UN calls on Taliban to end corporal punishment in Afghanistan
New York: The use of corporal punishment by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan runs counter to international law and must stop, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA), said on Monday.
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government has said 1,800 ISIS terrorists were released from Bagram and Pul-e-Charkhi prisons after they came to power last year.
Taliban fighters kill young woman for allegedly wearing tight clothes
Kabul: The atrocities of Taliban fighters on civilians just intensified as they have started to capture more regions in Afghanistan with the terrorists even not shying to kill a young woman for allegedly wearing tight clothes and not being accompanied by a male relative in Balkh province recently.
Ashraf Ghani slams Taliban, says the group has no will for 'peace'
Kabul: Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani has slammed the Taliban group and said their deeds showed that it has "no will" for peace.
Afghanistan: IED explosion in Farah kills 5
Kabul, Sept 16 (IBNS): An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Afghanistan's Farah province on Monday killed at least five people including a woman, media reports said on Monday.
Taliban attacks check-post in Afghanistan's Paktika province, three cops killed
Kabul, May 18 (IBNS): In an attack by Taliban terrorists at a check-post in southeastern Paktika province of Afghanistan, at least three policemen have been killed, media reports said on Friday.
Four terrorists detained in Afghanistan
Kabul, Apr 9 (IBNS): Security forces have detained four terrorists, including Taliban’s finance chief for the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Suspected Taliban terrorists kill lawmaker’s brother in Paktika
Kabul, Apr 4 (IBNS): Suspected Taliban terrorists shot dead a lawmaker's brother in Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika province, media reports said Wednesday.