Anti-Taliban resistance operations are intensifying rapidly across Afghanistan, marked by a dramatic increase in attacks against government officials. The resulting

On October 30, 2025, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, in his report to the U.N. General

According to diplomatic sources, Qatar and Türkiye have remained in continuous contact with Islamabad and Kabul in recent days in an effort to overcome the stalemate. However, both rounds of negotiations reportedly ended in deadlock due to what sources described as the Taliban’s “inflexibility and lack of seriousness.”

"The government and people seem stuck in a position of uncertainty where they are neither fully in peace nor at war. In a sense, the entirety of Iran has been trapped in a 'Groundhog Day' scenario.

Five months after Taliban supporters smashed up her restaurant, Afghan entrepreneur Laila Haidari opened a secret craft centre where women earn a small income stitching elaborate dresses and fashioning jewellery from melted down bullet casings.

Spokesperson says Taliban used talks to malign Pakistan with hypothetical accusations instead of finding solutions

India secured a U.S. waiver for Chabahar Port, but Taliban ties and Pakistan tensions cloud the Kabul route’s future.

Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition sent a powerful message.

The Istanbul impasse has thus clarified what many in Islamabad have quietly acknowledged for months: Pakistan is effectively done with the Afghan Taliban. Unless a dramatic course correction occurs in Kabul, which seems highly unlikely, the two neighbours are heading toward a prolonged period of cold hostility.

Pakistani security forces have killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan.