said on Friday. The news that Saleh's brother Rohullah Azizi was killed came days after Taliban

. The report said accused constables Rohullah and Rustam though denied opening fire at the vehicle

Open this photo in gallery Taliban fighters guard the Afghanistan central bank in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug.... 19. Victor J. Blue/ The New York Times News ServiceAfghanistan’s Taliban-controlled central bank said it had seized nearly$ 12.4 million in cash and gold from former top government officials on Wednesday, including former vice president Amrullah Saleh.In a statement, the central bank said the money and gold had been kept in officials’ houses, although it did not yet know for what purp

Death squads have hunted down and killed at least four Afghan counter-terrorism agents, and female protesters have apparently been shot dead after attending demonstrations against the new government.It came as militant leaders yesterday claimed women can study at universities but they must be separated from men and wear head coverings. The Taliban's rise has stoked fears the group would return to the draconian rule that saw public executions, stonings, beatings and the crushing of women's rights

When law enforcement personnel moved in, the suspects opened fire, prompting a retaliatory response.... Shahzeb was later arrested near Naryab Dam within the Doaba police jurisdiction. During interrogation, he revealed the presence of militant commander Umer alias Abu Bakr in the area.... Acting on this intelligence, police from Doaba and Thall tehsils launched an operation towards Tora Warai, where they were again ambushed. SHO Doaba Imranud Din, who was transferred from Kohat a few days ago,

Kunduz was briefly taken by the Taliban in 2015 and 2016 before they were pushed back by American airstrikes, special operations forces and Afghan security forces.“ Right now, I hear the sound of bullets, ” said Amruddin Wali, a member of Kunduz’s provincial council.... American and international troops — now mostly based in Kabul, the capital, and at Bagram airfield, are set to leave the country in weeks following President Biden’s announcement in April to end the U.S. war in the country by Se

If the Taliban can't protect Kandahar from an IS attack, how could it protect the rest of the country?... Rubble lay in an entrance corridor.In the wake of the explosions, Kandahar police chief Maulvi Mehmood said “ a brutal attack has been witnessed on a Shia mosque as a result of which a huge number of our countrymen have lost their lives ”.... Two people had entered the mosque.“ They had opened fire on the guards and in response the guards had also opened fire on them....

PESHAWAR: Religious scholars from different schools of thought in a conference here on Tuesday called upon Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership to re-visit its decision to bar girls from secondary education and ensure the people’s access to education without discrimination. Afghan clerics also participated in the event on ‘Girls Education: Importance in Islam and Role of Religious Leaders’, the organisers said. The conference was held by the Muttahida Shariat Mahaz, a syndicate of the leaders of all

Dressed in the traditional clothes of their native southern and eastern Afghanistan, they lounge in the shade of mulberry trees by the river that runs through Panjshir’s narrow, mountainous valley. Some pass the time by taking practice potshots at rocks across the water.... Others take selfies by the two Black Hawk choppers and one MD 500 helicopter that had been flown here by the anti-Taliban resistance and now parked, disabled, inside Panjshir’s Marshal Fahim stadium.As for Panjshir’s residen