Iran And Taliban Collaborate On Mobile App To Monitor Users In Afghanistan

Afghanistan International says the Afghan Taliban movement and Iran are collaborating to develop a mobile phone application believed to track and monitor users inside Afghanistan.

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Haaretz

The report says the app has supervisory and security features and may enable access to users' mobile phones and Internet-connected devices, with data potentially placed at the disposal of the structures under the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence.

Haaretz

Cybersecurity experts based in London warned that suspicious apps could access sensitive information such as geolocation, contact lists, messages, browsing history, and device permissions.

The same Afghanistan International report also says the Taliban, alongside Tehran, has taken a pragmatic stance toward regional tensions, especially after the '12-day war' between Iran and Israel in June last year.

الجزيرة نت describes a coordinated military assault on Iran on February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on day one dozens of targets in the heart of Tehran and several Iranian cities.

The article says Iran responded with a military operation targeting sites in Israel, in Gulf states and other countries under the pretext of targeting American interests there, and that Hezbollah joined the confrontation alongside Iran in early March 2026 with rocket attacks on sites in northern Israel.

Al-Jazeera Net

As the war surged, the report says Iran blocked navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global oil supplies and prompting wide international mobilization to secure the sea lanes.

In late March 2026, the Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) joined the front with drone and missile strikes toward targets in Israel, while diplomatic moves led by Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt and efforts by the United Nations sought de-escalation and a cease-fire through undisclosed channels of communication.

الجزيرة نت says that on April 8, 2026, after about 40 days of war, a two-week cease-fire was announced, brokered with Pakistani mediation.

“Information obtained by Afghanistan International indicates that the Afghan Taliban movement and Iran are collaborating to develop a mobile phone application believed to have the ability to track and monitor users inside Afghanistan”

Iran International

In Haaretz, Dahlia Scheindlin writes, "You can't forget the screams," in a piece dated May 07, 2026 and updated May 06, 2026.

Haaretz frames the moment by saying, "All Israelis of a certain age will remember where they were when they heard about the wedding hall in Jerusalem."

The Haaretz text then references the broader context of Israel-Iran conflict through its navigation of "Trump-Iran" and "Israel-Iran Live Updates," while the war timeline in ال جزيرة نت culminates in the cease-fire announcement brokered by Pakistan.