The attack has escalated at the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Taliban forces have responded to Pakistani air strikes in Helmand province and both sides claim to have killed large numbers of opponents in nocturnal border operations.
ConflictsThe Taliban's decision to shut down the internet and telephony in Afghanistan brings large parts of society to a standstill. As if it had suddenly become a holiday, a Kabul resident testifies.
WorldThe Taliban regime in Afghanistan announces that the telecommunications system in the country is shut down. The decision applies until further notice according to the fundamentalist Islamist movement. Telecommunications traffic is at a level of one percent compared to before.
WorldThe older British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who have run schools in Afghanistan and been held captive by the Taliban for the past six months, have been released, the Taliban regime announces.
WorldThe Taliban regime in Afghanistan has banned books written by women at the country's universities, reports BBC.
WorldThe Taliban regime in Afghanistan expresses a desire to normalize the relationship with the USA.
WorldRussia has sent a cargo plane with humanitarian aid to Afghanistan after the earthquake on Sunday where at least 2,200 people were killed.
WorldThe number of dead after Sunday's devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to over 2,200, authorities in the Taliban-ruled country announced. Now a new powerful tremor has hit Afghanistan.
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