement the Law on Encouraging Virtue and Forbidding Vice. The group’s Ministry of Justice announced in a press release that the procedures for these committees
