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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement that the Taliban has intensified their repression of the media and the persecution of journalists.

Around 200 Afghan refugees were transferred to Germany from Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, German media reported.

ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the assassination of Sufi Hameed, a prominent politician of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami party.

In response to Afghanistan International's question about the removal of people involved in America's withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Pentagon spokeswoman said, "There is no such thing going on."

Local sources in Kandahar told Afghanistan International that the ombudsmen of the group’s vice and virtue department are checking images, videos and personal information on the phones of the youths.

Turkish media reported that the country's coast guard has arrested 49 Afghan refugees without residence documents in Canakkale province. According to Turkish media reports, these asylum seekers were arrested when they wanted to leave Türkiye "illegally".

The Ministry of Public Works of the Taliban announced that the Salang highway, which was closed last night due to snowfall, severe storm and limited visibility, was reopened to traffic on Friday, November 15.

The Ministry of Public Health of the Taliban announced on Friday that Noor Jalal Jalali, acting head of the Ministry, went to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to participate in a global meeting on "antimicrobial resistance".

After several months of suspension, the UK government has resumed offering Chevening Scholarships to Afghan students.

The Supreme Court of the Taliban announced that it had publicly flogged 11 people, including a woman, in Ghanikhel district of Nangarhar province.

Rainbow Afghanistan has published a report stating that LGBTQIA+ individuals are being tortured and sexually assaulted in Taliban prisons.

Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban's deputy spokesman, said that a delegation from the Iranian Ministry of Justice had arrived in Kabul to discuss the transfer of prisoners.

Coinciding with the ban on the publication of images of living creatures in some provinces, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that this decision will not lead to the suspension of media activities.

The UN special rapporteur on human rights for Afghanistan condemned the execution of a man in Paktia and called on the Taliban to immediately stop "cruel punishments".

The Taliban spokesperson announced that Baraat Shah Agha Nadeem, the head of ATRA Department, has traveled to India, heading a delegation to participate in the meeting of administrative regulations of South Asian countries.

Following the execution of a man in Paktia, sources close to Sirajuddin Haqqani told Afghanistan International that he went to the victim's family to ask for forgiveness from the accused, but the family did not accept Haqqani's apology.

The Taliban's Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it had executed a man at the Gardez Stadium in the capital of Paktia province in the presence of senior officials of the group.

A source told Afghanistan International on Tuesday that the Taliban has arrested a number of the group's commanders and forces who were seeking to recruit for the Pakistani Taliban in the southeastern provinces.

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defence.

Eskandar Momeni, the Minister of Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that international aid for immigrants to Iran has decreased significantly.

The Indian media outlet India Today has reported that the remaining US M4 rifles in Afghanistan have fallen into the hands of militants in Jammu and Kashmir.