The Pakistan army on Friday (July 14) expressed concerns over militants finding safe havens in Afghanistan. In reference to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the army said it has serious concerns about the safe havens and liberty of action available to TTP in Afghanistan, the news agency Reuters reported.

Pak Army concerned over militants finding safe havens in Afghanistan

Just a day after Pakistan Army raised concerns over the safe Heavens which it says banned Tehrik e Taliban, Pakistan is getting in Afghanistan. Taliban has now reacted saying it wants peaceful relations with all its neighbours including Pakistan. This comes after Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif asserted that the Afghan Taliban was not abiding by the Doha agreement.

Pakistan army raised concerns over terrorism from Afghanistan

Pakistan's military chief warned the Afghan Taliban on Friday of an "effective response" by his forces if they fail to stop harbouring militants who plot cross-border attacks from Afghanistan.

Stop harbouring militants: Pak to Afghan Taliban amid uptick in attacks

Afghanistan is notoriously famous for its opium poppy cultivation and harvest. Last year, a United Nations report stated that the 2022 opium crop in the nation was the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly a third.

Explained: The Taliban's way of halting opium cultivation, trade. What lies ahead?

Afghanistan's rulers Taliban on Tuesday said that all activities by Sweden in the nation must halt. The move comes a month after the burning of Quran outside a mosque in Sweden's capital Stockholm last month.

Taliban halt Swedish activities in Afghanistan over ‘heinous’ act of Quran burning

Taliban has successfully managed to halt the age-old opium trade in its valleys hoping to fill the void by venturing into tourism. According to reports, after 20 years of successive Western-backed governments failing to eradicate opium agriculture, it appears that the interim government led by the Taliban may have succeeded in achieving what their predecessors could not.

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan looks to replace opium dependence

A 31-year-old man of Afghanistan origin, who worked as an interpreter with the US army before the Taliban takeover, was shot dead in Virginia shortly after he finished up a late night Lyft shift.

Afghanistan man who served as interpreter for US army shot dead in Virginia

Expressing concern about the situation in Afghanistan, leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO) called for the establishment of an inclusive government in Afghanistan with the participation of representatives of all ethnic, religious, and political groups in Afghan society and pledged to continue to assist the Afghan people.

SCO member states call for inclusive government in Afghanistan

Taliban have given Afghan women one month to shut down beauty and hair salons. In its latest crackdown on women's access to public places, the Taliban administration's morality ministry has ordered that these women-run establishments must be shut.

Taliban order closure of hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan, further restricting women's rights

The Taliban Administration has ordered beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut down. This is part of Morality Ministries' move to shrink women's access to public spaces. Foreign governments and UN officials have condemned the growing restrictions on women under the Taliban's rule. A spokesperson from the Prevention of Vice and Propagation of Virtue said that the deadline for shutting down sellers is one month.

Afghanistan: Taliban to shut down beauty salons

Putin spoke at the SCO summit 2023 about geopolitical contradictions and the degradation of the international security system and the increase in the risks of a new global economic and financial crisis.

Putin: Russia will resist 'sanctions and provocations'

India hosted the virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the chairperson. The summit is attended by leaders such as Putin and Xi Jinping with the theme of "Secure SCO"

Indian PM: SCO members value people-to-people links

India hosted the virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the chairperson. The summit is attended by leaders such as Putin and Xi Jinping with the theme of "Secure SCO.

India hosts SCO summit: Key takeaways on security, terrorism and regional development

At the SCO Summit 2023, Xi Jinping spoke about the need to enhance cooperation between law enforcement agencies and intelligence services in various areas of security, including digital security, biosecurity, and space security.

SCO Summit 2023: Xi Jinping spoke about mutual cooperation, combating crime & supporting Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden said that Washington is getting the help from Afghanistan's Taliban government to 'end' Al-Qaeda threat. Biden's seemingly off-the-cuff remark contradicts a UN report released last month that said Taliban maintains "strong and symbiotic" ties with Al-Qaeda, and that Osama bin Laden's terror group "is rebuilding operational capability" on Afghan soil.

Taliban govt in Afghanistan is helping US to 'end' Al-Qaeda: President Joe Biden

In a scathing indictment of the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan crisis during the final set of events that led to Taliban’s takeover of power in 2021, the US State Department confirmed Washington’s bureaucratic sluggishness as a significant reason behind the chaos that gripped West’s evacuation from Afghanistan and successive fall of democratically-elected Ashraf Ghani government.

Both Trump and Biden responsible for Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan: US state department

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province ordered female aid workers this week to stop work on a refugee project, according to an official letter, reinforcing rules against women working despite exemptions sought by some organisations.

Taliban bans female aid workers in kandahar

Ever since Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021, it has been a regressive tale of human rights abuses and curtailment of freedom for women and young girls in Afghanistan.

Draconian Taliban rule haunts Afghan women | World News

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is holding discussions with Afghanistan rulers, the Taliban regarding the "timelines and practicalities" of a potential handover of its education programs to local organisations.

Taliban to stop involvement of international organisations in education projects: Report

A convicted murderer was publicly executed at a mosque in provincial Afghanistan, marking the second such incident since the Taliban regained power in August 2021.

Taliban publicly execute murder suspect, second since takeover

The workings of Afghanistan's Taliban government have been reportedly curtailed due to ban on WhatsApp accounts operated by hardline operators as part of the US sanctions.

Selective WhatsApp ban on hardliners hits Taliban's functioning in Afghanistan

Over two decades after the previous Taliban government of Afghanistan blew up two great Buddha figures in Bamian, the extremist regime is focusing on selling tickets for the gaping hole in the 125-foor cliff.

Taliban selling tickets to ruins of iconic Bamian Buddhas it blasted two decades ago

With almost no job options, brainwashed youth become suicide bombers in the Tangi Valley in eastern Afghanistan. Watch how Families living in villages in this region feel proud of the young men who are sent to their deaths in the name of jihad.

Suicide bombings on rise in Afghanistan |  Inside South Asia

In the past few months, Taliban shut down schools and universities for Afghan women, practically depriving them of all education and job opportunities. As the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is expected to meet Taliban leaders, WION's Mukul Sharma spoke to some of these women. Here are their thoughts, unfiltered.

Afghan women speak to WION from the ground: 'We want our freedoms back' | WION Originals

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