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Kazakhstan's Ministry of Health has proposed a ban on the import of several types of soft drinks produced in Afghanistan.

Local sources have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban members executed three brothers in the Murghab district of Ghor province.

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs, has embarked on a three-day visit to Tehran.

Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, visited Ghor province and met group officials on Sunday, according to Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid.

Mohammad Mohaqiq, leader of the Islamic Unity Party of the People of Afghanistan, has accused the Taliban of sexually assaulting a Bamiyan girl calling it "violating [her] honour" and held the group responsible for her death.

Local sources have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban have expelled a fighter who forcibly made a young girl from Bamiyan board a military vehicle.

Local sources have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban intelligence agency has detained Mohammad Ibrahim Mohtaj, a reporter for the local radio station "Mellat Ghag," amidst the ongoing arrests of journalists.

On Sunday, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser revealed in an interview with a German newspaper that confidential negotiations are ongoing with various countries regarding the deportation of "criminal" Afghan and Syrian migrants.

The body of a former local police officer from the previous Afghan government was discovered on Saturday, 27 July, in Samkani district, Paktia province, according to residents who informed Afghanistan International.

Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the death of a young woman named Tahira, who was detained by the Taliban two weeks ago. Sources from Bamiyan province have confirmed her death but have not established the cause.

The European Union Delegation to Afghanistan expressed concern over the escalating water crisis in the country, stating that drought, pollution, and overuse of water resources are threatening the water supply for the people.

Several Shia figures at a meeting in Germany declared that the people of Afghanistan, especially Shias, are being deliberately deprived of their human and Islamic rights under Taliban rule.

Residents of Paktika province have reported that the Taliban’s ombudsmen from the Ministry of the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have arrested nearly 30 young individuals after inspecting their phones.

According to statistics provided by the Taliban's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation, between July 21 and July 26, at least 17,265 Afghans were deported from Iran and Pakistan.

The Purple Saturdays movement has called on the international community to take practical action to defend women's rights.

Annalena Baerbock, the German Foreign Minister, warned against deporting criminals to Afghanistan, stating that Germany should not yield to the conditions set by an "Islamic terrorist regime”.

Human Rights Watch has said that the Paris Olympics have begun even though the Taliban in Afghanistan have deprived millions of women and girls of their right to education and sports.

According to reports from Iranian human rights organisations, at least 27 people, including three Afghans and four women, have been executed in the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past six days.

Nancy Mace, a US Congresswoman, has introduced a bill in the US Congress that would designate the Taliban as a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation”.

Local residents informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban arrested a young man on Thursday who was walking in Kote Sangi area in district 5 of Kabul city with a placard that read "In Search of the Amir al-Mu’minin [Taliban leader]."

The US Department of State has announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the disruption of the financial network of ISIS-Khorasan.