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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), met with a number of members of the Afghan Women's Coalition.

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce announced that the level of trade exchange between Afghanistan and Pakistan has decreased from $2.5 billion to $700 million. The organisation blamed Islamabad for the decline in trade with Afghanistan.

Rina Amiri, the US special representative for Afghan women's affairs, said on Thursday that the Taliban's policies and actions show complete disregard for Afghanistan's international obligations.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has said that it is holding talks with the Afghan Taliban on combating the threat of terrorism from Afghan soil.

Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the international Criminal Court in The Hague on Thursday met with a number of Afghan women activists and said that they would hear good news about Afghanistan soon.

Espen Barth Eide, Norway's foreign minister, announced that he would not accept the group's representative as Afghanistan's ambassador to Oslo due to the Taliban's treatment of women.

The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees announced on Thursday that the Pakistani police have arrested nearly 800 Afghan refugees in recent days on charges of participating in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political demonstrations.

Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada labeled foreign organisations in Afghanistan as "spies" during a meeting in Kandahar and called for their closure.

A number of women and girls protested in front of the Taliban governor's office in Herat on Thursday over the closure of medical institutes.

UNICEF expressed concern regarding the Taliban's decision to ban women and girls from studying in medical fields.

Taliban’s Intelligence Agency In Takhar Arrests Medical Institute Students For Protesting

Informed sources told Afghanistan International that in the past year, Mullah Hibatullah, the Taliban leader, has appointed more than 150 of his close associates from lower positions to higher positions in the name of reforms.

The Pakistani newspaper "Hum" reported on the intensification of the efforts of the Chinese special envoy to reduce tensions between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan.

Following the Taliban's order to ban girls' education in medical institutions, the Taliban's Minister of Public Health, Noor Jalal Jalali, stressed on the importance of traditional medicine.

International aid organisations have warned that one in three people in Afghanistan is at risk of starvation during the winter season.

The European Union called the Taliban's decision to ban the education of women and girls in medical institutions a "horrific violation" of basic human rights and an unjustifiable attack on the education of Afghan women.

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai regretted the closure of medical institutes for girls and asked the Taliban to immediately reverse this ban and reopen schools and universities for girls.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court has publicly flogged six people in Khost and one person in Faryab on various charges.

In an interview with Ukrinform newspaper, the former ambassador of Estonia to Afghanistan, Harri Tiido said that Russia has significant political and economic interests in Afghanistan, including the use of lithium mines.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that on Tuesday evening, it targeted the convoy of intelligence forces of the Taliban in Khair Khana area of Kabul.

A report based on the findings of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis said that the completion of the Qosh Tapa canal could reduce the amount of water to neighbouring countries by a fifth.