The Taliban’s Supreme Court said 30 people were publicly flogged in Nimruz, Nangarhar, Farah and Paktika provinces on charges including extramarital relations, theft, and violence against parents.
Richard Lindsay, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for Afghanistan, has called on the Taliban to lift restrictions preventing female staff from accessing United Nations offices.
The Taliban’s disaster management authority says at least six people have died and seven others were injured in flooding over the past 24 hours, with 533 homes damaged and more than 1,000 families displaced.
Malala Yousafzai has urged countries to support the rights of Afghan women and girls, saying women’s rights must be a non-negotiable condition in any talks with the Taliban.
A new round of talks between the Taliban and Pakistan is set to be held in Urumqi, China, with diplomatic sources confirming participation by Pakistani officials and Taliban representatives from key ministries.
A peace jirga in Peshawar, attended by about 60 political, civil and religious figures, has called for the continuation of a ceasefire between the Taliban administration and Islamabad and urged both sides to resolve disputes through diplomacy.
The Norwegian Refugee Council says more than 28,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran since the war began, warning returnees urgently need food, shelter, clean water and other basic services.
The UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan says the latest UN report shows another shocking regression, warning no country can progress while half its population is excluded from education, work and public life.
The Taliban Supreme Court says it has flogged six people, including two women, in Samangan and Balkh, accusing them of running away from home, extramarital relations and same-sex relations.
The Taliban’s use of drones has evolved over five years from commercial surveillance aircraft and propaganda tools into a more ambitious program involving armed and apparent one-way attack drones.
A joint tribal jirga aimed at ending the conflict between the Taliban and Pakistan has been convened in Peshawar. Political figures, tribal elders, religious scholars and civil society representatives attended the gathering.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce says trade between Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and Russia has reached $538 million annually.
The Taliban said their forces destroyed a Pakistani army border post near the Durand Line in Dangam district of Kunar province.
The Taliban say construction of the TAPI gas pipeline inside Afghanistan has progressed by 25 kilometres, with work on a further 120 kilometres prepared to begin.
Informed sources told Afghanistan International on Monday that Taliban and Pakistani officials held a meeting in Torkham to discuss resuming movement through the crossing.
The Taliban’s disaster management authority says at least 28 people have died and 49 were injured in flooding and heavy rain over the past four days, with 567 homes destroyed across several provinces.
Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said on X that Beijing supports Islamabad’s efforts to ease tensions in the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has executed two political prisoners, Akbar Daneshvar-Kar and Mohammad Taghavi, at Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front has announced it has resumed attacks against the Taliban after halting operations during Ramadan.
Russia’s trade centre in Afghanistan said the Taliban are seeking to purchase two million tonnes of fuel annually from Russia.
Local Taliban officials in Ghazni said four children were killed after a landmine exploded in a village, blaming the incident on children handling unexploded ordnance.
Local sources in Herat told Afghanistan International that Taliban intelligence arrested two civil activists early on Saturday after they called for girls’ schools to reopen.