1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (60+ words) 8am: Leaked documents from the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) show that the group has allocated a budget of more than 70 million Afghanis to advance a broad propaganda and media campaign, using media outlets and fake accounts to portray opposition…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (506+ words) By Abdul Hamid Hakimi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2026 The US State Department has urged American companies to exercise extreme caution when considering business transactions with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan after a former US official attended the signing of a deal…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (60+ words) 8am: Over the past five years, the Taliban have repeatedly been accused of taking revenge against the country’s citizens. The group arrests, imprisons, and tortures individuals who criticize Taliban rule. The Taliban have also officially declared that criticizing their rule is…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (61+ words) Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front says it killed three Taliban members and wounded two others in an attack on a checkpoint in Kapisa’s Tagab district. The Afghanistan United Front also reported killing a Taliban police member in Kandahar. In…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (638+ words) By Ray Furlong and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 10, 2026 A visit to Afghanistan by a former US special envoy that included meetings with senior Taliban officials and a major oil and gas deal has touched a raw nerve on the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1000+ words) By Ray Furlong and Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2026 Twenty-five years after serving as the global launchpad for the 9/11 attacks, Afghanistan has come “full circle” — with the Taliban retaking power after a 20-year US-led military presence and…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (60+ words) Afghanistan International: Forces affiliated with the Taliban’s justice minister forcibly cleared the Khatam-al-Nabiyyin seminary in Kabul on Monday, 7 September. The Taliban had surrounded the Shia religious centre in western Kabul for the previous two days, but faced resistance from its…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (60+ words) Afghanistan International: Local sources in Badakhshan reported clashes on Monday, 7 September, between Afghanistan Freedom Front forces (AFF) and the Taliban in Zebak district. According to the sources, the fighting began on Monday in Zebak. Sources from the AFF also confirmed…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (60+ words) Afghanistan International: Hasib’s killing shows that the Taliban is not simply trying to defeat the resistance on the battlefield. It is using counterintelligence to penetrate it from within. The GDI is exploiting real divisions inside the Taliban, creating false ones…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (60+ words) Afghanistan International: The National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front have called for a common platform among political, civil and armed groups opposing the Taliban, as Cambridge talks seek to bridge key differences. The fifth round of the “Cambridge Afghanistan…...