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A group of women’s rights activists in Takhar took to the streets on Monday, August 12, to protest against the Taliban’s policies.

Rawadari, a human rights organisation, has reported that in the first half of this year, 239 individuals were killed in targeted suicide and explosive attacks or through deliberate and extrajudicial executions.

Munir Akram, Pakistan's representative to the United Nations, announced that his country is working to influence the Taliban's policy towards the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

ISIS-Khorasan claimed responsibility for the August 11 explosion in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Sunday that the Taliban has created the most serious women’s rights crisis globally over the past three years.

The Taliban's Ministry of Energy and Water has announced that Iranian investors have shown interest in developing water supply and electricity generation projects in Afghanistan.

Ramazan Zirak, the former police chief of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province, has informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban officials have once again detained his 15-year-old son.

Khalid Zadran, spokesperson for the Taliban's police command in Kabul, announced that preliminary reports indicate one person was killed and 11 others were injured in an explosion on Sunday afternoon in the Dashte Barchi area of Western Kabul.

Residents of Western Kabul reported an explosion near a petrol station in the Dashte Barchi area of the city’s 13th district on Sunday.

Abdul Salam Zaeef, the former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, has labelled the three American citizens currently held by the Taliban as "spies."

Local sources in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces have reported to Afghanistan International that unidentified fighter jets were observed flying over these regions late on Saturday.

Sources within the Taliban have disclosed that Mullah Hibatullah, the group’s leader, has dismissed Mohammad Bara, the director of the Taliban's intelligence agency in Nangarhar province, due to significant financial corruption.

Michael Semple, a former Deputy Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan, has claimed that Taliban leaders are "materialistic" and have sought second and third marriages since coming to power.

Panjshiryan Worldwide Council has reported that the Taliban have killed 283 people, including women and children, in Panjshir province over the past three years.

Mohammad Seddiq, an Afghan migrant in Iran, has reported that his son was allegedly poisoned at his workplace, a teahouse in Tehran, last month and later died in the hospital. According to him, Imam Hossein Hospital is now demanding 200,000 Afs to handover his son's body.

The International Action Network for Gender Equity and Law (IANGEL) has announced Afghan human rights activist Zubaida Akbar as one of the recipients of its 2024 "Rights and Leadership" award.

Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader in Markazi Province, has criticised the Taliban's treatment of the Afghan people, particularly the Shia community.

A new phase of polio vaccination started on Saturday in various areas of Afghanistan.

Taliban’s Administrative Office of the Prime Minister has announced that 41 of its employees have been sent to China.

UN experts have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to support Afghan women athletes and provide them with necessary resources.

Rasoul Mousavi, Director General of South Asian Affairs at Iran's Foreign Ministry, stated that no official or institution in the Islamic Republic endorses xenophobia, labelling it a "foreign project”.