The Taliban’s Ulema council in Balkh has introduced new restrictions on funeral rites as part of a decree issued by the group’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, limiting wedding, mourning and pilgrimage ceremonies.
Taliban intelligence forces have detained several protesters in Mazar-e-Sharif after demonstrations erupted over the planned demolition of shops, sources told Afghanistan International.
Taliban Defence Minister Mullah Yaqoob Mujahid said the group’s main priority in its dealings with Washington is the lifting of US sanctions.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is reportedly angry with Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar for meeting a US delegation without his approval and without the presence of his trusted aides, sources told Afghanistan International.
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada attempted to block the use of smartphones in Afghanistan before ordering the shutdown of wireless internet, sources told Afghanistan International.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said it has held talks with an Iranian delegation aimed at boosting annual trade between the two sides to $10 billion.
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said this week it has rounded up more than 1,500 people with mental health conditions across Afghanistan and handed them over to the Red Crescent.
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada’s decision to cut fibre optic internet across Afghanistan is final, sources in Kandahar told Afghanistan International.
Afghanistan’s banking system has suffered major disruptions after the Taliban cut Wi-Fi services in several provinces, including Balkh, sources told Afghanistan International.
Thousands of Afghan schoolchildren and university students have been unable to attend online classes after the Taliban cut internet services in several provinces, sources said Tuesday.
The Taliban has cut off wireless internet access in five provinces, reliable sources told Afghanistan International on Tuesday.
Mullah Yaqoob Mujahid, the Taliban’s defence minister, travelled to Doha to convey condolences to the Qatari government, replacing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who remains under a UN travel ban.
Hundreds of residents of Mazar-i-Sharif city staged protests on Tuesday against the Taliban’s plan to demolish long-standing shops in the city’s auction market.
Mohammad Naseem Haqqani, head of the Taliban-appointed Sheikh Zayed University in Khost, has declared that waging jihad against Pakistan is an individual obligation.
The Taliban has banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province on orders from its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.
The Taliban has cut Wi-Fi services in Mazar-i-Sharif and suspended fibre-optic connections nationwide, in what sources say may be part of a broader effort to restrict high-speed internet access across Afghanistan.
The Taliban have banned the broadcasting of images and video interviews with local officials in Balkh province, forcing state television to suspend programming and switch to radio, the Afghanistan Journalists Centre said.
A senior adviser to the Taliban’s Ministry of Energy and Water has been arrested after publicly urging the deployment of female nurses to earthquake-hit Kunar, sources told Afghanistan International on Monday.
A senior Iranian delegation arrived in Kabul on Monday for talks with Taliban officials on expanding trade, easing transit and boosting joint investment, the Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce said.
Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has ordered the collection of mentally ill patients across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan, the group announced.
The National Resistance Front (NRF) said its forces killed three Taliban fighters in an operation in Herat province on Saturday night.
A US envoy has delivered a message from President Donald Trump to Taliban leaders in Kabul, stressing that he is serious about securing the release of American prisoners held in Afghanistan, Taliban sources told Afghanistan International.