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A US-based research institute says it has compiled data on more than 1,200 Taliban leaders, finding that only about 5.7% are under international sanctions.

Taliban officials say the group leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani visited Kajaki district in Helmand to lay the foundation stone for a mosque.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court said 14 people were flogged in Farah province on charges of same-sex relations, receiving between 20 and 30 lashes.

The Taliban’s commission for migrants says 5,450 Afghan migrants were deported from Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, along with 352 from Iran.

The UK’s special envoy for Afghanistan says the Taliban’s panel code should be repealed, echoing UN concerns that it undermines human rights protections in the country.

Despite ongoing security instability, economic challenges, internal political divisions and the presence of armed groups, Pakistan’s emergence as a mediator between the United States and Iran has drawn significant international attention.

Officials from the CSTO and the United Nations discussed regional security, stressing the need to monitor the impact of Afghanistan on peace and take preventive measures against emerging threats.

The UN says food prices in Afghanistan have risen sharply this year, with rice up 47 percent, wheat 20 percent, oil 10 percent and sugar 19 percent.

The National Resistance Council for the Salvation of Afghanistan says resolving the country’s crisis requires an inclusive political process involving all sides under UN and international oversight, rejecting Taliban calls for exiled figures to return.

Pakistani state media say a detained member of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has confessed to receiving training in Afghanistan and alleged support for the group from Afghan Taliban and Indian intelligence.

As pressure grow on religious freedoms in Afghanistan, students at several universities say the Taliban are carrying out organised efforts to enforce religious conformity on campuses.

The Pentagon says its special review team on the Afghanistan withdrawal has completed the main phase of interviews with senior US military and civilian officials, examining 9 million documents.

Sources told Afghanistan International that Taliban intelligence has detained Mullah Mutasim Agha Jan, a former finance minister and ex-member of the group’s leadership council, in Kandahar.

Taliban-run Radio Television Afghanistan reported that a health center in Kunar was destroyed in Pakistani artillery strikes, with at least 10 rockets hitting the facility and halting its operations.

Uzbekistan’s envoy for Afghanistan and Norway’s ambassador in Tashkent discussed bilateral cooperation and Afghanistan, stressing the need to maintain dialogue to address the country’s challenges.

A Taliban minister said the group has developed military capabilities over the past four years to carry out drone strikes on Pakistani cities, including Islamabad and Lahore.

The United Nation says recent devastating floods in Afghanistan have affected more than 70,000 people, destroying homes and disrupting access to basic services.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court said its courts in Kabul and Nangarhar flogged three women and two men on charges of immorality, running away from home, and extramarital relations.

Pakistan envoy and the EU special envoys for Afghanistan discussed terrorism-related threats and the region’s political and security outlook, Pakistan envoy said.

Noor Mohammad Haqqani, Taliban Deputy Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said the group does not seek war but would respond to any attack on Afghanistan, as another minister stressed efforts to strengthen both military and civilian sectors.

UN human rights experts have raised concerns in an open letter to the Taliban over their penal code, warning that they undermine human rights protections in Afghanistan and should be repealed.