Valery Semrikov, deputy secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has announced that the bloc will supply military equipment to Tajikistan, saying the quantity designated for delivery has already been approved.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that women and girls in Afghanistan continue to face severe and persistent restrictions, saying the conditions undermine their fundamental rights as well as the country’s future.
The Taliban’s embassy in Qatar says Suhail Shaheen has met in Doha with the United Kingdom’s special envoy for Afghanistan, a senior adviser to the European Institute of Peace and the UN secretary-general’s representative for children and armed conflict.
The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that four men and three women were publicly flogged in the Gospandi district of Sar-e Pol province and the Behsud district of Maidan Wardak on charges described as illicit relationships.
US President Donald Trump has compared countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti and Somalia to “hellholes,” reiterating that he has halted immigration from what he described as “third-world countries.”
Gilles Bertrand, the European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, has travelled to Kabul for talks with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister.
A number of Afghan political figures, including Ahmad Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ismail Khan, Hanif Atmar, Mohammad Mohaqiq and Atta Mohammad Noor, have called for a UN-supervised intra-Afghan peace talks.
Abdullah Qarluq, spokesperson for the National Resistance Council for Salvation of Afghanistan, says three major political movements opposing the Taliban have reached an agreement and are speaking with a unified voice to address the current crisis.
Yerkin Tukumov, Kazakhstan’s special envoy to Afghanistan discussed border security, combating drug trafficking and continuing cooperation on the construction of a railway via Turkmenistan in a meeting with Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.
The Trump administration has shifted its immigration approach into a phase that has resulted in sudden detentions, cancelled interviews and halted legal processes for thousands of Afghans in the United States.
The lawyer for an Afghan asylum-seeker in the United States says his client whofled Taliban threats and harassment last year is now at risk of deportation “without having committed any crime.”
The Global Coalition for the Protection of Education from Attack (GCPEA) has said that authoritarian regimes and non-state armed groups are depriving women and girls of education through intimidation and violence.
A new report by Germany’s Federal Police indicates that newly arrived Syrian and Afghan migrants without residency status are involved in crime, particularly violent offences and homicides, at disproportionately higher rates than Germans.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday called for expanding political and economic cooperation with Kazakhstan during a meetingwith Yerkin Tukumov, Kazakhstan’s special representative for Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, has said the Afghan Taliban have been given a clear message that they must choose between supporting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or maintaining relations with Islamabad.
The Taliban’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Nooruddin Azizi, has discussed the challenges facing Chinese investors in Afghanistan during a meeting with China’s ambassador in Kabul, Zhao Xing.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e Islami, has travelled to Malaysia for medical treatment, sources told Afghanistan International. The trip marks his first known foreign travel since the Taliban allegedly imposed restrictions on his movements last year.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Taliban to release all reporters jailed in Afghanistan, using the lead-up to International Human Rights Day on 10 December to renew international pressure on the group.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Sunday that 18,000 tonnes of oil from the Qashqari oilfield in Sar-e Pol province had been sold through a public bidding process for roughly $10.5 million.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says digital violence is limiting Afghan women’s access to education, markets and economic opportunities.
Gul Hassan, the Taliban’s ambassador in Moscow, said Iran’s Chabahar port is becoming a key route for Afghanistan’s foreign trade, with daily commercial flows through the port increasing.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says 34 people have been publicly flogged in Khost province on charges including drug trafficking and forgery.