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Terrorism in Afghanistan is the most serious threat to Pakistan, the region and the world, as per Pakistan's ambassador.

The Taliban has claimed that Dmitry Zhirnov, the Russian ambassador to Kabul, invited the group to participate in the upcoming meeting of the Moscow format.

Mohammad Nabi Omari, the Taliban's Deputy Interior Minister, acknowledged in Khost province that the group's government is grappling with several challenges and requires the input and support of the population to address these issues.

The US State Department spokesperson said that Antony Blinken will not be able to appear before the US Congress on the date set by the House Foreign Relations Committee to discuss the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern over the continued ban on girls' education beyond the sixth grade in Afghanistan and said that UNICEF would continue to work to return girls to school.

The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola addressed the women of Afghanistan on Tuesday during a meeting of the organisation, which was also attended by some Afghan women's activists.

With girls above the sixth grade being banned from attending school, Human Rights Watch has said that the international community has not taken meaningful action to lift the Taliban's restrictions.

UNAMA chief Roza Otunbayeva on Tuesday met with Qatar's United Nations envoy, Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani.

Zia Ahmad Takal, deputy spokesman for the Taliban's Foreign Ministry, announced the reopening of the Afghan embassy in Oman under the management of the group's diplomats.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had publicly flogged two women and a man in Faryab province on charges of having sex and running away from home.

The UN Secretary-General reported that anti-Taliban fronts, including the National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front, have carried out 73 attacks against the Taliban.

A Gulf-based media outlet, The National, has reported that the Taliban has jammed the only remaining free press television station covering Afghanistan potentially with Iran’s assistance.

During a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Kabul, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister called on neighbouring countries and the region not to look at Afghanistan solely from a security perspective.

The European Union Agency for Asylum reported on Monday that 45,000 Afghans have applied for asylum in European countries in the first half of 2024.

The Taliban's Supreme Court has reported the flogging of at least 37 people, including women, from mid-August to mid-September.

The Taliban on Monday suspended a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported, citing the United Nations.

The New York Times has reported that Trump assassination suspect Ryan Wesley Routh said last year that he was looking to recruit former Afghan troops to fight in Ukraine.

Sources told Afghanistan International that a delegation of Pakistani military and civilian officials travelled to Kandahar on Sunday to discuss the border issues between the two countries.

On Sunday, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) said that the Taliban has not been able to gain internal legitimacy and that the relationship between countries and this group is based solely on tactical interests.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur met with Hafiz Mohibullah, the Taliban's consul general in Peshawar, to discuss the peace talks.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stressed on the need to protect at-risk communities in Afghanistan, including the Hazaras.