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In a letter, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issued an order to the group’s military commissions in the north and south of Pakistan to not recruit Afghans into their ranks.

Local sources from Ghor Province told Afghanistan International that the Taliban have detained 18 employees of an aid organisation in the Lal Wa Sarjangal district of the province.

The hunger strike by Moheira Barakzai, an Afghan LGBTQI rights activist, in Malmo city of Sweden entered the seventh day.

The Taliban’s governor’s office in Nangarhar province announced that the Torkham border has been reopened for traders and travellers on Friday.

On Thursday, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, reported that Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban’s Foreign Minister, will participate in the Moscow Format Consultations in Kazan.

Following last week's border skirmish between Pakistani and Taliban forces at the Torkham border, the border crossing has remained closed for the ninth day.

Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative to Afghanistan, during his visit to Tehran, stressed on cooperation with Iran to help stabilise Afghanistan.

Esmail Pour Abed, Iran’s head of Dogharon border terminal, announced that the Taliban has lifted the time limit applicable on Iranian trucks entering Afghanistan.

Sabera Akbari, who was on a hunger strike along with Tamana Zaryab Paryani, was taken to the hospital due to her worsening health condition.

Close on the heels of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General told Afghanistan International, that he will discuss the situation of Afghan women with the world leaders.

Moniza Kakar, a lawyer defending Afghan prisoners in Pakistan, has said that around 300 Afghan refugees have been detained in Karachi city.

Indra Mani Pandey, India's Permanent Representative in the UN, said that his country will continue to monitor human rights situation in Afghanistan.

China has appointed a new ambassador to Afghanistan. Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Hassan Akhund accepted the new Chinese ambassador's credentials on Wednesday.

Local sources told Afghanistan International that Abdul Ghafar Saber, one of the former Jihadi commanders, was assassinated on Monday, in Rostaq district of Takhar province.

Thomas West, US Special Representative for Afghanistan, describes Taliban's fight against ISIS-K as serious.

Lotte Knudsen, Head of Delegation of the EU to the UN, said that to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan, an inclusive political process with the participation of all Afghans, including women and ethnic and religious minorities, is necessary.

Volker Türk, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, said that despite the Taliban's announced general amnesty, extra-judicial killings, torture and arbitrary arrests have resumed in Afghanistan.

Nicholas Kay, former British ambassador to Afghanistan, said that the Taliban regime will not last long because Afghans do not see themselves living under the group’s rule.

Security sources in Pakistan said that Padshah Khan Mehsud, one of the senior commanders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had been injured in an attack in Afghanistan on Sunday.

Michèle Taylor, US Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, on Monday said that the situation of women in Afghanistan is getting worse every passing day.

At the 54th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday, Güven Begeç, Turkiye’s representative, said that depriving Afghan women of their right to education and employment will worsen the social and economic situation of Afghanistan in the long run.