It has been over one year since the Taliban's takeover. And once again, the old saying is proving true in Afghanistan - old wine in a new bottle. The group has clamped down on all forms of public entertainment, but cricket. Is it the last sign of social normalcy?

South Asia Diary: Afghans try to bring back normalcy

The air corridor between India and Afghanistan has been reopened and the trade between the countries would resume, officials in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Kabul said, according to Bakhtar News Agency.

India, Afghanistan ink deal to reopen air corridor: Reports

Russia is reportedly recruiting former elite Afghan commandos who fought alongside the US and Western allies for almost two decades, to now fight Russia's war with Ukraine. These US-trained Afghan soldiers had escaped to Iran last year when Afghanistan was taken over by Taliban.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Moscow's new strategy to recruit elite Afghan troops in battlefield?

Opium crop cultivation in Afghanistan grew by 32 per cent in 2022 amid multiple humanitarian and economic crises faced by the Taliban-ruled nation since the extremist group stormed into power in Kabul last August, said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a report published Tuesday.

Opium cultivation up by one-third in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, UN agency warns

Six Islamic State members said to be involved in two major attacks that had killed 60 and left many wounded, were killed by the Taliban security forces in an overnight operation in Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group's administration said on Saturday, while adding that a Taliban security personnel also died in the operation.

Taliban forces kill six Islamic State members involved in deadly twin blasts in Afghan capital

In a shocking incident, a woman in Afghanistan killed herself before the Taliban forces could kill her for running away from home, local media reported citing a resident.

Woman in Afghanistan commits suicide before Taliban could stone her: Report

At a time when the tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are simmering over border issues and terrorism, a Taliban official has given an open warning to the neighbour, saying that they have suicide bombers at their disposal to carry out attacks if Pakistan continues to act in a way that jeopardises the sovereignty of Afghanistan.

‘Afghans hate Pakistanis…will make Islamabad second capital’: Taliban official warns in video

Top United States officials have reportedly had an in-person meeting with the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha. According to CNN, this was the first meeting of US officials with the Taliban since the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul in late July.

US officials hold first in-person meet with Taliban months after Zawahiri’s killing: Report

Top US officials held talks with the Taliban on Saturday, this is the first such meeting since the killing of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in late July. The CIA's deputy director David Cohen and the state department's special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West, were a part of the delegation, while the Taliban was represented by the head of intelligence Abdul Haq Wasiq.

Top US officials hold meet with Taliban, counter-terrorism was the focus

A joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy has led to the seizure of 200 kilogrammes of Afghanistani heroin worth USD 1.45 million or Rs 1,200 crore from an Iranian vessel.

200kg heroin en route to India from Afghanistan via Pakistan seized by NCB

Afghanistan's interior ministry confirmed on Wednesday (October 5) that a blast occurred at a mosque near the ministry in the nation's capital Kabul. Abdul Nafi Takor, who is the ministry's spokesperson, said that the explosion took place "in a mosque which is at a distance from the ministry of interior".

Kabul: At least four killed, 20 injured in blast at mosque near Afghan interior ministry

The Taliban administration has reportedly banned the use of Pakistani currency, the rupee, in the country. According to news agency Khaama Press, the Taliban Intelligence Agency’s Anti-Money Laundering Branch has ordered the Association of Money Exchange Dealers in a letter to “completely ban” the use of Pakistani Rupees in financial transactions in Afghanistan The letter states that all financial transactions, including but not limited to transfers, trade, and currency exchange, are disallowed, the news agency reported.

Taliban ban use of Pakistani currency in Afghanistan, transactions over 500,000 rupees

The death toll from last week’s suicide bombing in an education centre in Afghan capital of Kabul has risen to 53, the United Nations said on Monday. Among those killed, 46 were girls and young women and at least 110 people were injured, it said.

Among 53 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing, 46 were girls and young women, says UN

The anger is rising in Afghanistan, women are saying that enough is enough. They held up banners which said stop Hazara genocide and demanded security from the Taliban government.

Anger grows in Afghanistan; women chant 'stop Hazara genocide'

Afghan women are protesting against the suicide bomb killing of students in Kabul's Shiite neighborhood. The attack on the educational center killed over 32 people and wounded at least 27 others.

Kabul: Women protest against bomb attack, death toll rises to 35

At least 32 people, including girl students, were killed and dozens injured after a suicide attack at a learning centre in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday.

Kabul blast: At least 32, including students, killed in suicide attack on educational centre

Afghanistan witnessed another suicide bombing attack, this time in a coaching centre in Western Kabul. At least 32 people were killed and several others were injured in which most were women.

At least 32 killed in Kabul suicide blast in Afghanistan; no group has claimed responsibility yet

A suicide attack at an education institute in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Suicide attack at education centre in Afghanistan capital kills 19 & injures 27

While speaking to WION, Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari dodged question on the Taliban dismissing claims of JeM chief Masood Azhar's presence in Afghanistan, he talked about FATF instead.

'Country may soon make to FATF's whitelist, says Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto

A suicide bomber targeted an education centre in a Shiite area of Kabul Friday, killing at least 23 people and wounding 27 others, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

WION Dispatch: At least 23 killed and 27 injured in suicide bombing at educational centre in Kabul

Another suicide attack rocks Afghanistan. The attack took place at an education institute in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

Afghanistan: Education centre comes under attack in Kabul, no group has claimed responsibility yet

Pakistan has once again dodged questions on addressing concerns over terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed's Cheif Masood Azhar. The country's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto dodged the question asked by WION about the Taliban dimissing Pakistan's claim that Azhar is actually on Afghan soil.

'Pakistan made incredible progress as far as FATF is concerned,' says Bilawal Bhutto

After Amsterdam, Athens, and the UK, the unrest in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini, women in Afghanistan protested in front of the Iranian Embassy to show their support for the women in Tehran.

After UK and Amsterdam, women in Afghanistan protest over Mahsa Amini's death 

Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Wednesday that the relations between Pakistan and the United States are no longer linked to India or Afghanistan.

Pak-US ties no longer linked to India, Afghanistan: Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto

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