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Rainbow Afghanistan has published a report stating that LGBTQIA+ individuals are being tortured and sexually assaulted in Taliban prisons.

Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban's deputy spokesman, said that a delegation from the Iranian Ministry of Justice had arrived in Kabul to discuss the transfer of prisoners.

Coinciding with the ban on the publication of images of living creatures in some provinces, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that this decision will not lead to the suspension of media activities.

The UN special rapporteur on human rights for Afghanistan condemned the execution of a man in Paktia and called on the Taliban to immediately stop "cruel punishments".

The Taliban spokesperson announced that Baraat Shah Agha Nadeem, the head of ATRA Department, has traveled to India, heading a delegation to participate in the meeting of administrative regulations of South Asian countries.

Following the execution of a man in Paktia, sources close to Sirajuddin Haqqani told Afghanistan International that he went to the victim's family to ask for forgiveness from the accused, but the family did not accept Haqqani's apology.

The Taliban's Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it had executed a man at the Gardez Stadium in the capital of Paktia province in the presence of senior officials of the group.

A source told Afghanistan International on Tuesday that the Taliban has arrested a number of the group's commanders and forces who were seeking to recruit for the Pakistani Taliban in the southeastern provinces.

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defence.

Eskandar Momeni, the Minister of Interior of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that international aid for immigrants to Iran has decreased significantly.

The Indian media outlet India Today has reported that the remaining US M4 rifles in Afghanistan have fallen into the hands of militants in Jammu and Kashmir.

Diplomatic sources told Afghanistan International that UNAMA has facilitated the Taliban's participation in the annual United Nations climate change summit in Baku.

US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his administration's secretary of state, Reuters reported.

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Mike Waltz, a member of Congress and a retired Army colonel who served as a Green Beret, as his national security adviser, media reported.

Zablon Simintov, the last Jew from Afghanistan, arrived in Israel on Monday with the help of a Jewish Agency.

Abdullah Khanjani, the political head of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, has begun a series of meetings with key leaders of groups opposing the Taliban.

The Hengaw Human Rights Organisation reported that the Islamic Republic has executed an Afghan prisoner at the Zahedan Central Prison.

The Afghan embassy in Australia announced that the Taliban has made efforts to disrupt the consular services of the embassy.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that the group's primary court in Muqur district of Ghazni province has punished a woman and a man on charges of extramarital affairs.

Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, has warned that the Taliban's ideology is not limited to Afghanistan, but has also spread across Pakistan and will spread to the rest of the world too.

Caitlan Coleman, an American citizen, who was imprisoned by the Taliban and the Haqqani Network for five years, has filed a lawsuit against the Taliban in a court in the US state of Pennsylvania.