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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced that Afghanistan is in urgent need of 18,000 skilled midwives. UNFPA warned that if this need is not met, many women's lives will be at risk.

On Thursday, August 23, the Taliban's Supreme Court announced that an individual had been publicly flogged 39 times in Khost province after being convicted of blasphemy.

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday, August 21, that it has officially recognised a Taliban diplomat as the Chargé d'Affaires of the Afghan Embassy in the country.

Sources in Nangarhar have informed Afghanistan International that at least 231 former members of the Afghan National Army, Police, and National Directorate of Security (NDS) are being held in a Taliban prison.

The Taliban's Ministry of Justice announced that Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the group, has enacted the "Law for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice”.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that a woman was flogged in Kabul on Wednesday on charges of having an extramarital affair.

Heshmatollah Soleimani, Deputy Director of Tehran Management and Planning Organisation, announced that there are officially 2.4 million "foreign nationals" in this province.

Norway-based Iran Human Rights reported that the Islamic Republic has executed 85 political prisoners, including eight Afghan citizens, in various prisons over the past 20 days.

The Taliban announced that Amir Khan Muttaqi, the group's foreign minister, traveled to Herat to meet Turkmenistan's foreign minister.

Nineteen female Afghan students arrived in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, to continue their medical studies with the help of the Linda Norgrove Charitable Foundation.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, criticised Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, for his reports on severe human rights violations in the country.

Over 13,000 people had been arrested by the Taliban's Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the past year for "immoral acts".

The book "Emirate Studies" had been distributed to students of 95 schools and 21 religious schools in Spin Boldak district as per an announcement made by the Taliban's governor's office in Kandahar.

Officials of the Taliban’s Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Virtue announced that the group destroyed 21,328 musical instruments across Afghanistan last year.

The Taliban's Foreign Ministry has rejected remarks made by Pakistani officials about the recurrence of another 9/11-type attack from Afghan soil.

Informed sources reported that the Taliban officials have arrested Abid Lemar, an active social media user and critic of the group.

A 17-member team of Afghan immigrants in Iran has successfully scaled Damavand, the highest peak in Iran, dedicating their achievement to Afghan girls and women who have been denied access to education and sports.

The Hengaw Human Rights Organisation reported on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has executed eight prisoners, including two Afghan nationals and one Baloch prisoner, in Yazd and Shiraz Central Prisons.

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has renewed his call for the Taliban to reopen schools and universities for women and girls, emphasising on the critical role of education in the country's independence and progress.

Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's Deputy Prime Minister, expressed concerns that while Afghans have historically triumphed on the battlefield, they have consistently faltered in the political arena.

Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban's Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, has stated that the implementation of Sharia law is the group's red line.