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Residents of Badakhshan have informed Afghanistan International that the people of Argo district initiated large-scale protests against the Taliban on Saturday.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of India has reported the discovery of more than 25 kilogrammes of gold, valued at over USD 2.2 million, in possession of Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan's Consul General in Mumbai, at the city's airport.

Fereshta Abbasi, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher, wrote in an article that with the Taliban's takeover of power, ISIS Khorasan has also grown and targeted mosques and schools in predominantly Hazara and Shia areas.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF), on World Press Freedom Day, stated that the Taliban have forced journalists, especially female journalists, to leave their jobs using threats, imprisonment, and coercion.

Anti-Taliban protests in the Darayim district of Badakhshan province entered its second day on Saturday.

The Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT), led by Amrullah Saleh, has reported that hostility between the Kandahari Taliban and the forces of Fasihuddin Fitrat, the group's Chief of Army Staff, in Badakhshan, is growing.

Residents of Darayim District, Badakhshan, staged widespread protests against the Taliban on Friday.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released its latest ranking on global media freedom and placed Afghanistan among the most dangerous countries for journalists.

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said that since the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, Washington has provided USD 17.19 billion in aid to the country.

Mohammad Reza Kazemi, Iran’s Deputy Head of the Drug Control Headquarters, said that there is still no documented evidence of a reduction in drug production in Afghanistan.

The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) announced that its forces killed one Taliban member and injured two others in an attack on a Taliban checkpoint in the 12th police district of Kabul city.

UNAMA reported that despite the declaration of a general amnesty, the Taliban continued to detain, torture, and kill former government employees and military personnel.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) has claimed that the Taliban is exploiting the anti-ISIS Khorasan narrative to gain benefits from regional countries.

Sources from Pul-e-Charkhi prison have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban officials have physically assaulted and tortured dozens of political prisoners who were on a hunger strike, demanding a review of their cases.

Mullah Yaqoob, the Taliban's Defence Minister, expressed appreciation on the reopening of Azerbaijan's embassy in Afghanistan during a meeting with Ilham Mammadov, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Kabul.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) stated that religious minorities in Afghanistan face threats from terrorist groups such as ISIS, as well as harassment and persecution from the Taliban.

Several sources at Kabul International Airport have reported that the Taliban are prohibiting Afghan travellers from carrying laptops while leaving Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT) has claimed that the Taliban has deployed approximately 19,000 of its forces from Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, and Farah provinces to "suppress the people" in Panjshir province.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced on Thursday that two individuals have been publicly flogged on charges of theft in Paktika province.

The World Bank has announced an USD 84 million aid package for Afghanistan. The World Bank stated that this aid package has been allocated by the International Development Association for Afghanistan Community Resilience and Livelihoods Project.

John Bass, the Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the US State Department, held meetings with several senior officials in Pakistan during his visit to the country.