Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 0900 GMT on January 1, 2023.

Afghans have commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of Fatima Zahra, the revered daughter of Prophet Muhammad, by holding different ceremonies.

The UN censures the Taliban's decision to impose an indefinite ban on female staff working for NGOs in Afghanistan.

"It was a very loud explosion and then there was a lot of gunfire," one of the witnesses told AFP.

A new report by the United States Institute of Peace reveals that Washington was desperately longing to pull out from Afghanistan.

The Taliban government’s security forces have reportedly killed six members of Daesh in an overnight operation in Kabul.

More than 100 Afghan women students rallied in the western city of Herat on Sunday, protesting against a suicide bombing on a Kabul classroom that killed dozens as they prepared for exams.

Women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community have held a protest following a suicide bombing that killed more than 35 people Friday.

The US military, which invaded and occupied Afghanistan for almost two decades, killed 12 Afghan civilians in 2021, according to a congressionally mandated​​​​​​​ Pentagon report, pointing to a tip of an iceberg.

Some Australian military forces say compelling evidence shows Australian soldiers killed handcuffed detainees.