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UNICEF expressed concern regarding the Taliban's decision to ban women and girls from studying in medical fields.

Taliban’s Intelligence Agency In Takhar Arrests Medical Institute Students For Protesting

Informed sources told Afghanistan International that in the past year, Mullah Hibatullah, the Taliban leader, has appointed more than 150 of his close associates from lower positions to higher positions in the name of reforms.

The Pakistani newspaper "Hum" reported on the intensification of the efforts of the Chinese special envoy to reduce tensions between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan.

Following the Taliban's order to ban girls' education in medical institutions, the Taliban's Minister of Public Health, Noor Jalal Jalali, stressed on the importance of traditional medicine.

International aid organisations have warned that one in three people in Afghanistan is at risk of starvation during the winter season.

The European Union called the Taliban's decision to ban the education of women and girls in medical institutions a "horrific violation" of basic human rights and an unjustifiable attack on the education of Afghan women.

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai regretted the closure of medical institutes for girls and asked the Taliban to immediately reverse this ban and reopen schools and universities for girls.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court has publicly flogged six people in Khost and one person in Faryab on various charges.

In an interview with Ukrinform newspaper, the former ambassador of Estonia to Afghanistan, Harri Tiido said that Russia has significant political and economic interests in Afghanistan, including the use of lithium mines.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that on Tuesday evening, it targeted the convoy of intelligence forces of the Taliban in Khair Khana area of Kabul.

A report based on the findings of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis said that the completion of the Qosh Tapa canal could reduce the amount of water to neighbouring countries by a fifth.

A group of international human rights organisations said that the Taliban has deprived women and girls of basic rights through their discriminatory policies.

The BBC has released its list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world in 2024.

Winston Peters, New Zealand's foreign minister, announced that his country supports the initiative of a number of Western countries, led by Germany, to bring the Taliban to justice for violating women's rights.

The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported that Turkmenistan's imported electricity has been cut off in parts of Herat province since noon on Monday.

Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah issued a decree blocking all higher and semi-medical education institutions for girls. The Taliban's Ministry of Public Health announced to health institute officials on Monday that girls are no longer allowed to study in these centres.

Following the referral of Afghanistan's case to the International Criminal Court, the court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, announced that he would soon request arrest warrants for Taliban officials.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that 81 cases of polio have been recorded in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the beginning of this year.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that a number of young people from the southern provinces of Afghanistan participated in an ongoing dialogue to craft a unified vision for the country’s future.

The expert meeting of the foreign ministers of the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) began on Monday without the presence of Taliban members in Mashhad.