ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a market in the country's east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace.

Fake death threat letters from the Taliban are being used to dupe the Home Office in asylum applications for Afghan migrants.

In July, Russia became the first country to recognize the Taliban’s government after removing the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

U.N. experts say that Taliban restrictions on the internet and social media violate Afghan rights. Afghanistan experienced a 48-hour internet blackout from Sept. 29 that coincided with a morality drive imposed by the Taliban leader,

Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban.

Taliban Foreign Minister Muttaqi emphasises no use of Afghan territory against other countries, pushes for trade with India.

Khan Agha has endured years of violence in Kunduz, but it was the Taliban's attack on the strategic city in northeastern Afghanistan, as the government and insurgents were preparing for historic peace talks,