The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that its forces attacked a Taliban outpost in the centre of Parwan province, killing one Taliban member and injuring two other members.
The Front has increased its attacks against the Taliban in recent days.
On Wednesday, AFF stated in a press release that the Taliban fighter killed in this attack was named "Amaldin.”
The Taliban has not yet publicly commented on the attack.
AFF occasionally reports attacks on Taliban bases in various regions of Afghanistan.
Recently, Sadr Ibrahim, the deputy director of the Taliban's intelligence agency, called for coordination and focus on security in the northern regions of Afghanistan.
Armed groups opposing the Taliban, including the Afghanistan Freedom Front and the National Resistance Front, primarily fight against Taliban forces in the northern provinces.
United Nations experts, referring to the policies and practices of the Taliban against Afghan women and girls, have called for the inclusion of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.
They said that gender apartheid was a "real threat" to millions of women and girls around the world.
These experts emphasised that adding gender apartheid to the list of crimes against humanity would be a long overdue recognition by the international community.
According to them, "Laws, policies and practices that relegate women to conditions of extreme inequality and oppression, with the intent of effectively extinguishing their human rights, reflect the very core of apartheid systems."
UN experts said that the Taliban's edicts, policies, and practices in Afghanistan create an institutionalised system of discrimination, oppression and domination over women and girls, which amounts to gender apartheid.
“The Taliban’s rule makes codifying gender apartheid in international law particularly urgent, as it would allow the international community to better identify and address the regime’s attacks on Afghan women and girls for what they are,” the experts added.
These experts demanded the inclusion of gender apartheid in the list of crimes against humanity under the second article of the draft articles on the prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.
They also called on member states and the United Nations General Assembly to support the recognition of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.
In the past two and a half years, the Taliban had issued dozens of decrees restricting women in various areas of life, such as social participation, education, employment, freedom of movement, and travel.
Several human rights experts and activists have called the Taliban's actions against Afghan women an example of "gender apartheid".
Afghan citizens and activists have repeatedly launched demonstrations in cities around the world and demanded the recognition of gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
Matthew Miller, US State Department spokesperson told Afghanistan International, that the US was not surprised that the Taliban did not participate in the Doha meeting as they have different goals.
Miller emphasised that the Taliban are not the only ones who have a stake in the future of Afghanistan.
He made these statement on Tuesday in response to the question of Marzia Hussaini, a reporter of Afghanistan International, about the US assessment of the Taliban's representative not going to the Doha meeting and the refusal of Russia and Iran to meet with the representatives of the Afghan civil society.
US State Department Spokesperson added that they encourage every country to interact with representatives of the civil society in addition to the Taliban.
The special representatives of Russia and Iran refused to meet with five representatives of the Afghan civil society at the Doha meeting at the request of the Taliban's foreign ministry. The Taliban's Foreign Ministry has said that they were invited to this UN meeting in Qatar without consulting with them.
Miller said that the purpose of the US special representatives' participation in the Doha meeting was to re-emphasise the Taliban's commitment to respect human rights and prevent Afghanistan from becoming a hotbed for terrorism.
“We were trying to achieve a number of things: One, to make it clear that Afghanistan should not be a hotbed for terrorist activities that impact other countries; two, a vision for Afghanistan with inclusive institutions in which its diverse groups all feel represented in a state that is truly inclusive; and number three, a concern about the respect of human rights, and in particular the rights of women and girls,” he said.
At the same time as the start of the Doha meeting on February 19, Abdul Salaam Hanafi, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, in a meeting with Kanni Wignaraja the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, said that the Taliban has ensured security in Afghanistan and has been successful in the fight against terrorism. Therefore, they have fulfilled the conditions for recognition.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister, was scheduled to attend the Doha meeting. However, the participation of the senior Taliban diplomat was called off due to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres declining to meet with Muttaqi.
During a press conference, Guterres said that accepting the demands of the Taliban’s foreign minister was equivalent to recognising the group. He emphasised that the Taliban will not be recognised if they disregard the concerns of the world.
Tajmir Jawad, the Deputy Director of the Taliban's Intelligence Service, told the group's suicide bombers in the Zherai district of Kandahar province, that suicide attacks would be executed to protect and defend the Taliban regime if necessary.
Several sources close to the Taliban told Abdulhaq Omari, a journalist for the Pashto section of Afghanistan International, that Tajmir Jawad had met with suicide attackers on February 18.
The sources said that the group’s suicide attackers reside at the house of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the founder of the Taliban, in Zherai district of Kandahar.
During the meeting with the suicide attackers, Jawad referred to Mullah Mohammad Omar's house, and said, "In this humble mud house, the Islamic movement of the Taliban was founded, and once again, the opportunity to establish an Islamic regime has been obtained."
The Taliban's intelligence deputy told the suicide attackers that their comrades have supported the Afghan Taliban movement with their blood and that they will protect this regime, which has been achieved through "jihad" and struggle, with their own blood”.
He also stated, "We were and are suicide bombers, and whenever necessary, you and I will be the first to carry out suicide [martyrdom] operations to protect and defend this regime."
Although Mullah Hibatullah has relocated all suicide fighters to specific units of this group, sources told Afghanistan International that Tajmir Jawad also oversees the "Al-Hamza Martyrdom Battalion" in Kabul, which has been deployed to other provinces for combat, when needed.
Tajmir Jawad is a key member of the Haqqani network, previously accused by the former Afghan government of involvement in deadly attacks on civilian targets.
The Kabul University attack on November 2, 2020, which resulted in the deaths of 22 students and left more than 40 others wounded, is one of the charges against him by the former government. Although ISIS-Khorasan claimed responsibility for the attack.
This Haqqani network member is also considered the mastermind behind the attack on Kabul Bank in Nangarhar, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of civilians.
British MP Baroness Kennedy said that Hazara refugees would face persecution due to their religious beliefs if they were transferred to Rwanda.
She added that the Hazara community in Afghanistan and Pakistan is persecuted by the Taliban and other extremist groups.
According to her, many of the refugees who fled Afghanistan and came to Britain following the Taliban’s takeover of power are Hazaras.
Kennedy added that she conducted an inquiry last year which showcased how Hazaras face severe threats from the Taliban and "other extremist groups”.
According to Kennedy, Hazara refugees will not be safe in Rwanda due to their religious beliefs.
The British government plans to send asylum seekers who enter the UK in small boats via the sea route to Rwanda for processing. This plan faces widespread opposition within the UK.
Earlier last year, the British Supreme Court declared this plan illegal.
Just a day following the end of the Doha conference, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, clarified that their non-participation should not be interpreted as a rift with the global community.
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir underscored the Taliban's commitment to ensuring a "positive and meaningful" involvement in the forthcoming United Nations gatherings.
As reported by Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), under Taliban control, Abdul Kabir, during his discussion with the Japanese Ambassador in Afghanistan, pointed out that the Taliban were primed for involvement in the Doha conference under specific prerequisites they had established. However, he lamented that the organisers of the meeting failed to seize this opportunity.
Furthermore, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban expressed his optimism towards the remarks made by the UN Secretary-General about future conferences on Afghanistan, indicating the Taliban's optimistic outlook toward these engagements.