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The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that it had sentenced four people, including a woman, to 39 lashes in public in Sayed Khel district of Parwan province.

A group of retirees gathered in front of the UNAMA office in Kabul on Monday, October 28, to protest against the Taliban's non-payment of their salaries since the last three years.

A spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Health announced that no positive cases of polio have been reported in Afghanistan in 2024.

The Taliban's Ministry of Public Health announced that the fourth round of polio vaccination campaign has started in 16 provinces of Afghanistan.

Uzbekistani media reported that Oybek Usmanov has started his work as the country's new ambassador to Afghanistan.

Rukhshana Media reported that the Taliban has established a jihadi school for followers of the Shia Ismaili sect in Shighnan District, Badakhshan.

Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) announced that the organisation wants an inclusive government to be formed in Afghanistan with the participation of representatives of all political, ethnic and religious groups.

Sources told Afghanistan International that representatives of private media met Taliban officials in Kandahar to discuss their concerns regarding the ban on publication of images of ‘living beings’ and the future of media.

The Taliban’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Abbas Stanekzai, has downplayed reports of internal discord within the group, attributing these rumours to “negative media propaganda.”

The Taliban Supreme Court announced that a man was publicly flogged in Faryab Province on charges of extramarital sexual relations.

The Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) commemorates its 10th anniversary, with the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator reporting a significant rise in the number of people requiring assistance in Afghanistan over the past decade.

The Public Prosecutor of Taybad city, Iran, has announced a new restriction prohibiting the transport of “unauthorised” Afghan nationals between cities in private vehicles.

Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s Minister for the Promotion of Virtue, stated that adult women are prohibited from even saying phrases from Quran to one another during prayer, let alone singing songs.

Abdullah Abdullah, former head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, has shared photographs from a recent meeting with former President Hamid Karzai.

During a meeting in Kabul, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Abbas Stanekzai, said that the continuation of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan depends on ensuring justice in the Afghanistan.

The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday (October 25) that it has appointed Sabrina Ugolini as its ambassador to Afghanistan.

A group of retirees blocked the street leading to the Ministry of Finance in Kabul on Saturday, October 26, in protest against the Taliban's non-payment of their salaries since the last three years.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's special representative for Afghanistan affairs, said that Iran is trying to attract Afghan entrepreneurs and private sector investors to invest in Iran's major projects.

Imangali Tasmagambetov, the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) announced that the organisation will approve a plan to strengthen Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan.

The Taliban's Minister of Energy and Water Abdul Latif Mansour during a meeting with officials of the Mes Aynak Contracting Company (MCC) asked them to speed up the extraction process of this mine.

Ali Maisam Nazary, head of foreign relations of the National Resistance Front (NRF), said that with the US elections round the corner, some Western media outlets have resorted to "whitewashing" the Taliban.