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On Monday, the National Resistance Front (NRF) declared that it had effectively "fired three rockets" at the Kabul Airport.

The 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council kicked off on Monday, at the Council's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban, firmly declared that decisions from regional and global forums which are contrary to their interests would not be executed.

The Taliban's Supreme Court has disclosed that under the endorsement of Hibatullah Akhundzada, their leader, an individual accused of murder has been executed at a stadium located in Sheberghan, the principal city of Jowzjan province.

Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's supreme leader, has issued a verbal directive to officials in Kandahar Province, instructing them to abstain from participating in video interviews, as confirmed by sources to Afghanistan International.

Yue Xiaoyong, China's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, said that Beijing and regional countries sought dialogue with the Taliban during the Doha meeting, expressing regret that the meeting "failed" in achieving this objective.

Referring to the Doha meeting, US Special Envoy, Rina Amiri, said that the international community is committed to supporting the Afghan people, women's rights issues, and addressing their other problems.

Yue Xiaoyong, China's special envoy for Afghanistan, announced that he met Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister, Ahmet Gurbanov, and discussed the situation in Afghanistan.

Jan Achakzai, the Information Minister of Balochistan, in an interview with Afghanistan International, pointed out that the Taliban is yet to convey its official viewpoint on the Durand Line to Pakistan.

Afghanistan International's sources confirm that Elias Mohammadi, a young Afghan worker who was killed by being thrown from a bridge in Tehran, Iran, has been buried in Herat, Afghanistan, last Saturday.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) has said that the "one-sided approach" of the United Nations and countries towards Afghanistan is a matter of concern in the absence of political forces opposing the Taliban.

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, has expressed dissatisfaction with the United Nations for overlooking the Taliban's requests at the Doha meeting, calling the decision as “unfair”.

Amnesty International has called on the Taliban to abolish the death penalty and stop all executions.

Thomas West, the US representative for Afghanistan, stated that his country welcomed the continuation of the Doha meetings on Afghanistan.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of Uzbekistan, has asked Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, to have Moscow participate in the Afghan-Trans railway project.

Local sources in Ghazni, who witnessed the execution of two accused at a stadium in the capital of the province, informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban carried out the execution by shooting down the individuals.

In a joint statement following the Doha conference, Afghan political entities and women activists criticised the focus on the Taliban's role in Afghanistan's crisis, arguing that it fosters a political impasse.

Matthew Miller, US State Department spokesperson, stated that the US supports the territorial integrity of “both Afghanistan and Pakistan within their internationally recognised borders”.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's envoy to Afghanistan, stressed that the UN Special Representative should have a profound understanding of Afghanistan and be derived from a country with substantial familiarity and collaboration with Kabul.

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, has stated that any initiative on Afghanistan is doomed to fail without the support of the Taliban and regional countries.

Ahmad Vahidi, the Interior Minister of the Islamic Republic, has stated that illegal Afghan migrants must return to their country and contribute to its reconstruction.