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The Taliban’s Central Bank confirmed that Hedayatullah Badri, the governor of the bank, has been injured in a traffic incident.

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, said that he spoke with various groups of Afghans, including women, about the human rights situation in Afghanistan during a four-day trip to Turkiye.

Sources from the Taliban group told Afghanistan International that in a traffic accident on the Herat-Kandahar highway, Hedayatullah Badri, governor of the Taliban Central Bank, was injured and his driver was killed.

The Taliban Railway Authority announced that Bakhturrahman Sharafat, the group's director of Railway Authority visited Iran's Chabahar port.

Rasoul Mousavi, Iran’s assistant foreign minister, reacted to Amir Khan Muttaqi’s implicit criticism of Iran’s desire to establish an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iranian ambassador in Kabul, stressed that history has proved that a single movement has never been able to survive in Afghanistan.

On Thursday, Amnesty International said that by installing thousands of new security cameras, the Taliban are creating a total surveillance system on Afghan citizens.

A week after the Taliban's foreign ministry announcement of giving out passports to Afghan immigrants in Iran, the Afghan embassy in Tehran, which is under the group’s control, suspended issuance of passports to adults.

Hossein Roustaei, the commercial attaché of Iran in Afghanistan, said that the issue of the legitimacy of the Taliban is one of the biggest challenges in Iran.

The Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum signed contracts for the extraction of seven large mines worth 6.557 billion dollars with domestic and foreign companies.

Taliban’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi responded to those countries which are pressurising the Taliban to form an inclusive government and said that the group has fewer prisoners than executions carried out in those countries.

Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, referred to the National Resistance Front (NRF) leader Ahmad Massoud's trip to Moscow and urged the Taliban to form an inclusive government.

The Taliban convened a gathering of hundreds of its supporters who are mainly clerics, in Kabul and said that the purpose of this meet was for these clerics to declare their support for the group’s government.

Amnesty has stated that 198, 612 people globally have signed a petition to stand with people in Afghanistan.

Yunus Rashid, the Taliban’s Deputy Minister of Information and Culture, said that the situation for the education of women and girls in Afghanistan is not according to Sharia laws.

The Taliban consulate in Karachi announced the release of 75 Afghan prisoners from the Sindh prison in Pakistan.

Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House spokesperson, has again emphasised on the importance of girls' right to education in Afghanistan.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that his government is assessing the report regarding the water level in Helmand submitted by the Iranian delegation which visited Afghanistan.

Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF), met with Sergei Mironov, the leader of the faction, A Just Russia, in the State Duma of Russia in Moscow.

A delegation of members of the parliament of Iran praised what they called “significant progress” in the Taliban’s in counternarcotics efforts.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, announced that Mawlawi Abdul Ali Qudratullah has been appointed as the governor of Parwan; Zia ur-Rahman Madani of Logar, and Obaidullah Aminzada as the governor of Takhar province.