Afghan Women Hold Protests in Kabul, Again

According to the Logar local media center, Akhundazada, while flogging these people, emphasised that the implementation of Hudud and the implementation of Sharia law is important.

He said that on the orders of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, they will implement "Hodud". He added that the cases of the accused have been investigated and they have confessed to their crimes.

Mawlawi Enayatullah Shoja, the deputy governor of the Taliban for Logar, also said that the purpose of the Taliban is to strengthen the Islamic system and implement Sharia law.

Shoja stressed that the implementation of Sharia is the solution to Afghanistan's major challenges.

Images posted on social media show that hundreds of people had gathered at the football stadium to watch the flogging.

Hudud refers to offences which, under Islamic law, certain types of punishment are mandated, while qisas translates as “retaliation in kind” -- effectively an eye for an eye. Hudud crimes include adultery -- and falsely accusing someone of it -- drinking alcohol, theft, kidnapping and highway robbery, apostasy, and rebellion.

Naryshkin told reporters, "We discussed a wide range of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan and cooperation regarding the situation in Afghanistan and its surroundings."

The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service emphasised that considering the current situation, it is necessary to ensure national and regional security of the two countries.

Islamic State-Khurasan (IS-K) has targeted the Russian embassy in Afghanistan and the borders of Tajikistan after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.

Tajikistan has stressed that terrorists are present on the borders of Afghanistan and threaten the security of the region.

Russia and Tajikistan have agreed to hold a joint military exercise in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation near the Afghan border in 2023 to prevent terrorist threats.

Manawi said on Tuesday, "My mission was successfully completed. Criminals will be brought to justice, the International Criminal Court has committed to it."

He stressed, "Finally, the documents we obtained were handed over to the court and the necessary discussions were held with a high level of decision-making.”

Manawi did not name war crimes of a specific group in Afghanistan but earlier, he had announced his visit to Europe and that he would hold discussions with human rights groups and prominent European figures regarding crimes committed by the Taliban.

He had said that he will present documents of "war crimes, human rights violations, and genocide by the Taliban" in these meetings.

Manawi is one of the members of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.

The US Secretary of State stressed, "Qatar's support to the people of Afghanistan has strengthened our partnership."

Meanwhile, the US State Department has said that the efforts of the US and Qatar to transfer Afghan citizens to the US are currently ongoing.

Several Afghan citizens are currently in Qatar and waiting for their transfer to the US.

Rashid added that these protests are internal issues of the respective countries and Afghan nationals should not participate in them.

The Taliban's call to Afghan refugees comes while Iranian citizens have been holding nationwide protests for several weeks across Iran.

However so far, the Iranian government has not spoken about the participation of Afghan immigrants in the demonstrations.

On Tuesday, Iran's judiciary announced that the government of Iran had arrested 40 foreign citizens in connection with the country’s recent protests. However, it has not revealed more information about the identity of the arrested individuals.