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On Sunday, the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the visit of Sergei Lukashevich, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, to Kabul.

Anna Paulina Luna, a member of the United States House of Representatives, has strongly criticised the $40 million aid package being sent by the United States to the Taliban.

Germany has expressed concern over the mass deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, saying that their situation in the country has deteriorated significantly since 2023.

Ali Maisam Nazary, the head of foreign relations of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, says he hopes the new US administration led by Donald Trump will support the resistance to topple the Taliban.

The Agroexport Centre, owned by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, announced Afghanistan as the largest buyer of Russian flour in 2024.

In an open letter, a group of protesting Afghan women has called on the leaders of Islamic countries to take action against the Taliban's restrictions on women and girls.

A Pakistani court on Friday ordered a halt to the deportation of 150 Afghan singers and musicians for at least two months.

Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan, announced that the second phase of the Allama Iqbal Scholarships programme for Afghan students has begun.

Abbas Stanekzai, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister, said that the group has evidence that ISIS has training centres in Pakistan.

Julia Parsi, a women's rights activist, has claimed that she lost hearing in one of her ears as a result of the Taliban's torture in the group's prison.

Local sources told Afghanistan International that Pakistani forces targeted parts of Sarkani district of Kunar province with "artillery attacks" on Thursday night, January 9.

Tim Burchett, a US congressman and supporter of the National Resistance Front, said that he has submitted a draft bill to the House of Representatives that would ensure that US money does not reach the Taliban.

The joint findings of the German newspaper Der Spiegel and the American publication Insider show that two Afghan asylum seekers in Germany are suspected of spying for the Russian intelligence agency.

A number of university professors and researchers have said in a letter of protest to the United Nations that the Taliban are seeking to turn universities into religious schools.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it had publicly flogged seven people in three provinces, Kapisa, Paktia and Ghazni.

Sources told Afghanistan International that Najib Faryad, a local reporter for a private TV channel, was beaten up by gunmen in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday morning, January 9.

Amnesty International has said that Pakistan has arbitrarily detained and harassed hundreds of Afghan refugees, including women and children, in Islamabad in recent days.

UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Wednesday without the group's official flag.

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with Taliban’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai on Wednesday.

Ehsan Jahanian, the political, security, and social deputy of the governor of Bushehr in Iran announced that the employment and residence of Afghans in the 5-kilometre radius of the nuclear power plant is prohibited.

The Afghanistan Journalists Support Organisation announced that Mehdi Ansari, a reporter for the Afghan News Agency, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison by the Taliban's court in Kabul.