An updated United Nations Security Council sanctions list includes 22 Taliban officials, among them 13 members of the Taliban cabinet, according to documents released after the council extended the mandate of its sanctions committee for another year. Those listed include Taliban Chief Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund and his deputies Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi. Cabinet members on the […]

Maharashtra: Terminal Phase Maharashtra’s excellent performance in dealing with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) remained visible through 2025. In order to push the Maoists further back in the state, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, on July 10, 2025, passed the Maharashtra Public Security Bill 2024, aimed at tackling the spread of radical Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) ideologies and CPI-Maoist influence in […]

China called on Taliban and Pakistan to resolve escalating clashes through dialogue and avoid further military escalation, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement following a phone call between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Amir Khan Muttaqi. The appeal came as fighting between Taliban and Pakistan along the border entered its 18th day, with both sides reporting casualties, cross-border strikes […]

Regional tensions linked to the Taliban-Pakistan clashes intensified over the past 24 hours as India and Pakistan exchanged sharp statements, while China said it is attempting to mediate between the two sides. India condemned Pakistan’s recent airstrikes inside Afghanistan, accusing Islamabad of violating Afghanistan’s sovereignty. Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement that the strikes resulted […]

The Taliban defense ministry said its forces carried out a strike on a Pakistani special forces facility in Pakistan’s South Waziristan district after Pakistani airstrikes targeted sites in southern Afghanistan. The ministry said the “military camp” is belonged to Pakistani special forces in Wana, the center of South Waziristan. The ministry said buildings used by Pakistani commando forces and other […]

Pakistani airstrikes targeted a Taliban special forces facility linked to the Taliban’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in southern Afghanistan on Saturday night, sources confirmed to Amu TV, as the cross-border fighting entered its 18th day. Sources also said that the strikes hit a unit in Kandahar’s District 9 where fighters loyal to Akhundzada were being trained. The number of casualties […]