Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban’s spokesperson, announced that based on the Taliban leader’s decree, Sheikh Mohammad Qasim Khalid has been appointed as the new governor of Kabul. According to Mujahid, Khalid was the Taliban’s former deputy minister of tribal and border affairs.
The European Union delegation to Afghanistan announced that many Afghan families have been struggling for food, and the winter makes it harder to ensure they have enough food supply. The EU added that it continues to provide food assistance to Afghans in need.
Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani, has met with Taliban's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister, Abdul Salam Hanafi, in Kabul. Muttaqi and Rabbani have discussed trade, security and the release of Afghan imprisoned immigrants in Pakistan.
The Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan announced on Tuesday that it has received another cash package of 40 million US dollars. According to the bank, the package has been received as part of "humanitarian aid" and has been deposited to a private bank.
Farhod Salim, Tajikistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister, stressed that Dushanbe is concerned about the increasing terrorist activities in Afghanistan. Addressing the Herat Security Dialogue, in Dushanbe city, Salim also condemned the violation of Afghan women’s rights.
This year's Herat Security Dialogue started on Tuesday in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan, focussing on "Inclusive Political System: The Way Forward". Several Afghan and foreign politicians, experts, and researchers have participated in this conference.
Taliban's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, received Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani, at the ministry of foreign affairs in Kabul. Rabbani will also meet Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister.
Two Afghan female singers have recently released new songs in which they criticised the Taliban’s policies and behaviour towards Afghan women. Farida Tarana, Ramsha Shafa, and Iranian singer Shahram Farshid have released songs called “Group Sex”, and “Bomb”.
After Afghanistan’s second match against Sri Lanka was abandoned due to rain on Sunday, the country’s national cricket team confirmed their place in the ODI World Cup 2023 to be held in India.
Taliban announced that several Iranian businessmen have expressed their interest in investing in Afghanistan's mining sector. The Iranian investors have met with Shahabuddin Delawar, the group's Minister of Mines and Petroleum in Kabul.
Pakistani diplomats confirmed to Afghanistan International that a delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, might visit Kabul on Tuesday. The delegation will discuss terror threats emanating from Afghan soil and the return of Afghan girls to schools.
The Taliban has established a new radio station focused on Sharia law, named “Radio Shariat”, in Laghman province. According to the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency, the new radio station will operate as part of the Afghanistan National Radio and Television Directorate.
Taliban has accepted responsibility for the attack on civilians in Daikundi and called it "repression of the rebels". Abdul Nafe Takor, the Taliban’s interior ministry spokesman, claimed that the Taliban forces attacked armed people in Sewak Shibar area, of Daikundi province.
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced on Saturday that the deputy head of the office concluded meetings with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan leaders on additional regional support to the Afghan people.
Taliban has reacted to the UN’s stance on violence against women and said that "democracies have the highest level of violence against women". Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the Taliban's foreign ministry spokesman, said that one in three women in the US experiences violence and is raped.
Amnesty International called on Taliban to immediately halt hardline practices, like public floggings, as punishments meted out by the group’s court. It said that these punishments are just another step in the legalisation of inhuman practices by the Taliban’s justice system.
In an open letter to the United Nations, the family of Elaha Delawarzai, claimed that the team behind her evacuation to Pakistan had revealed her whereabouts to Taliban. According to the family, the Haqqani network kidnapped Delawarzai from Islamabad and returned her to Kabul.
Hugo Shorter, the Chargé d'Affaires of the UK Mission in Afghanistan, said that he is shocked to see public floggings, and the restrictions imposed on girls and women, including access to parks and education in Afghanistan.
Sources told Afghanistan International that at least nine civilians have been killed and two others have been injured in a Taliban attack in Sewak Shibar area of Daikundi province. As per sources, Taliban members attacked the area on Thursday and targeted residential houses.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has urged Taliban to take immediate steps to end violence against women and promote women’s rights in order to establish a meaningful and sustainable peace.
National Resistance Front (NRF) has claimed that Taliban has started the distribution of land around Qosh Tepa area in Kabul. According to NRF, an office named Qosh Tepa Canal Development in the Administrative Office of the Taliban Prime Minister handles the land distribution.