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ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack targeting employees of the Directorate of Monitoring and Enforcement of Taliban Decrees in Kabul.

Local sources have informed Afghanistan International that Taliban intelligence forces in Kabul have arrested Hamid Farhadi, a former government employee, and his brother.

According to a report from Pakistan's Ministry of Interior at least eight "terrorist" attacks have been carried out against foreign nationals in Pakistan between 2020 and 2024, resulting in the deaths of 22 people.

Local sources reported that officials of the morality police from the Taliban's Department for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Sar-e-Pul province severely assaulted two women for visiting the city market.

The Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education has initiated the first phase of "review and development" of the curriculum in subjects such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Education.

Witnesses reported that Monday's explosion in Kabul was caused by a suicide bomber targeting employees of the Directorate of Monitoring and Enforcement of Taliban Decrees.

Sources have informed Afghanistan International that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan refused to meet Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's Foreign Minister.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that four individuals were flogged in Sayed Khel district of Parwan province on charges of engaging in "same-sex relations”.

Sources from southwest Kabul have reported hearing an explosion on the road leading to the Darulaman Palace in the city's sixth district.

The United Nations has reported that the Security Council intended to issue a statement criticising the Taliban's ratification of the "Law on the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice”.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group publicly flogged two people, including a woman, in the Baraki Barak district of Logar province on charges of "moral corruption and running away from home”.

Abdul Latif Mansur, the Taliban's Minister of Energy and Water, held talks with the head of an Indian company regarding the handover of the 500 kV Arghandi substation.

The Bakhtar News Agency has reported that Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has called for the strict enforcement of Sharia punishments during a meeting with local officials in Faryab province.

Austria's Migration and Asylum Office has announced plans to collaborate with Germany to deport "criminal" Afghan migrants.

Officials from the Taliban Prison Authority stated that between 10,000 to 11,000 inmates are currently held in prisons across the country. Among them are 1,000 female prisoners and nearly 900 underage detainees.

The US Department of State has reaffirmed its stance against endorsing armed conflict in Afghanistan.

The Iranian newspaper Jomhouri-e Eslami has issued a stark warning about the potential risk of Taliban infiltration into Iran's newly elected administration.

The Taliban's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock has announced that a delegation from the ministry has traveled to China.

Mohsin Dawar, the leader of Pakistan's National Democratic Movement, has stated that anyone who wishes to advocate for rights of Pashtuns must first take a stand against the Taliban.

Abdul Mateen Qani, Taliban’s interior ministry spokesperson, criticised "human rights" as a "ridiculous and disgraceful slogan" in a statement marking the anniversary of the last US soldier's departure from Afghanistan on August 30.

Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that officials from Turkmenistan and the Taliban signed several economic cooperation agreements during a meeting in Ashgabat on Friday, August 30.