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The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had publicly flogged two women and a man in Faryab province on charges of having sex and running away from home.

The UN Secretary-General reported that anti-Taliban fronts, including the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, have carried out 73 attacks against the Taliban.

A Gulf-based media outlet, The National, has reported that the Taliban has jammed the only remaining free press television station covering Afghanistan potentially with Iran’s assistance.

During a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Kabul, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister called on neighbouring countries and the region not to look at Afghanistan solely from a security perspective.

The European Union Agency for Asylum reported on Monday that 45,000 Afghans have applied for asylum in European countries in the first half of 2024.

The Taliban's Supreme Court has reported the flogging of at least 37 people, including women, from mid-August to mid-September.

The Taliban on Monday suspended a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported, citing the United Nations.

The New York Times has reported that Trump assassination suspect Ryan Wesley Routh said last year that he was looking to recruit former Afghan troops to fight in Ukraine.

Sources told Afghanistan International that a delegation of Pakistani military and civilian officials travelled to Kandahar on Sunday to discuss the border issues between the two countries.

On Sunday, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) said that the Taliban has not been able to gain internal legitimacy and that the relationship between countries and this group is based solely on tactical interests.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur met with Hafiz Mohibullah, the Taliban's consul general in Peshawar, to discuss the peace talks.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stressed on the need to protect at-risk communities in Afghanistan, including the Hazaras.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the shooting of Hazaras in Daikundi "heinous" and condemned it.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) claims to have killed three Taliban members and injured two others during a targeted operation on Friday evening in the ninth district of Kabul.

A number of Afghan political leaders called the jamming of Afghanistan International TV broadcasts a sign of "fear and defeat" of the Taliban.

An official letter from the Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has been obtained by Afghanistan International, indicating that Asif Durrani, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan affairs, has been dismissed from his position.

The Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AFJC) has strongly condemned the Taliban’s crackdown on Afghanistan International and called on the group to immediately and permanently stop jamming the satellite frequency of the media outlet.

The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared the termination of Hassan Soroosh, the Afghan ambassador appointed by the former government, from his position in Canada.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul on Friday, September 13, condemned the shooting of Shia civilians in Daikundi province and called for the punishment of those responsible.

Information received by Afghanistan International indicates that ISIS terrorists used a US-made weapon to kill at least 14 Hazara civilians in Daikundi.

Following widespread criticism of the Taliban's laws, the group's Ministry of Justice issued a warning that anyone opposing their ratified legislative documents will be brought to trial.