The Taliban has released its first budget since taking over Afghanistan last year in August as the hardline Islamist regime is planning to spend on development projects including transport infrastructure.

Taliban release first budget since Afghan takeover. Here's what it includes

The Taliban administration has now approved its very first budget for the country. The budget has come for the first time since the hardline Islamists have managed to return back to power on the 15th of August last year.

$508 Million budget approved for the 1st quarter by the Taliban administration in Afghanistan

Taliban administration approves the first budget since the takeover of the Afghanistan

A financial crisis is intensifying in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. In the face of economic hardship, the Taliban administration is expanding its food for work program.

Taliban increase payment to workers in Wheat amid the ongoing financial crisis in Afghanistan

It was 20 years ago when the jihadi, a defence ministry official in the Taliban’s first government, fled Afghanistan as U.S. troops swept into the country. He settled in southwestern Pakistan with other Afghans, bought a house and became a baker.

The Taliban have staffing issues. They are looking for help in Pakistan

The cash-starved Taliban administration seems to have adopted the age-old barter system to pay out its hundreds of employees. On Tuesday, the Taliban said that they will be paying the salaries of government employees with wheat donated to Afghanistan by foreign countries, including India, as they do not have any money to pay them.

Cash-starved Taliban paying salaries in wheat to govt employees as economic crisis deepens

Reports said former Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani’s brother Hashmat Ghani has decided to support the Taliban. Ghani reportedly pledged his allegiance to the Taliban in the presence of Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani who is the leader of the Taliban-backed Haqqani Network.

Ashraf Ghani's brother pledges allegiance to Taliban: Report

Jacinda Adern-led government in New Zealand is facing heat for resettling Afghanistan’s former vice president and his 13 family members in the country while hundreds of Afghans who helped New Zealand forces remain trapped abroad and in fear for their lives.

NZ govt slammed for prioritising resettlement of Afghan ex-VP over others

The United States on Tuesday promised more than $308 million in an initial aid package for Afghanistan this year. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said in a statement that it will provide for food and nutrition for vulnerable people, health care facilities, winterisation programmes and logistics support.

United States pledges over $300 million in aid for Afghanistan

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

Taliban spokesperson has claimed to meet Afghanistan's National Resistance Front leaders Ahmad Massoud in Iran which the NRF has reportedly denied and has said that no such meeting was held. Now, the development comes just days after clashes were reported in the Panjshir valley, the NRF was leading the resistance movement since Afghanistan's Taliban takeover in August. WION's Anas Mallick brings in all the latest developments.

Taliban claims to have met Afghanistan's resistance leaders, 'no such meeting was held,' claims NRF

Taliban spokesperson has claimed to meet Afghanistan's National Resistance Front leaders Ahmad Massoud in Iran which the NRF has reportedly denied and has said that no such meeting was held. Now, the development comes just days after clashes were reported in the Panjshir valley, the NRF was leading the resistance movement since Afghanistan's Taliban takeover in August.

Afghanistan Resistance Chief Ahmad Massoud in talks with Taliban? | World English News

Afghanistan: Taliban claims it met with Resistance leader Ahmad Massoud, NRF denies | World News

Taliban forces held a military parade in Kabul on Sunday using captured American-made armoured vehicles. They have used the large stock of weapons and equipment left behind when the former Western-backed government collapsed in August to overhaul their forces.

Taliban hold military parade with US-made weapons in Kabul

The Taliban have arrested a prominent Afghan scholar who has openly criticised the group's hardline regime, said a government spokesman. Faizullah Jalal, the professor, has in past made several appearances on TV since the Taliban took power in August 2021.

Taliban arrest professor after his fierce criticism of hardline regime 

In a latest video posted on social media, armed Taliban men are seen forcefully pushing three handcuffed men in car trunks.

Video posted on social media exposes Taliban's oppression

The Taliban on Friday called for emergency humanitarian aid without "political bias." Afghanistan's aid-dependent economy has been in turmoil since the Taliban took over.

No food and clothes: Taliban's Deputy PM calls for aid amid economic crisis

The Taliban's foreign minister visited Iran on Saturday to discuss Afghan refugees and a growing economic crisis, in the first such trip to the neighbouring country since the hardline Islamists seized power.

Taliban foreign minister visits Iran to discuss refugee and economic situation

In the latest escalation between Pakistan and the Taliban in Afghanistan at least 7 members of the Pakistani forces who tried to cross the Durand line in Gomal, Paktika have been detained by the Taliban border forces.

At least 7 members of the Pakistani forces trying to cross Durand line detained by Taliban

After sparring over the Durand line, Pakistan and Afghanistan have another issue of contention drugs. In the latest crackdown, Pakistan's customs intercepted 225 kilograms of heroin which were hidden in vehicles from Afghanistan at the border.

Pakistan officials destroy 22 tonnes of drugs

Taliban issue posters ordering women to cover up: 'Encouragement for Muslim women to follow Sharia law'

Amid escalating tensions on the Durand Line over border fencing, Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf will be visiting Kabul later this month in a bid to ease the simmering tensions between the two nations over the contentious issue.

Pakistan’s NSA to visit Kabul amid simmering tensions on Durand Line over border fencing

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. Palki Sharma tells you more about the Taliban's ruthless strategy.

Gravitas: Taliban deploy suicide squad at China border

The deep blue mountain lakes in the central Bamiyan province of Afghanistan have been a major hub of tourism, but with the return of the Taliban, few people are now mastering the courage to visit these sites of spectacular beauty.

The tourism industry hard hit in the central Bamiyan province of Afghanistan

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