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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Islamabad says more than 100,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April

More than 100,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the past three weeks, the interior ministry said Tuesday, after Islamabad announced the widespread cancellation of residence permits.

Pakistan foreign minister arrives in Kabul as Afghan deportations rise

Pakistan's foreign minister arrived Saturday in Afghanistan to meet Taliban officials after his country expelled more than 85,000 Afghans, mostly children, in just over two weeks.

Three people executed for murder on Taliban orders: Afghan court

Afghanistan's Supreme Court said three convicted murderers were executed by order of Taliban authorities on Friday, bringing to nine the number of men publicly put to death since their return to power, according to an AFP tally.

New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa

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.

Accused IS militant appears in US court over Kabul airport attack

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.

Taliban delegation visits Japan in rare trip outside region

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

Islamic State group claims suicide bombing of Afghan bank

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.

Kabul asks Pakistan to stop attacks inside Afghanistan

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

Australian held hostage by Taliban dies after cancer battle

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

UN condemns Taliban’s new ban on women working for NGOs

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

Twin bus crashes leave over 50 dead in Afghanistan

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

Taliban govt clearing ‘un-Islamic’ books from Afghanistan shelves

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.