Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

Mohammad Sharifullah has confessed to scouting out the route to the airport, where the suicide bomber later detonated his device among packed crowds trying to flee days after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, the Justice Department said.

The Taliban government makes regular visits to neighbouring and regional countries, including in Central Asia, Russia and China.

Violence has waned in Afghanistan since the Taliban surged back to power and ended their insurgency in 2021, but the Islamic State (IS) group frequently stages gun and bomb attacks challenging their rule.

Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid claims Pakistani forces targeted civilians in eastern Kunar province

Australian Jibra'il Omar, formerly Timothy Weeks, dies of cancer in Kabul after surviving years as a Taliban hostage and embracing Islam.

Taliban's ban on Afghan women in NGOs escalates the humanitarian crisis and enforces stricter gender-based restrictions.

Survivors described harrowing scenes of destruction, with bodies strewn across the site and cries of pain filling the air.

The efforts are led by a commission established under the Ministry of Information and Culture soon after the Taliban swept to power in 2021 and implemented their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia.

Afghanistan is ranked as the country sixth most vulnerable to climate change and Taliban authorities have pushed to participate in COP summits, saying their political isolation shouldn't bar them from international climate talks.

The attack was around 70 kilometre (around 43 miles) east of Afghan border.

The mixed martial art is too violent and incompatible with Islamic law, the authorities have said