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Taliban threaten revenge killings of former govt officials; warn residents of mass arrests

A Taliban police official in Gereshk, Helmand, told residents that district-level authorities were calling for retaliation and targeting former government officials.

Family of Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan, approaches ICC against Taliban

Siddiqui, 38, was on assignment in Afghanistan when he was killed on July 16 last year. The journalist was covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city.

Khalid Payenda, former Afghanistan Finance minister, is a cab driver in Washington

Khalid Payenda, 40, had served as Afghanistan's Finance Minister in the Ashraf Ghani government. He blamed himself and fellow Afghans for the swift collapse of the democratically elected government to Taliban. 

UN establishes formal ties with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, hijacker of Indian Airlines flight IC-814, shot dead in Karachi: Reports

Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim was one of the five hijackers of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999. He was shot at point-blank range inside a furniture store in Karachi.

Biden to split frozen Afghan funds for 9/11 victims, relief

International funding to Afghanistan was suspended and billions of dollars of the country's assets abroad, mostly in the United States, were frozen after the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August. 

Taliban arrest two journalists; reasons remain unknown: Afghan media

On Tuesday, Amnesty International said that the arrest of the two journalists was "unjustifiable" and called on the Islamic Emirate to release them.

Amid huge humanitarian crisis, Afghans forced to sell kidneys to feed families: Report

According to the law of the country, selling organs or parts are the body is illegal, but these families say that they have no other options to survive.

Afghanistan: 7 killed, 9 injured in minivan bomb blast, Taliban officials say

A Taliban intelligence official in western Herat said that the bomb was attached to the van's fuel tank. He spoke on condition of anonymity as he wasn't authorized to release the information to the public.

Taliban shut key money-exchange market in Kabul, vendors pulled out

A number of vendors said the closure of Boli has led to dozens of vendors losing their jobs and will lead to problems determining the real value of the Afghani against foreign currencies.

Taliban men laugh and burn instrument in front of weeping musician | Watch

A viral video posted by Abdulhaq Omeri, a senior journalist in Afghanistan, shows a Taliban militant pointing a gun and laughing at the musician while another was recording a video of the situation.

Countries should return Afghan military aircraft or will face consequences: Taliban

"Our aircraft that are in Tajikistan or Uzbekistan should be returned. We will not allow these aircraft to remain abroad or to be used by those countries," the Taliban defense minister said.

Taliban pilots crash MD-530 helicopter in Kandahar during training

A spokesman for Ministry of Defense, Inayatullah Khwarazmi on Wednesday said the crash was due to technical problems and 2 pilots were injured, reported Tolo News.

2021: The year of Afghanistan's fall to Taliban | Full timeline of how things unfolded

Ending 20 years of war in the country, 2021 became the year that Kabul fell into Taliban rule. Here is a detailed timeline of how things went south fast in Afghanistan.

Is China wary of embracing Taliban? Report claims so

Recently, a senior Chinese minister expressed his deep concern about the "complex and intricate" Afghan situation that terrorist groups including ISIS and Al-Qaeda are using to expand their presence in the region.

2021 Notebook: United States withdrawal and Afghanistan's next chapter

4 months into Taliban rule, Afghanistan is facing a looming economic meltdown and humanitarian catastrophe. Billions of dollars’ worth of country’s assets abroad, mostly in US, have been frozen and international funding to the country has ceased.

Now, Taliban ban display of female mannequin heads in shops; music in cars, taxis

With the new directives, several dozen Afghan women on Tuesday protested against the new directives of the Taliban putting limitations on their movement. Women protestors said that the Islamic Emirate is keeping women away from society.

Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions

Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban-run government, said the country's Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaint Commission have been dissolved.

Taliban guns down boy attending wedding in Kabul

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior Affairs Saeed Khostai confirmed the incident and added that two culprits have been arrested and are under investigation.

Taliban torture Afghan man to death for critical Facebook post

The Taliban claimed that Naweed Azami had escaped detention. But his family has accused the militant group of torturing and killing him, the report said.