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The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrey Rudenko, has stated that it is still too soon to discuss officially recognising the Taliban as a legitimate government.

A coalition of Afghan women protesters and human rights activists has penned an open letter to Donald Trump, urging the former United States President to annul the Doha Agreement and hold Taliban leaders accountable for alleged “war crimes.”

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned the armed attack on a Sufi shrine in Baghlan province.

Russian media reported that security forces have arrested a female journalist, Nadezhda Kevorkova, on charges of justifying the Taliban's activities.

Hamid Saifi, a commander of the National Resistance Front (NRF), said that the situation in Bagram prison is worrisome, and that the Taliban is "mentally and physically torturing" members of this front.

Meghan Markle, the British king's daughter-in-law, hosted a number of Afghan women in California for the second year in a row.

Two diplomatic sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that in a meeting held on November 20, the Taliban's request to allocate the Afghan seat in the United Nations to the group's representative was rejected.

The Taliban's police command in Baghlan confirmed that at least 10 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on the Sayed Padshah Agha monastery in Nahrin district of Baghlan province.

Ali Farhadi, a spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Education, said that there are no special schools for immigrant students in the country.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that it had killed three Taliban members and wounded two members of the group in an attack on the out post of Gate No. 4 of Bagram Airport on Thursday evening.

Local sources reported that unknown gunmen "shot" at least 11 people at a shrine in Nahrin district of Baghlan province on Thursday night, November 21.

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to support efforts to transfer Washington's Afghan colleagues to the United States.

Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesman of Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said that terrorist groups have a sanctuary in Afghanistan and attack Pakistan from there.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary court in Nadir Shah Kot district of Khost province had flogged a woman and a man on charges of "moral corruption".

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced on November 21 that the group had flogged three people 39 times for alleged extramarital affairs at a stadium in Khulm district of Samangan province.

The Afghanistan Journalists' Support Organisation (AJSO) said that without support for Afghan media, the future of freedom of expression in the country is in serious danger.

Sources from the Taliban's Prisons Regulatory Authority confirmed to Afghanistan International that 150 foreign nationals are currently being held in the group's prisons in Afghanistan.

Jabbar Ali Zakeri, Deputy Minister for Roads and Urban Development of Iran, Chair of Board and President of Railways of Islamic Republic, given the proximity of Iran, Afghanistan, and China, called for connecting the railways of the three countries.

Local sources told Afghanistan International on Wednesday that the Taliban in Kunar Province has banned the broadcast of images of living creatures.

In response to Pakistan's security concerns from Afghan soil, the US State Department spokesperson, Mathew Miller said that Washington is cooperating with Islamabad in strengthening its capabilities to counter the threats of terrorist groups.

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul said that former President Hamid Karzai in a meeting with Iran's special representative for Afghanistan called for a regional initiative to solve the problems of the Afghan people.