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The women-only library had been opened for visitors in August 2022 by several women activists in Kabul.

These activists stated that the purpose of establishing this women’s library was to provide an environment for women and girls to access books even during a time when the Taliban had banned girls’ education in Afghanistan.

"We emptied the shelves, locked the door [of the Zan library], and transferred the books home," the library's founders said in a statement released on Monday.

According to the owners of Zan library, in addition to the Taliban's restrictions on women's activities, economic pressures also made it difficult to operate the women’s library.

Over the past 18 months since taking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have imposed extensive restrictions on the social life of Afghan women.

Currently, Afghan women and girls are prohibited from entering schools and universities across Afghanistan.

WFP stressed that the assistance was provided by the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Asian Development Bank.

This is while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that the number of people in need of aid in Afghanistan to be around 25 million in 2022.

Meanwhile, OCHA in a report announced that a staggering 80 percent of households across Afghanistan have experienced income reduction.

OCHA’s assessment shows that the economy of Afghans has deteriorated since 2019.

According to the UN organisation, the deteriorating economy caused a sharp decline in income, rising debt, and high unemployment under the Taliban.

According to Ebad, if the doctors receive professional training, Afghans will not spend their money on treatments abroad Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s minister of public health has discussed capacity building in the health sector in Afghanistan at a time when Doctors Without Borders have repeatedly warned about the collapse of the health system of Afghanistan.

In its latest report, this international organisation had stated that the inefficient system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions against women have dominated the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Doctors Without Borders questioned the Taliban’s policies against women and said that without education, there can be no training or education for the next generation of health workers in Afghanistan.

Abdul Hamid stressed that the people of Sistan and Baluchistan have the right to draw water from the Helmand river.

Referring to the water issues in the Sistan and Baluchistan region of Iran, Mawlawi Abdul Hamid said that the region enjoys good quality of land, but is left without water and the people suffer due to it.

He said that the Sistan region experiences dust storms and there is no water for agriculture and normal life.

With the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, Iranian authorities have repeatedly demanded Iran's water rights from the Helmand River.

Shortly after taking control of Afghanistan, the Taliban announced that they had released water from the Kamal Khan dam and recognised Iran's right to draw water.

Recently, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said that the Taliban have promised to provide Iran with water rights from the Helmand River. Despite the release of water from the Kamal Khan dam by the Taliban, Iran's foreign minister said that the Islamic Republic is not satisfied with the Taliban.

These prisoners entered Afghanistan via the Islam Qala border in Herat province.

The transfer of Afghan prisoners to the Taliban takes place at a time when according to the United Nations, Afghanistan’s judicial system has collapsed.

On the other hand, there is no oversight by human rights groups on the Taliban prisons, and numerous reports of death of people as a result of torture by the Taliban members have been published.

Over the past week, the Taliban also received 450 other Afghan prisoners from Iran.