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The human rights organisation Rawadari says the Taliban have failed to fully criminalise the beating of children under their criminal courts’ code of procedure.

The Taliban’s minister for the propagation of virtue has claimed that the rights of Ismailis in Afghanistan are protected, despite multiple reports documenting abuses against the religious minority.

Taliban provincial governors from across Afghanistan have held a meeting in Kandahar to discuss political, security and economic issues, the office of the Taliban governor in the province said.

Richard Lindsay, the UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan, met on Tuesday with Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb, the Taliban’s representative in Islamabad, to discuss regional security and the impact of Taliban policies on Afghan women and girls.

Donald Trump has again criticised the administration of Joe Biden over the manner of the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying Washington should not have left Bagram Air Base.

The 10th meeting of ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) opened on Wednesday in Islamabad without the participation of a representative from the Taliban. The two-day meeting is focused on strengthening regional cooperation on disaster risk reduction.

Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan will not achieve stability unless the roots of terrorism are eliminated, accusing the Afghan Taliban of failing to prevent militant activities originating from Afghan soil.

China has urged its citizens not to travel to Afghanistan following a deadly ISIS attack in Kabul, warning that the country’s security situation is highly complex and dangerous.

The Taliban Supreme Court said 19 people, including two women, were publicly flogged in the provinces of Nangarhar and Balkh.

The special envoys of Pakistan and the United Kingdom for Afghanistan held talks in Islamabad focused on cross-border militant attacks and wider regional security concerns.

Taliban intelligence agents raided a guesthouse in Kabul housing dozens of Afghans accepted for relocation to Germany, detaining and interrogating residents for hours, informed sources told Afghanistan International.

The Islamic State group’s Khorasan branch, known as ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area.

An explosion in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area on Monday killed at least seven people and injured 13 others, according to Emergency Hospital Afghanistan.

China’s embassy in Tajikistan warned on Monday that security conditions along the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border are “extremely dire and complex” following a recent clash.

Taliban authorities have confirmed that an explosion in Kabul’s Shahr-e Naw area on Monday caused casualties.

Abdul Kabir, the Taliban’s minister for refugees, has met with Kenichi Masamoto, Japan’s newly appointed ambassador in Kabul, to discuss humanitarian assistance and future cooperation, according to a Taliban statement.

US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticised the invitation of Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, comparing it to inviting Adolf Hitler to an international event.

Ali Ahmad Jalali, Afghanistan’s former interior minister, says efforts to shape the country’s future must begin with the establishment of a legitimate government.

The United States has welcomed Argentina’s decision to designate the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation.

The World Food Programme on Sunday warned of a sharp deterioration in Afghanistan’s hunger crisis, saying food insecurity and malnutrition are spreading across the country at an alarming pace.

Jim Risch, a Republican US senator, said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will review legislation later this month to prevent US taxpayer money from reaching terrorist groups, stressing that no American funds should go to the Taliban.