Exclusive: No taxi rides for Afghan women without burqa and male companion

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

Tensions have escalated between Afghanistan and Pakistan after the border crossing closed. Now, a High-level Pak delegation visits Afghanistan to resolve tensions. Watch here.

Pakistan’s defence and spy chiefs discuss security with Taliban

The Afghan Taliban government has signed a 25-year contract with a Chinese company for the extraction of oil from Afghanistan’s Amu River basin.

Taliban signs oil extraction deal with Chinese company

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The UN aid chief Martin Griffits will be visiting Afghanistan in the coming few weeks, according to a senior UN official. UN calls on Taliban to reverse the ban on female aid workers.

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths to visit Afghanistan; UN 'temporarily' halts programs

The United Nations on Wednesday said that some "time critical" programmes in Afghanistan will have to be temporarily stopped due to the Taliban's ban on women working in NGOs. The global agency warned that many other activities are also likely to be impacted due to the ban.

UN suspends some Afghanistan programs after ban on female aid workers

Ghosts from the Taliban's chilling rule reappear. The group has carried out its first public execution since clinching power, leaving the country and the world in shock. @Marowardak brings forward the worries of Afghans on this week's #southasiadiary

South Asia Diary | A throwback to the Taliban's dark past

The Taliban have killed 6 Pakistani civilians along the Durand line. This comes amid a spate of attacks along the border.Has the Taliban turned against Pak? Has Pak's Afghanistan policy failed? Here's what @mollygambhir has to say.

Gravitas: Has the Taliban turned against Pakistan?

Even after officials from Afghanistan and Pakistan sat down for talks, no breakthrough has been achieved. Watch this video to know more.

Pakistan-Afghanistan Chaman border crossing remains closed

Afghanistan: Taliban issue fresh order, now ban women's entry to amusement parks

The Taliban's spokesperson has claimed to meet Afghanistan's National Resistance front leaders in Iran, which the NRF has reportedly denied and said that no such meeting was held.

Afghanistan: Taliban claims to have met National Resistance Front leaders

In Afghanistan, since the Taliban has taken, over the charge of the country back in August, the media houses have started disappearing or they simply have not been allowed to function as media houses. An export gets you all the details

Afghanistan: 231 media outlets have shut down since August

In Afghanistan patriarchal traditions, poverty and, lack of education have stifled women's rights for decades. Here's a heart-wrenching ordeal of a 22-year-old woman married off as a mere child. She is now living in one of the few shelters for battered women that still exists in Afghanistan under the Taliban's rule. This is her story of abuse, torture, and sorrow.

Poverty, lack of education hampers women's rights in Afghanistan

The Taliban have reportedly deployed suicide squads at the border with China and Tajikistan. Afghan youth are also being recruited for a special suicide battalion in the Afghan army.

Report: Suicide battalion to be part of Taliban Army in Afghanistan

The deep blue mountain lakes in the central Bamyan province of Afghanistan have been a major hub of tourism. But with the return of the Taliban, there are very few people who are now able to muster the courage to visit these sites of spectacular natural beauty.

Afghanistan: No tourists venture into Taliban country

Taliban are distancing themselves from the Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan or the TTP. As the Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan recently made claims about being a branch of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a video circulating on social media.

Taliban: TTP not part of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Despite the apparent calm, the NRF remains a problem for the Taliban. In recent videos, which emerged on social media through Telegram channels, reportedly show a crackdown being led by the Taliban to deal with the remnants of Panjshir resistance.

Afghanistan: NRF still remains a thorn at Taliban's side

Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday to display their ongoing transformation from an insurgent force to a regular standing army. Interestingly American-made armored vehicles and Russian helicopters were on full display at the parade.

Afghanistan: Show of might by the Taliban forces in Kabul

In an alarming incident, a video doing rounds on social media shows a woman who says that she was brutally whipped by a senior Taliban commander allegedly for refusing his advances.

Afghanistan: Woman claims Taliban commander beat her

Afghanistan | 3 months since takeover, is NRF still a thorn in the Taliban's side?

Afghan military pilots, on the run, feel abandoned by US

The Taliban has now promised to honour the rights of its people especially women, and it is being said that they would enjoy the same rights that they did before the Taliban stormed to power.

Afghanistan: Afghan girls urge Taliban to not snatch their education

Reports say the Taliban have launched an operation to defeat the ISIS-K terrorists. Why is it so important for the Taliban to fight another terror group? Can the Taliban even afford to fight ISIS? Know in this video.

Taliban launches offensive operation to defeat ISIS-K, a regional affiliate of Islamic State Group