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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the shooting of Hazaras in Daikundi "heinous" and condemned it.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) claims to have killed three Taliban members and injured two others during a targeted operation on Friday evening in the ninth district of Kabul.

A number of Afghan political leaders called the jamming of Afghanistan International TV broadcasts a sign of "fear and defeat" of the Taliban.

An official letter from the Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has been obtained by Afghanistan International, indicating that Asif Durrani, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan affairs, has been dismissed from his position.

The Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AFJC) has strongly condemned the Taliban’s crackdown on Afghanistan International and called on the group to immediately and permanently stop jamming the satellite frequency of the media outlet.

The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared the termination of Hassan Soroosh, the Afghan ambassador appointed by the former government, from his position in Canada.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul on Friday, September 13, condemned the shooting of Shia civilians in Daikundi province and called for the punishment of those responsible.

Information received by Afghanistan International indicates that ISIS terrorists used a US-made weapon to kill at least 14 Hazara civilians in Daikundi.

Following widespread criticism of the Taliban's laws, the group's Ministry of Justice issued a warning that anyone opposing their ratified legislative documents will be brought to trial.

In a blatant violation of the free flow of information, satellite frequency of Afghanistan International, an independent news channel, has been jammed by the Taliban, inviting strong condemnation.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that food insecurity is rapidly becoming a widespread crisis in Afghanistan, with 2.9 million children under the age of five currently facing malnutrition.

Sources in Kandahar reported on Wednesday that the Department of the of Virtue and Vice has been harassing and humiliating the families of female healthcare workers, making it increasingly difficult for these women to continue their jobs.

On Wednesday, US Representative Tim Burchett introduced a bill to the House of Representatives calling for US support of the "Vienna Process," which involves the National Resistance Front and other anti-Taliban groups.

The Taliban announced that Mullah Hasan Akhund, the group's Prime Minister, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the President of Turkmenistan, inaugurated the TAPI project along with other development projects between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in the city of Mary on Wednesday.

A group of women took to the streets in western Kabul on Wednesday to protest against the Taliban's policies toward women.

During a debate with Kamala Harris, Donald Trump stated that the Doha Agreement was terminated during his presidency because the Taliban did not adhere to its terms.

The Taliban has announced that its leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, recently visited the provinces of Sar-e-Pul, Baghlan, and Samangan.

Afghans residing in Norway have issued a statement criticising the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' decision to close the Afghan Embassy in Oslo.

Saimumin Sattorovich Yatimov, the head of Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security, visited Kabul and met Taliban’s intelligence officials.

Khairullah Khairkhwa, the Taliban's Minister of Information and Culture, travelled to Russia on Tuesday.

Eskandar Momeni, Iran's Interior Minister, has called on Afghan migrants residing in Iran to "return to their own country and work to rebuild it”.