The Taliban's religious police have erected banners in Kabul that order women to wear the Islamic hijab.
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan says a delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has met with resistance leaders Ahmad Massud and Ismail Khan in Iran.
At least seven people, including six children, have been killed in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan, local officials said.
The Taliban have detained a prominent university professor after he publicly criticized the Taliban-led government in a live television debate, prompting a torrent of domestic and international criticism and worries about his safety.
Iran has deported an increasing number of Afghan refugees but they keep coming back.
This week's Gandhara Briefing brings you insights on Afghan opposition to the Taliban’s religious policing, what's behind the border clash between the Taliban and Turkmenistan, and Pakistani university students who are volunteering to educate child laborers.
The Taliban's feared Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice has issued a spate of draconian decrees in recent weeks. Afghans say the directives, including ordering men to grow beards and women to travel with a male chaperone, infringe on basic human rights and freedoms.
Afghanistan’s embassy in Rome says it was forced to call Italian police for help after a sacked Afghan diplomat attacked the ambassador.
Sources in Afghanistan say Turkmen troops killed an Afghan civilian and later opened fire on Taliban militants who came to investigate the killing. It is the first reported time the two sides have engaged in a shoot-out.
Dozens of people said to abuse drugs are being held at one of Afghanistan's biggest prisons together with convicted criminals. Taliban officials claim Kandahar Central Prison serves as an educational and rehab center for those with drug addictions.
Turkmen border guards have skirmished with Taliban fighters along the Afghan border, according to local media reports.
What emerged in Afghanistan after the Taliban's rapid return to power might not be what was imagined when the year began, but Afghans and outside observers are adjusting to expect the unexpected.
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