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The Taliban have introduced a new uniform for the group's army, selecting an official dress code for forces operating under their Ministry of Defense.

Afghanistan Women’s Rights Watch, in cooperation with the Türkiye-based ARSA Association, says it documented 411 cases of rights violations against women and girls in Afghanistan in 2025, according to the group’s annual report.

The Taliban have instructed teaching hospitals in Afghanistan to prevent male and female medical staff from working together in operating rooms, according to a document obtained by Afghanistan International.

The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Uzbekistan says a meeting of the contact group of special representatives for Afghanistan will be held Monday, February 16, in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital.

Murtaza Solangi, spokesperson for Pakistan’s president, again criticised the Taliban after reports that the body of a former Afghan serviceman was exhumed from his grave in Uruzgan province.

Hanif Atmar, a member of the leadership council of the Afghanistan National Movement for Peace and Justice, has confirmed a split within the political group.

The Taliban’s chief spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Pashto-language radio service that Afghans would be prepared to cooperate with the Iranian people if the United States were to attack Iran.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Energy and Water has warned that heavy rainfall could trigger flooding in parts of Afghanistan, particularly in the Harirod, Murghab and Helmand river basins, on Sunday and Monday.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says more than 5.4 million Afghan migrants have returned from neighbouring countries since late 2023, warning that the scale of returns is placing severe pressure on humanitarian assistance.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference that the global order should not take precedence over national interests.

Iran’s vice president and head of the Department of Environment, Shina Ansari, said negotiations with the Taliban on water rights are continuing, adding that understandings reached so far have been verbal.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front says its forces carried out an attack on a Taliban watchtower in Baharak district of Badakhshan province on Friday evening, killing two Taliban members.

Journalist support organisations marked World Radio Day by raising concern over increasing Taliban restrictions on media in Afghanistan, as the Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture urged broadcasters to comply with its policies.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has urged Western countries to reconsider their sanctions policy after the UN Security Council extended the mandate of the sanctions monitoring team related to the Taliban, describing the move as ineffective.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved an international agreement on a feasibility study for the Trans-Afghan railway, establishing a framework for a regional transport corridor linking Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan.

Women business owners say the Taliban prevented them from entering the third international construction exhibition in Kabul, which opened on February 12. The executions is scheduled to run until February 16.

Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president of the United States, has called on the Taliban to release American hostages, warning that Donald Trump has made clear the group must stop detaining US citizens or face consequences.

The chief of staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has warned that numerous international extremist and terrorist groups are operating in Afghanistan, posing a risk of instability across the region.

The UN Security Council on Thursday, February 12, extended the mandate of its sanctions monitoring team overseeing measures against the Taliban and entities threatening Afghanistan’s peace and security for another year, keeping the group under UN sanctions.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says a new United Nations sanctions monitoring report supports Islamabad’s long-standing concerns about the presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Islamic State group in Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s Finance Ministry says it is reactivating the Afghanistan–Saudi Arabia Joint Economic Commission on the orders of the group’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, in an effort to expand bilateral economic cooperation.