The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan ordered female patients, caretakers and staff to wear a burka – a full Islamic veil - to enter public health facilities in the western city of Herat, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says.

Taliban forces in Herat barred women, including doctors and patients, from entering the regional hospital for not wearing the mandated burqa.

On October 30, 2025, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, in his report to the U.N. General

Asif’s remarks follow a recent suicide bombing in Islamabad that killed 12 people and injured 36 others, an attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP).

Afghanistan peace talks, Islamabad demanded that the Amir of the Taliban regime in Kabul to declare a fatwa against the TTP. But, Kabul has pushed back, saying Hibatullah Akhundzada is an Amir, not a Mufti.

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has advised traders in Afghanistan to reduce business with Pakistan and use other routes for the transit of goods.

Five months after Taliban supporters smashed up her restaurant, Afghan entrepreneur Laila Haidari opened a secret craft centre where women earn a small income stitching elaborate dresses and fashioning jewellery from melted down bullet casings.

When America breaks promises, “it makes us less safe,” U.S. Rep. Jason Crow says about arrest of Afghan soldier who helped U.S. troops fight the Taliban before settling in Boulder County.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday warned that lasting peace in the region was impossible without Afghanistan taking decisive action against terrorist groups operating from its territory.