Afghanistan's new envoy to India signals a major geopolitical shift, as the Taliban seeks diplomatic alternatives amid a sharp deterioration in Pakistan relations.

At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat.

Afghan military spokesman confirmed the incident, while residents reported the pilot's parachute descent. The event followed recent Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan cities, including Kabul, intensifying the conflict.

The military escalation between Afghanistan and Pakistan is unprecedented and may quickly lead to heavy losses on both sides before the process of de-escalation even begins Pakistan and Afghanistan face intense military escalation Both sides blame each ...

Amid escalating cross-border strikes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency released an unverified image it claimed showed a Taliban “suicide squad” equipped with explosive vests and car bombs,

Pakistan reiterated its resolve to uproot terrorism emanating from Afghanistan and called upon the Afghan authorities to end the "impunity" with which militant groups continue to operate from their soil. It also urged the international community to press the Taliban regime to take "concrete and verifiable action" against such outfits.

Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ​Rights, said a decree signed by Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada last month "defines several crimes and punishments that contravene Afghanistan's international legal obligations".