Afghanistan

As a U.S. delegation arrived in Kabul, the Taliban made a striking move by scrubbing anti-American slogans from the walls of the United States Embassy and painting them white.  

For the first time, a U.S. delegation has traveled to Afghanistan and met with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister. According to a Taliban Foreign Ministry statement, the delegation included Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, and Donald Trump’s special representative for hostage affairs.  

Tarz Press has obtained an audio recording of Sirajuddin Haqqani, a top Taliban leader, expressing alarm over rogue killings within the group’s ranks.  

Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, dismissed Pakistan’s military accusations that the Taliban collaborated with the attackers of the Jaffar Express train in Balochistan. Writing on X, Balkhi called the claims “baseless” and devoid of truth.  

While informed sources confirmed to Tarz Press that Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s Interior Minister, has not yet returned to Kabul from Dubai, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Afghan media that Haqqani is back in Kabul and currently “resting.”  

According to a new directive from the Taliban’s Ministry of Education, Afghan students will be required to wear new uniforms starting from the 2025 academic year. Under this regulation, students from grades 1 to 9 must wear blue tunics and trousers with white caps and students from grades 10 to 12 must wear white tunics and trousers along with a turban (lungi).

Sources have confirmed to Tarz Press that Pakistani security forces arrested Fatima Sadat and Fahema Zahid, two women’s rights activists—one of whom is also a journalist—on Tuesday. This action is part of the ongoing wave of arrests and deportations of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, a trend that has intensified in recent months and sparked widespread reactions.

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e-Islami party, has expressed deep concerns over Afghanistan’s current situation under Taliban rule, describing the country’s future as “dark.” He asserted that Afghanistan is not moving in the “right direction,” and that its people are increasingly worried about what lies ahead.

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, strongly criticized the Taliban’s seizure of American military equipment during a speech at a Republican gathering, saying the issue makes him furious.

A voice message attributed to the Taliban’s Minister of Justice, Abdul Hakim Sharei, has been circulated on social media in which he states that he is resigning from his post due to widespread corruption and administrative interference.