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he Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) announced that the source of the constant threats from terrorist groups is from the territory of Afghanistan.

The Taliban in Kabul has banned the broadcast of music in the media.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education announced that it has revoked the operating licences of 11 private educational institutions in nine provinces and has referred their officials to judicial bodies.

In response to Afghanistan International's investigative report on the torture of prisoners in Taliban prisons, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) said that the report is just the tip of the iceberg as compared to the "crimes" committed by the Taliban.

Suhail Shaheen, the head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar, announced that he met with Jean-Marin Schuh, chargé d'affaires of the French embassy in Afghanistan.

The Taliban has accused ISIS of carrying out the assassination of Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, the group’s Minister for Refugees, in what they described as a “brutal attack”.

The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting on Afghanistan on Thursday, December 12. The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva is scheduled to speak at the meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.

Sources have confirmed to Afghanistan International that Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban’s Minister for Refugees, has been killed in an explosion.

Rina Amiri, the US envoy for Afghan women, said on Tuesday that the Taliban's discriminatory policies have added to the suffering of the people, especially Afghan women.

On International Human Rights Day (December 10), a Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the group accepts human rights principles within the "framework of Sharia law and Afghan culture”.

Taliban members set fire to a man in Khyber District, Faryab province, on charges of being a member of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan. In a video provided to Afghanistan International, Taliban gunmen can be seen gathering around the man's body.

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day (December 10), the UN special rapporteur on human rights Richard Bennett said that Afghans face gender abuse, civil restrictions, torture and humanitarian crisis.

Coinciding with the International Human Rights Day (December 10), the Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had flogged a woman and a man in public on charges of "sexual relations" outside of marriage.

Sources in the Taliban's health ministry told AFP that at least 35,000 female students have been deprived of their education following the ban on women from medical institutions.

Coinciding with December 10, International Human Rights Day, the UN announced that if Afghans, especially women and girls, continue to be denied their rights, it will demonstrate the Taliban's deliberate and blatant irresponsibility for the welfare of the Afghan people.

The new Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, in a meeting with the Taliban’s foreign minister on Monday, said that he would facilitate visits by high-ranking Iranian and Taliban officials to expand relations between the two countries.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced that the country’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Ahmad Shakeeb, the Taliban's ambassador to Islamabad. The ministry added that during the meeting, it was agreed to strengthen mutual relations.

Several members of the Taliban's cabinet expressed their concerns about the "strength of the system" and "people's support" for the Taliban government during a meeting attended by the group's leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, sources told Afghanistan International.

The Australian Embassy in Afghanistan announced the meeting of Stephanie Copus Campbell, the country's ambassador for gender equality, with the representative of the United Nations Women's Section.

Even though medical educational institutions have been closed to girls, the Taliban's Minister of Health, Noor Jalal Jalali, met with representatives of international organisations.

In response to Afghanistan International's investigative report, the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that there is no torture in the group's prisons.