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The United Nations in Kabul has expressed serious concerns regarding the deteriorating health of Afghan women's rights activists currently imprisoned by the Taliban.

The Taliban recently apprehended Fahim Azimi, an advocate for girls' education in Afghanistan and a member of the management team of the Afghan Robotics Girls Team, approximately two months ago.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has declared responsibility for the recent attack on the Taliban governor's office in Panjshir, which occurred on Wednesday night.

A team of UN experts has cautioned Pakistan against continuing the deportation of Afghan refugees, highlighting the severe human rights risks this poses to Afghan nationals.

Shahzada Rostami, a former security officer of Afghanistan's previous government, disclosed to Afghanistan International that the Taliban has captured 16 of his family members and assaulted his teenage daughter in Takhar province.

Afghanistan International Pashto has reported from various sources that the Taliban, under pressure from Pakistan, has detained 25 members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) within Afghanistan.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that apart from girls, who are not allowed to enter classrooms, the “abusive” educational system of Taliban is also failing boys with the departure of qualified teachers and regressive curriculum changes.

The Torkham border crossing, a pivotal point between Afghanistan and Pakistan, was shut down on Wednesday.

Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said that for Beijing to recognise the Taliban government, the group must bring in fundamental changes in its governance.

Fazal Ahmad Manawi, a senior member of the National Resistance Front (NRF), announced that an agreement has been reached and a "roadmap” has been created to address the Afghan crisis and help it transition to an alternative plan.

Along with the release of reports regarding Zhulia Parsi's "poor physical condition" attributed to "torture" in a Taliban prison, sources confirmed to Afghanistan International that she has been transferred to a hospital.

Protests against the “targeted killing of Hazaras” is gaining ground in Herat.

On Monday, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that three Taliban fighters had been killed and two others were wounded in an attack by its forces on a Taliban checkpoint in the fifth police district of Kabul.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported a surge in violence against the Shia Hazara community in Kabul, Baghlan, and Herat over the past month.

Pakistani media outlets have reported the detention of several Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members by the Afghan Taliban.

Three senior officials from the US State Department are scheduled to visit Islamabad this week amidst the extensive deportation of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan.

The "Vienna Meeting for a Democratic Afghanistan" progressed into its second day on Monday in Austria's capital, drawing a diverse group of attendees.

In a recent report by Hengaw, a human rights organisation, it was disclosed that three Afghan nationals were among those executed in Iranian prisons in November.

In a profound act of protest against the ongoing systematic violence towards Hazaras and Shias in Afghanistan, residents of Jebrael town in Herat city have initially refused to bury the bodies of those killed in a recent attack.

Mohammad Karim Khalili, leader of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan and former vice president, has publicly accused the Taliban of systematically hiding the killings of Hazaras and Shias in Afghanistan.

The Iranian Embassy in Kabul has expressed its hope for the Taliban to swiftly identify and bring to justice the individuals responsible for the recent heinous attack in Herat city.