November 10, 2025, TOLO News: According to the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, more than 150,000 individuals have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey in the past 15 days. Abdulmutalib Haqqani, spokesperson for the Ministry, told TOLOnews: “During this period, 24,787 families returned from Pakistan, 1,251 families from Iran, and 6 families from Turkey.” Among the returnees are not only children but also adults like Noorullah and Mohammad Amir, who have returned to their homeland for the first time and recount their painful experiences of losing shelter while living abroad.
October 21, 2025, BBC: Afghanistan has pulled out of an upcoming cricket series after three players in a local tournament were killed in an air strike it blamed Pakistan for. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said it would withdraw from November’s tri-nation T20 series out of respect for the dead. The three did not play for the national team.The strike hit a home in Urgon district in Paktika province, where the players were eating dinner after a match, witnesses and local officials told the BBC. Eight people were killed, the ACB said. Pakistan said the strike hit militants and denied targeting civilians.
October 10, 2025, IANS: According to the United Nations, more than nine million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity with deteriorating malnutrition threatening children and vulnerable families around the country, the local media reported on Thursday. The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the recent earthquake has deteriorated an already dire food security and nutrition crisis in Afghanistan.
October 3, 2025, Reuters: Afghanistan’s internet and mobile telephone services were down nationwide on Tuesday, and while the Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation, in recent weeks it has voiced concern about pornography online. The Taliban’s restrictions on women and freedom of expression have drawn criticism from rights groups and foreign governments since the former insurgents resumed control of Afghanistan in 2021. Here are some other actions the Taliban has taken this year.
October 1, 2025, Reuters: services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and financial services. The Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation for the outage and could not be reached for comment. The UN called on authorities to fully restore connections. In the past, the Taliban have voiced concern about online pornography, and authorities cut fibre-optic links to some provinces in recent weeks, with officials citing morality concerns.
