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Afghanistan is headed towards a civil war, the Taliban is now riddled with factionalism, and the country is fast becoming a safe haven for foreign terrorists, a former Afghan commander has said. «I believe that the situation in Afghanistan is very critical and dangerous and it's going in a dangerous direction, which could be a civil war again, or which could be a split to Afghanistan because you see that in last two years Afghanistan has been controlled by the terrorists and it has fallen into terrorist hands,» Lt.

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Eleven labourers were killed in a bomb attack in Northwestern Pakistan, caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The device exploded after being attached to a truck carrying the workers to a construction project in Waziristan, near the Afghan border. "They were working at an army post that is under construction ...

Hindustan Times. The report cited people familiar with the developments and said that despite the daily deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, India has continued to supple wheat to the Taliban-ruled country. The assistance, which includes medical and food aid has been provided in view of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and urgent appeals by UN agencies, noted HT.

KABUL: Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. The Taliban, who took over the country in August of 2021, has cited the failure of women to observe the proper way to wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, as a reason for barring them from most public spaces, including parks, jobs and university. Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif, the spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue, said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press that if women’s faces are visible in public there is a possibility of fitna, or falling into sin.

Afghan Taliban has imposed one more ban, this time on political parties in Afghanistan. Interim Minister for Justice, Sha-ikh Maulavi Abdul Hak-eem Sharae said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan, the Dawn reported.

Afghanistan. Under this partnership, India has supplied total of 47,500 MTs of wheat assistance to UNWFP centers in Afghanistan. The recent ongoing shipments are being sent through Chabahar Port and being handed over to UNWFP at Herat in Afghanistan.

Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spokesman said in an interview marking the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of the country. He also suggested a ban on female education will remain in place.Zabihullah Mujahid brushed aside any questions from The Associated Press about restrictions on girls and women, saying he had nothing new to say on the matter while also indicating the status quo will remain. The ban on girls attending school beyond sixth grade was the first of what in the second year of Taliban control became a flurry of restrictions that now keep Afghan girls and women from classrooms, most jobs and much of public life.

Also Read: Taliban exploiting remains of destroyed 6th-century 'Buddhas of Bamiyan' for money Akhundzada “ordered that the universities be closed, so they closed," he told The Associated Press. “When he says they are open, they will open the same day. All our leaders are in favour of (restarting girls’ education), even our ministers are in favour of it." Jabbar said he last met Akhundzada seven or eight years ago.

Book culture is fading in Afghanistan gradually as 30% of booksellers have closed their businesses in the Talioban-annexed country. According to a report by local media Tolo News, high taxes, a ban on women's education in universities, and market troubles, Afghanis are unable to purchase books. A bookseller told Tolo News, "There are issues because of the lack of female students' presence in the universities.

US envoys for Afghanistan Thomas West and Rina Amri have once again called for an inclusive government in Kabul which, at present is under Taliban rule, TOLOnews reported. Since the Taliban seized power, it has curtailed women's rights in the nation. Thomas West, a US special envoy, and Rina Amiri, a US special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights, met with representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in Astana two days prior to the Doha summit to discuss Afghanistan.

rare public protest in Kabul, where beauticians and makeup artists demonstrated against the ruling. Security forces dispersed the gathering, using fire hoses, tasers and firing guns into the air.

PTI, US Central Command (Centcom) chief General Michael Erik Kurilla held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Munir, according to a statement issued by Pakistan Army’s media wing Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR). They discussed matters of mutual interest, regional security situation and defence cooperation between Pakistan and the US.

Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighbouring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides. Shafiullah Rahimi, the ruling Taliban's appointed spokesman for Afghanistan's State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management, said Sunday that at least 31 people were killed, 74 were injured and 41 others were missing. Flash floods hit the capital, Kabul, the Maidan Wardak and Ghazni provinces.

Afghan Taliban has asked the Pakistan government to initiate another round of negotiations with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terror group, with a top leader in Kabul telling Islamabad that it should prefer peace over war, a media report said on Saturday. Pakistan's latest efforts aimed at seeking action against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by Kabul could not make headway, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.

The Australian government has terminated a request from Qatar Airways to add more Australian routes, dashing hopes that consumers might get relief from high international airfares.

The Taliban says beauty salons have been banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families

Taliban has stated that women's beauty salons in Afghanistan were prohibited due to offering services that are forbidden according to Islamic teachings. They claim that such salons have caused economic difficulties for families of grooms during wedding celebrations. This explanation follows the Taliban's announcement that all salons in the country must cease operations and close within one month.

A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons

Taliban has now in a new verbal decree, banned women's beauty salons in Kabul and other provinces across the country, TOLO news has reported citing a spokesman for Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue, Mohammad Akif Mahajar. TOLO News is an Afghan news channel broadcasting from Kabul.

A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said.