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The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had flogged five people, including a woman, on charges of extramarital affairs and same-sex relations.

The United Kingdom has stated that the Taliban's recent decision to ban medical education for Afghan women and girls is deeply concerning and called for a global consensus against the Taliban's restrictive decisions.

The Taliban-controlled Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) announced the extension of the contract to buy electricity from Turkmenistan until 2025.

Local sources said that the Taliban's intelligence agency has banned guests from staying overnight in hotels and inns near Kabul's "Green Zone".

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders has said that the Taliban's decision to ban women's education in medical institutions threatens Afghanistan's health system and will have serious consequences for women's health.

Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), met with a number of members of the Afghan Women's Coalition.

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce announced that the level of trade exchange between Afghanistan and Pakistan has decreased from $2.5 billion to $700 million. The organisation blamed Islamabad for the decline in trade with Afghanistan.

Rina Amiri, the US special representative for Afghan women's affairs, said on Thursday that the Taliban's policies and actions show complete disregard for Afghanistan's international obligations.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has said that it is holding talks with the Afghan Taliban on combating the threat of terrorism from Afghan soil.

Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the international Criminal Court in The Hague on Thursday met with a number of Afghan women activists and said that they would hear good news about Afghanistan soon.

Espen Barth Eide, Norway's foreign minister, announced that he would not accept the group's representative as Afghanistan's ambassador to Oslo due to the Taliban's treatment of women.

The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees announced on Thursday that the Pakistani police have arrested nearly 800 Afghan refugees in recent days on charges of participating in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political demonstrations.

Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada labeled foreign organisations in Afghanistan as "spies" during a meeting in Kandahar and called for their closure.

A number of women and girls protested in front of the Taliban governor's office in Herat on Thursday over the closure of medical institutes.

UNICEF expressed concern regarding the Taliban's decision to ban women and girls from studying in medical fields.

Taliban’s Intelligence Agency In Takhar Arrests Medical Institute Students For Protesting

Informed sources told Afghanistan International that in the past year, Mullah Hibatullah, the Taliban leader, has appointed more than 150 of his close associates from lower positions to higher positions in the name of reforms.

The Pakistani newspaper "Hum" reported on the intensification of the efforts of the Chinese special envoy to reduce tensions between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan.

Following the Taliban's order to ban girls' education in medical institutions, the Taliban's Minister of Public Health, Noor Jalal Jalali, stressed on the importance of traditional medicine.

International aid organisations have warned that one in three people in Afghanistan is at risk of starvation during the winter season.

The European Union called the Taliban's decision to ban the education of women and girls in medical institutions a "horrific violation" of basic human rights and an unjustifiable attack on the education of Afghan women.