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Taliban vows to start stoning women to death in public for adultery in brutal regime

Now run by the Taliban, Afghanistan's state TV broadcasts messages ... He said a split between pragmatists in capital Kabul and hardliners in Kandahar has opened up, with only 40% of members ... Read More

Taliban step up security ahead of supreme leader’s Kandahar mosque visit on Eid

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight ... He rarely leaves the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. He and his circle have been instrumental in imposing ... Read More

Taliban leader says women will be stoned to death in public

The Taliban has quickly returned to harsh public punishments in Afghanistan Credit ... He is believed to be based in southern Kandahar, the stronghold of the Taliban. Akhundzada has never been ... Read More

Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensions

Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions ... at Eidgah Mosque in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar in the south. His Eid sermon, a half-hour address ... Read More

Taliban leader vows to start stoning and flogging Afghan women again: report

We will stone them to death in public.” Women in Afghanistan have seen their rights vanish since the Taliban took over in 2021. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Taliban seized control after ... Read More

Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan [ KDH / OAKN ]

Looking for information on Kandahar Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan? Know about Kandahar Airport in detail. Find out the location of Kandahar Airport on Afghanistan map and also find out airports near ... Read More

Moscow attack fuels concern over global ISIS-K threat growing under the Taliban in Afghanistan

An array of terrorist groups operated in Afghanistan before and throughout the decades-long U.S. and allied military presence in the country. Since the Taliban ... world," Kugelman told CBS News. Read More

Russia may remove Taliban from terrorist list, Kremlin spokesman says: 'De facto authority in Afghanistan'

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan ... @fox.com Fox News' "Antisemitism Exposed" newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world. Read More

US drones violating Afghanistan's airspace: Taliban

The interim Afghan government on Saturday said that US military drones are patrolling and "violating" Afghanistan’s airspaces. Speaking to Kabul-based TOLO news, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah ... Read More

Taliban announce plans to block access to Facebook in Afghanistan

The Taliban in Afghanistan have announced plans ... The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking news brand, providing global news, commentary and analysis for the independently-minded. Read More