Political

Taliban intelligence chief travels to Turkey for talks with Pakistan. Mawlawi Abdul Haq Wasiq, the Taliban’s chief intelligence officer, is leaving for Turkey to participate in a new round of talks with Pakistani officials. Sources have confirmed that these talks will begin on Thursday, November 6, 2025, between delegations from the two countries. The purpose

Pakistan Army: Taliban have been involved in recent attacks in Pakistan. As tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan continue to escalate, Pakistan Army Director General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry said Islamabad does not care about the Taliban’s conditions for security and political cooperation. He stressed that Pakistan is focused only on the complete destruction of terrorism

Mujahid: Pakistani military is preventing improvement in relations. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban government, told Pakistan’s Khyber TV that there are two different views on relations with Afghanistan in Pakistan. He said the civilian government wanted to improve relations, but the Pakistani military was preventing the process from achieving results. Mujahid pointed to

Tajikistan warns Taliban to stop gold mining on border. Tajikistan has warned the Taliban to stop mining a gold mine in the border strip. A newly released video on social media shows a Tajik border commander on a phone call with Taliban officials, warning that Tajikistan will take action if mining does not stop. The

Pakistani Defense Minister: Terrorist infiltration from Afghanistan must be stopped Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday, 31 October 2025, that relations between Islamabad and Kabul would not return to normal until the Taliban administration stopped supporting the Pakistani Taliban. He added that a number of TTP members had taken refuge in Afghanistan and

Attack on Afghan activist in Germany; Concerns about Taliban access to refugee information. After the German government handed over the Afghan consulates in Bonn and Munich to Taliban representatives, a section of the Afghan refugee community has expressed concerns about the security of information of refugees and civil society activists. These concerns are especially raised

Taliban air exercise in Kandahar with Indian helicopters. The Taliban Air Force held a military exercise in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, near the border with Pakistan, on Thursday. The exercise was conducted using Indian-made helicopters donated by the Indian government to the former Afghan government in 2019 and now in the hands of the

Taliban-Pakistan peace talks resume in Istanbul. The Afghan and Pakistani Taliban have agreed to resume peace talks in Istanbul, Reuters reported. The decision came a day after Islamabad announced the end of the talks. The agreement was reached at the request of the Turkish government, which hosted the talks, and delegations from both sides are

Nabil: The Afghanistan destabilization plan has been reactivated. Former Afghan National Security Chief Rahmatullah Nabil has warned that Pakistan is again trying to activate the “engineered destabilization of Afghanistan” plan. He said the plan aims to use Afghan territory to create instability in Central Asia and Iran’s border areas. Nabil says recent visits by Pakistani

Local sources: Rumors of the Taliban governor’s move to Kabul have increased the possibility of unrest in Badakhshan. It is rumored that after the arrest and transfer of Qari Abdul Rahman Ammar, a Tajik Taliban commander, to Kabul, Ismail Ghaznavi, the newly appointed Taliban governor in Badakhshan, left the province this afternoon for Kabul. According