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On Thursday, Sayara Dashty, head of the Fahim Dashty Foundation, received the King Charles III Coronation Medal from the Canadian Parliament.

The Taliban’s Security and Clearance Commission, led by Defence Minister Mullah Yaqub, held a meeting in Kandahar. According to the commission, the discussions focused on security measures, drug trafficking, and border security. However, no specific decisions were disclosed.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has blamed the country’s ongoing security challenges on past alignment and support by some Pakistani officials for the Afghan Taliban.

As Iran continues efforts to secure its water rights from the Taliban, the Group’s Ministry of Energy and Water has announced that Tehran is cooperating with the Taliban on water infrastructure projects.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied claims linking the group to the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) attack on a passenger train in Balochistan, Pakistan.

The human rights organisation Haalvsh reported that Iranian security forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying Afghan migrants in a village in Sistan and Baluchestan. The organisation stated that one person was killed by a gunshot to the head, and three others were injured.

The European Union Delegation in Afghanistan has emphasised that access to healthcare is essential for Afghan women. This statement was made on the final day of the EU’s five-day campaign marking International Women’s Day.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) has condemned the attack on the Jaffar Express train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, where Baloch militants took passengers hostage.

The Pakistan Army has claimed that the mastermind behind the Jaffar Express train attack in Balochistan was operating from Afghanistan.

The second round of talks between Pakistani and Afghan tribal elders and traders aimed at reopening the Torkham border crossing was cancelled on Wednesday.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has described the recent surge in opium prices as historic. In 2024, the price of one kilogram of opium soared to $750, ten times its 2022 value.

The European Union (EU) has condemned the Taliban’s systematic suppression of women and girls during a UNHCR Standing Committee session. The EU urged full and equal human rights for Afghan women and called for their empowerment, participation, and leadership in society.

Ireland’s Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll, has strongly condemned the Taliban’s human rights violations against Afghan women. She made these remarks during a meeting with members of the Women’s Forum on Afghanistan.

China and Pakistan have expressed concern about militant threats from terror groups such as Treek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), and ISIS-Khorasan in Afghanistan.

The Taliban has announced that two Indian businessmen have proposed a mining project in Panjshir. The proposal was made during an emerald auction in the province, according to the Taliban’s Information and Culture Directorate.

India has expressed interest in launching major development projects in Afghanistan, according to its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s Interior Minister, has gone into hiding over fears of assassination, according to Ahmad Zia Saraj, former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS).

The Taliban’s morality police have banned women from praying in mosques in Kandahar and Herat, sources told Afghanistan International.

Amir Saeed Iravani, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has stated that Afghan legal migrants in Iran face no restrictions, and Iranian consulates in Afghanistan issue 5,000 visas daily.

The Taliban judiciary has sentenced six people to public flogging in Hesa Duwum Kohistan district of Kapisa province. The group accused one woman and five men of extramarital relations.

Senior diplomats from the United States, United Kingdom, China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan have raised strong concerns over the Taliban’s governance, security threats, and human rights violations in Afghanistan.