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KABUL – The Taliban have resumed house-to-house searches in parts of Kabul, including police districts 4, 11, and 17, sources told Amu on Tuesday. According to Naseer Ahmad Ahmadi, the Taliban’s police chief for District 11, the searches are aimed at identifying individuals affiliated with Daesh, the resistance front, or …

KABUL – Kazakhstan and Afghanistan are on track to nearly double their agricultural trade to $1 billion in the near future, according to Kazakh Deputy Agriculture Minister Yerbol Taszhurekov. Speaking at the Kazakhstan-Afghanistan business forum in Almaty, Taszhurekov expressed confidence in the potential of both nations’ business sectors to reach …

KABUL – The Taliban has enforced a strict media ban in three Afghan provinces, prohibiting the broadcast of any images of living beings. The new mandate applies to state-run and local media outlets in Takhar, Kandahar, and Maidan Wardak, and is part of the Taliban’s broader morality law. According to …

KABUL – In a significant step towards supporting Afghanistan’s future, Qatar and Indonesia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide scholarships for Afghan students to study in Indonesia. The MoU was signed via video conference by Qatar’s Minister of State for International Cooperation, HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al …

In a tense aviation incident, a Frankfurt-bound Vistara flight with over 240 passengers on board was forced to return to Delhi on Sunday after Afghanistan barred it from using its airspace due to a bomb threat. The Boeing 787 flight, UK25, briefly entered Afghanistan’s airspace before being redirected. The flight, …

KABUL – Taliban forces and fighters from Daesh (ISIS) clashed in the Nurkoh-Dara Qahar area of Ghor Province on Sunday, local sources told Amu. The area, located around 25 kilometers north of the provincial capital, Firozkoh, became the scene of intense fighting, though no immediate reports of casualties have emerged. …

KABUL – Journalists in Afghanistan are raising alarms over deteriorating working conditions as Neda Mohammad Nadim, the Taliban’s minister of higher education, prohibited filming at an event in Khost Province. The ban, imposed during a visit to Sheikh Zayed University, has intensified concerns about press freedom under Taliban rule. Nadim, …

KABUL – The United Nations has called for an urgent investigation into alarming reports that a large group of Afghan migrants were shot and killed while attempting to cross the Iran-Afghanistan border. The incident allegedly took place between October 14 and 15 in Iran’s Sistan province. Afghan media claims over …

Tehran, Iran — In a devastating turn of events, Iranian authorities have announced a controversial plan to deport 2 million undocumented Afghan migrants within a mere six months, following the forced expulsion of 750,000 Afghans this year alone. This decision is framed as an urgent measure to alleviate Iran’s pressing …

KABUL – The Taliban have surrounded the offices of the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) in Kabul and interrogated its employees, according to a source. The incident, which took place nearly three weeks ago, led to the suspension of INSO’s operations in the Afghan capital. During the raid, Taliban intelligence …