More than 50 leading international law and human rights experts have called for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime under international law, with a focus on the situation of Afghan women.
Local sources told Afghanistan International that Taliban positions in Argo district of Badakhshan came under rocket attack on Thursday evening, 6 August.
Uzbek and Kazakh business representatives have agreed to jointly expand exports to third markets, particularly Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, following a trade forum in Tashkent.
A Fatemiyoun Division commander told Afghanistan International that Tehran’s warm relations with the Taliban had fuelled growing discontent within the militia’s ranks.
Local sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban’s opposition fighters seized a Taliban outpost in Deh Salah of Andarab district on Wednesday night seizing weapons and equipment following a rocket attack and clash.
Informed sources told Afghanistan International that a delegation of former Afghan officials and Members of Parliament had travelled to Islamabad for talks with senior Pakistani military and security officials.
Russia’s UN envoy warned that expanding terrorist activity, the movement of foreign fighters and terrorists’ use of emerging technologies pose a threat to global security.
Pakistan’s UN envoy Asim Iftikhar urged member states to confront what he called the growing terrorist threat from Afghanistan, saying multiple groups had expanded their operations since the Taliban’s return.
China’s UN envoy, Sun Lei, said terrorist groups based in Afghanistan remain a serious threat to the country and its neighbours, warning that IS-K is strengthening its motivation and ability to carry out cross-border attacks.
The International Organization for Migration has warned that climate-related disasters in Afghanistan have driven humanitarian needs to unprecedented levels.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front claimed on Wednesday that its forces had fired rockets at Kunduz airport. No details have been released about the timing, damage or possible casualties.
Amid increased military activity by anti-Taliban groups, Ahmadullah Badr, the Taliban’s police chief in Panjshir, warned that armed entry into Afghanistan would bring severe consequences.
As the Taliban complete five years in power this August, two confident predictions made in the autumn of 2021 have both aged badly.
The Peshawar High Court has ordered Pakistani police and security agencies not to detain or deport two Afghan journalists and a former soldier until the Interior Ministry decides their cases.
Amid increasing Taliban pressure on the media, a senior official has urged outlets to report on the “crimes of the past 20 years” and the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.
The United States and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to stronger cooperation on counterterrorism, border security and dismantling networks that support extremist groups.
Local sources in Herat say Taliban morality police detained at least three women in the Bakrabad area of Herat on Tuesday evening.
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said there was currently no movement among member states towards recognising the Taliban.
A Taliban official has warned that members of the group are again prepared to carry out suicide operations amid increased activity by armed opposition groups.
Abdul Hai Qanit, head of the Taliban Foreign Ministry’s Centre for Strategic Studies, has urged vigilance over regional developments following the recent conflict between Iran and the United States.
A Fatemiyoun Division commander told Afghanistan International on Tuesday that he and hundreds of fighters under his command were ready to fight the Taliban.
Vasile Tofan, Moldova’s prime minister, called the arrival of a Taliban Agriculture Ministry delegation shameful and unacceptable, blaming an assessment error and institutional failure.