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Grain exports from Kazakhstan to Afghanistan nearly doubled between September 2025 and the end of January 2026, the country’s national railway company said.

Human Rights Watch said in its annual report that the Taliban expanded repression in 2025 by tightening restrictions on women and girls, increasing media controls and presiding over a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Afghanistan ranks third globally for the highest number of casualties caused by explosive ordnance, the United Nations Mine Action Programme said, warning that explosive remnants of war continue to threaten livelihoods and food security.

The fourth counter-narcotics working group meeting under the Doha Process was held in Kabul, hosted by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). During the meeting, the Taliban representatives raised concerns about the spread of synthetic drugs.

Türkiye has reduced the level of its diplomatic representation in Afghanistan following the end of the mission of its former ambassador to Kabul.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Afghan migrants were not involved in operating drones during the recent 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, rejecting rumours that Afghans had been arrested over flying the devices.

The Taliban have rejected comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about security threats originating from Afghanistan, saying no country has faced danger from Afghan territory in recent years.

The UN Security Council is set to vote on extending the mandate of the monitoring team supporting the Afghanistan 1988 Sanctions Committee, a move that would keep Taliban-linked individuals and entities under UN sanctions.

Taliban courts flogged 40 people in Kabul and Faryab province on various charges, according to statements from the group’s judicial authorities.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said developments in Afghanistan and security risks in Central Asia are among the main concerns for the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

A Taliban official said the group’s messaging channels are weak and warned that failing to compete on social media would allow opposing narratives to gain ground.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education said a faculty of what it described as “Prophetic Traditional Medicine” will be established at Kabul Medical University under a decree by the group’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.

A new round of polio vaccination began Monday in 18 provinces of Afghanistan, a spokesperson for the Taliban-run Ministry of Public Health said.

Militants attacked government facilities in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, setting buildings on fire and seizing vehicles, local officials said Monday.

The Taliban’s ambassador to Russia said Afghanistan, as an observer member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, should be allowed to participate in the bloc’s meetings.

The Taliban’s ambassador to Russia said the number of direct flights between Afghanistan and Russia is expected to increase.

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations said militant attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan have increased sharply and described the situation as “intolerable”.

A Saudi company has expressed interest in investing in the TAPI gas pipeline project, Taliban officials said after talks with Turkmenistan’s foreign minister.

Pakistan’s chief minister of Balochistan said security forces killed 145 militants within 40 hours following coordinated attacks across the province.

More than two-thirds of Afghanistan’s provinces are facing drought and water shortages, with about 16 million people in urgent need of safe drinking water, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

The head of the Pakistan Ulema Council accused the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan of supporting militants and failing to act against armed groups targeting Pakistan.