The Taliban have set up a powerful new border commission under Mullah Hibatullah with wide authority over border zones, security and tribal affairs, sources say.
The Taliban have removed 1,136 government officials and appointed 1,555 loyalists as part of a major overhaul to tighten ideological control over Afghanistan’s state system.
Five Chinese nationals were killed in a deadly attack on a gold mine in Afghanistan’s Takhar province as a violent dispute over mining control escalated.