As per a Reuters report, Afghanistan rulers the Taliban have signed a provisional deal for gas and wheat with Russia. It quotes Acting Afghan Commerce and Industry Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi as saying that ministry was trying to diversify the nation's trading partners, and that Moscow had offered Afghanistan a discount on the average global commodity prices.

Taliban and Russia sign a trading agreement for wheat, gas and oil: Report

A special flight carrying 55 Afghan Sikh minorities fleeing from Afghanistan arrived in India at New Delhi airport on Sunday, as a part of efforts to evacuate the distressed minorities in the Taliban-led nation.

Special flight carrying 55 Afghan Sikh refugees arrives in India

An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released by the Taliban in exchange for an ally who spent 17 years in a US jail for heroin smuggling.

WION Fineprint | Taliban, United States swap prisoners | Aghan druglord swapped for US Navy veteran

The Taliban and the United States have completed a prisoner swap, Afghanistan’s foreign minister says, with an American navy veteran Mark Frerichs traded for a key associate of the Afghan rulers Bashar Noorzai.

United States and Afghanistan carry out prisoner exchange

Trigger warning: Some readers might find the details of this story/video disturbing. Discretion is advised. The Taliban claimed on Tuesday (September 13) that the regime's forces had killed at least 40 resistance fighters led by the son of a late anti-Taliban commander in northern Panjshir province.

Caught on camera: Taliban kill 40 Afghanistan resistance fighters in Panjshir

Another month, another ban for Afghans. Taliban said it will prohibit the use of video sharing app TikTok and popular video game PubG in the country within the next three months.

Afghanistan: Taliban to ban TikTok and PUBG within 90 days

Terrorist Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi, who is responsible for multiple attacks in India, recently gained media attention when claims and counterclaims regarding his whereabouts were made.

JeM chief Masood Azhar: India's most wanted, and the 'man who brought jihad to Britain'

Indian authorities had no option but to free terrorist Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi when terrorists hijacked an Indian Airlines plane in 1999 and demanded his release in exchange for passengers.

Pakistan and Afghanistan's farce over Masood Azhar. Concerning, but amusing

The Taliban in Afghanistan has come up with a new diktat this time. It's a crackdown on Tiktok and Pubg applications. According to Afghanistan media reports, both the applications will be banned within the next three months.

Reports: Ban on TikTok & PubG within three months, Taliban's regressive restrictions back in place

On August 15, 2022, marking one year since the US withdrew its forces from Afghanistan, the country has been suffering under the rule of the Taliban. The ongoing crisis may have even more to do with US decisions than you think.

Afghanistan is crumbling under the rule of Taliban, US promises to send aid

The Pakistan-Afghanistan spat over the whereabouts of terrorist Maulana Masood Azhar is getting more curious. After Taliban-led Afghanistan rejected Islamabad's claims that the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief is in the neighbouring country, Pakistan issued a rejoinder.

Where is Masood Azhar? Pakistan says 'ungoverned spaces' in Afghanistan safe havens for terrorists

In a media briefing, Pakistan has raised the issue of presence of UN-designated terrorist in Afghanistan with Taliban government.

Pakistan raises issue of Masood Azhar's presence in Afghanistan with Taliban

Pakistan has written a letter to Afghanistan for the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar. The development comes after Paris-based international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has forced Islamabad to take action against some of the UN-designated terrorists.

Pakistan hunting for Maulana Masood Azhar under FATF pressure?

Pakistan has formally written a letter to Afghanistan for the arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar. The development comes after Paris-based international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has forced Islamabad to take action against some of the UN-designated terrorists.

Pakistan asks Afghanistan to 'locate, report and arrest Masood Azhar'

The Taliban government claims that they had killed 40 rebel force members, including four commanders, in the northern Afghan province of Panjshir.

Afghanistan: 40 resistance members killed in northern Panjshir, claims Taliban

The United States said it has set up a professionally run fund in Switzerland to manage $3.5 billion of Afghanistan's central bank's reserves that were frozen following the Taliban takeover of the country.

US moves $3.5 billion of Afghan bank's reserves to Swiss-based trust, Taliban furious

Pakistan's ministry of foreign affairs has written a letter to Afghanistan formally asking the Afghan authorities to locate and arrest Masood Azhar, the founder of the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), while sharing details of regions where he is suspected to be present.

Pakistan asks Afghanistan to arrest JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, shares his likely whereabouts

Pakistan writes to Afghanistan seeking arrest of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar

UN expert on human rights has now called out the staggering repression of rights of women in Afghanistan, describing it as a move towards authoritarianism. The statement was made by UN special rapporteur on human rights, Richard Bennett while addressing a human rights council meeting in Geneva on Monday.

UN Rights Expert: Afghanistan tipping towards 'authoritarianism'

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has made an accusation saying that the Taliban were harassing and intimidating its female staff in the country. The UN said that the regime detained three women for questioning on Monday (Spetember 12).

UN says Taliban harassed its female staff in Afghanistan

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has appealed the Taliban to reopen girls' high schools. He has also applauded the protests of female students in Paktia province which, the residents say are against the measure of closure of the schools.

Afghanistan: Ex-president Karzai openly supports protesting female students

Nearly all of Afghanistan's main online shopping services have closed, with the two biggest online shopping services, Click.af and Baqal, recently announcing their closure due to the country's financial turmoil.

Amid economic crisis in Afghanistan, online shopping services to shut after Taliban takeover 

On Saturday, Taliban pilots tried to fly one of the American Hawk helicopters - that were left behind when US withdrew its troops from the country - which resulted in a crash that killed 3 people including 2 pilots. The crash happened during a training exercise.

3 dead after Taliban crashes US chopper in Kabul; crash due to technical failure

A little more than a year ago, the US troops haphazardly ditched the Afghanistan shores, leaving behind highly sophisticated military machinery that included state-of-the-art helicopters, tanks and armoured vehicles.

Taliban fighters try to fly US Black Hawk helicopter, three get killed in crash

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