Tajikistan has accused armed groups operating from Afghanistan of carrying out two deadly cross-border attacks over the past week, leaving five people dead and five others injured in what officials describe as a dangerous escalation along Central Asia’s most volatile frontiers. The announcement came through the Tajik presidential press service on Monday, which said President Emomalu Rahmon convened an emergency […]

Abdul Rahman Munir, the Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics at the Ministry of Interior, said on Saturday at the meeting of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combating Drugs (CARICC) in Uzbekistan that the cultivation, trafficking, and sale of narcotics in Afghanistan have “almost dropped to zero.” Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, said in […]

Tajikistan said on Monday that five people were killed and five others wounded over the past week in two separate shooting incidents originating from inside Afghan territory, marking a further escalation in security concerns along the Central Asian nation’s southern frontier. In a statement, the presidential office said President Emomali Rahmon reviewed the situation with security officials and described the […]

Taliban and Pakistani border forces exchanged fire at the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar province on Friday night, both sides said, marking the latest flare-up along a frontier that has seen repeated clashes over the past two months. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the incident began when Pakistani forces opened fire, prompting what he called a “necessary response” from Taliban […]

He thanked India’s Ministry of External Affairs for facilitating discussions, noting that technical teams and private-sector representatives from both countries have been in continuous contact. Afghanistan is accelerating efforts to diversify its trade routes after Islamabad halted the transit of Afghan goods through Karachi, prompting Kabul to strengthen alternative corridors — particularly via Iran’s Chabahar Port and expanded cooperation with […]

Afghanistan’s Taliban government vowed Tuesday to “respond appropriately” to overnight strikes it blamed on neighboring Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tensions spiked the day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city. An air raid on Khost province left nine children and a woman “martyred,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X, blaming Pakistani forces and saying the target […]

The house that once stood on the mountainside in Mughulgai village, Gurbaz district, is now only scattered stone and dust. Just hours earlier, it was a family home — filled with laughter, children, and the warmth of a late-autumn evening. By morning, it had become a burial ground. Aslam, who was away on a work trip that night, returned to […]

Pakistan’s military on Tuesday issued a cautious response to Taliban accusations of deadly airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, saying it does not conduct undeclared military operations and “never targets civilians”. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that Pakistani strikes hit parts of Khost, Paktika and Kunar provinces overnight, killing at least 10 civilians. Mujahid described the attacks as “violations and […]

More than four years after the Taliban reclaimed power in Afghanistan, a detailed examination of their cabinet composition by Amu reveals a deep concentration of power in the hands of leaders from the southern province of Kandahar. The investigation by Amu TV shows that out of 25 cabinet ministers appointed by the Taliban, seven are from Kandahar. While that figure […]

The two-day meeting comes at a time when Afghanistan’s stability — or lack thereof — continues to shape the wider region’s security landscape, trade connectivity and long-term development prospects. The 7th Consultative Summit of Central Asian Leaders opened Saturday in Tashkent, where heads of six regional countries gathered to assess the evolving situation in Afghanistan and to chart a coordinated […]