Informed sources in Takhar province told Afghanistan International that fighters loyal to Darab Baai, a local Taliban commander in Warsaj district, injured at least six people in a violent dispute over grazing land.
The Taliban’s High Commission for Refugees said Pakistan expelled at least 15,234 Afghan migrants on Sunday, 2 November, through the Torkham, Spin Boldak, and Bahramcha border crossings.
The Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency reported that the death toll from Sunday night’s earthquake in northern Afghanistan has risen to 27, with 730 others injured. The agency said Balkh province recorded the highest number of casualties.
The Nai media organisation said in a statement marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists that the Taliban are responsible for the deaths of more than 170 journalists and media workers in Afghanistan over the past 24 years.
The Taliban-run electricity company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), said on Monday that power imports from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan were disrupted following Sunday night’s earthquake in northern Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health said the death toll from an overnight earthquake in northern Afghanistan has risen to more than 20, with about 320 others injured. Officials warned that the number of casualties could increase as rescue operations continue.
Pakistani security sources told Afghanistan International that the country’s forces have foiled an attempt by an armed group to infiltrate from across the Afghan border near Kotkai village in North Waziristan.
The Taliban’s Minister of Education, Habibullah Agha, has admitted that the group was unable to respond to recent Pakistani airstrikes due to a lack of technological capability.
Ahmad Naderi, a member of Iran’s parliamentary Social Affairs Committee, has said the country’s economy depends heavily on Afghan labour and that expulsion of foreign workers is “neither possible nor logical.”
The Taliban governor’s office in Herat says imports from Iran via the Khaf–Herat railway have increased fivefold compared with last year. The office added that up to 2,000 tons of goods now transported daily along the route.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has described recent remarks by the Taliban’s spokesperson as “malicious and misleading,” saying the Taliban regime is responsible for the continued oppression of ethnic groups, women, and minorities in Afghanistan.
Thousands of Afghans flooded the streets of Kabul on Saturday to celebrate the national under-17 futsal team’s victory at the 2025 Asian Youth Games.
Pakistan deported more than 10,000 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan in a single day through the Chaman–Spin Boldak crossing, Geo News reported on Saturday, citing official Pakistani sources.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has accused Pakistan’s military of fuelling instability to enable a United States return to Bagram Air Base, claiming that Islamabad’s recent actions are aimed at creating chaos.
Police in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Saturday that four people, including three Afghan nationals, were killed in an armed confrontation during an operation in Peshawar.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned the Afghan Taliban that if they fail to ensure Pakistan’s security, they will “pay the price.”
Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesperson, said the group wants to resolve its growing tensions with Pakistan through dialogue, stressing that Afghan soil does not pose a threat to its neighbour.
The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened early Saturday allowing Afghan migrants to return home after several days of closure following clashes between Taliban forces and Pakistani forces.
UNICEF representative in Afghanistan has said the country is facing one of the most severe nutrition crises in the world, with 3.5 million children suffering from acute malnutrition and one million experiencing extreme wasting and at serious risk.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that relations between Islamabad and Kabul will not normalise until the Taliban ends its support for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed optimism that the next round of talks with the Taliban, scheduled for next week in Istanbul, will produce “positive results.”
The Taliban’s embassy in Islamabad has claimed that Pakistani police have detained more than 10,000 Afghan migrants amid rising tensions between the two countries.