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The Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization (AJSO) on Friday, 29 March, demanded an end to the arrests, harassment, and deportations of Afghan journalists in Pakistan.

Australia has pledged $5 million to bolster United Nations efforts in delivering vital services to Afghan women and girls, the government announced on Friday.

Taliban border police arrested four Chinese nationals at Kabul Airport for attempting to smuggle 678 grams of raw gold to China, spokesperson Abidullah Farooqi announced.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani attended a recent security meeting in Kandahar chaired by Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada.

The Taliban has widened its ban on broadcasting images of living beings to media in Badakhshan, Baghlan, and Nimroz, bringing the total to 10 provinces, the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) reported on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House meeting with women on Thursday, lambasted Joe Biden for leaving billions of dollars’ worth of American military equipment in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan has sent its first export shipment to Europe, valued at £950,000, via the Khaf-Herat railway, according to the Taliban governor’s office in Herat.

Western nations are quietly aligning with United Nations efforts to reintegrate the Taliban into the global community under the guise of counterterrorism, according to a report by French newspaper Le Monde.

The World Food Programme (WFP) has projected that 3.5 million Afghan children will experience malnutrition this year, the highest level in four years, signalling an escalating crisis.

The Taliban has signed contracts worth 20.75 billion Afghanis (over £230 million) with domestic and foreign companies for ten power generation projects, aimed at producing 228 megawatts of wind, thermal, and solar energy across Afghanistan.

Rana Sanaullah, a senior adviser to Pakistan’s prime minister, has indicated that the March 31 deadline for expelling undocumented Afghan refugees is not final and may be reconsidered.

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada called for unity and warned against internal divisions in his Eid al-Fitr message released on Thursday.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that an individual accused of theft was publicly flogged in Kaldar district, Balkh province, on Wednesday, 26 March.

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, has urged FIFA to allow Afghan women footballers in exile to resume international competition, condemning the Taliban’s systematic gender discrimination.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced “deep disappointment” as the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education enters its fourth year, coinciding with the start of the new academic year.

Amrullah Saleh, former Vice President of Afghanistan, has labelled the Taliban a covert proxy for Western intelligence agencies, particularly the United States, in an interview with India’s Deccan Herald published Wednesday.

The US National Intelligence Agency has excluded Afghanistan from its latest annual report on terrorist threats to national security, released Tuesday, despite documented evidence of Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda presence in the Taliban-controlled nation.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, stated that Taliban officials discussed several issues during recent talks with a US delegation.

Human Rights Watch and the Sport & Rights Alliance are urging FIFA to recognize the Afghan women’s football team in exile, citing ongoing gender discrimination that threatens to exclude the team from major international competitions.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has voiced fresh alarm over Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, warning that sharp aid cuts have forced it to close some offices and reduce staff.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that 11.6 million Afghan children under five received polio vaccines in 2024.