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.”

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.

"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.

Pakistan on Sunday warned that it would treat the Afghan Taliban regime as an enemy if it continues to provide shelter and support to terrorist outfits such as the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).

Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad takes a group of women through a clandestine exercise class - the windows are blacked out, there is no pumping music and visitors arrive by a back door.

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

It has been nearly eight years since U.S. forces overthrew the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, but the war against the Taliban insurgency is bloodier than ever. The number of Afghan civilians killed in the wake of the war has increased 24 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same time period last year,

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