No current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan's Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
Ahmad Massoud, who operates from overseas, said his NRF had been forced to change tactics because it could not fight the well-equipped Taliban conventionally.
UN food agency cuts rations to 2 million Afghans as funds dry up
WFP funding for food and cash assistance is expected to run out by the end of October and the agency has had to steadily cut assistance through the year to 10 million Afghans.
UN says over 200 former Afghan military, officials killed since Taliban takeover
UN says about half of the killings it recorded occurred in the four months after the Taliban took over, as US-backed foreign forces were withdrawing, in August 2021, and 70 were recorded in 2022.
US-Taliban talks focus on economy, human rights, anti-drug trafficking
Most Taliban leaders require UN permission to travel abroad, and Afghanistan's banking sector has been crippled by sanctions since the takeover by the Taliban administration.
UN in talks with Taliban about possibly handing over Afghan teaching projects to local organisations
Aid officials say that the Taliban had signalled international organisations could no longer be involved in education projects, in a move criticised by the UN but not yet confirmed by Afghan authorities.
China, Pakistan urge Afghan aid be delinked from 'political considerations'
Aid to Afghanistan will drop sharply as donor countries seek to challenge curbs on female aid workers imposed by the Taliban administration and try to cope with an increase in crises around the world, reports say.
US denies role in Taliban killing of IS plotter
US officials reported the killing late Tuesday, saying the plotter was from Islamic State-Khorasan, the Afghan arm of the jihadist group.
China 'concerned' about impact of Afghan policies on women's rights
The comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the United Nations sparked international outrage.
White House blames bad intel, Trump for traumatic Afghan exit
Ultimately, the White House report suggested, the long-term failure of the war, including the Taliban's surprising resilience and the weakness of government forces, meant the ending was never going to go well.
Afghan girls struggle with poor internet as they turn to online classes
Taliban officials have closed girls' highschools, barred their access to universities and stopped most women from working at non-governmental organisations.
Strong quake has people fleeing homes in Afghanistan, Pakistan
The USGS said the quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187km.
Taliban governor of Afghan province killed in suicide attack
The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil marks one of the highest-level attacks since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021.
