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Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported that three girls lost their lives due to an explosion of an unexploded ammunition in Kharistan area of Muqur district of Badghis province.

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) announced the completion of a 10-day military exercise at the Tajikistan borders near Afghanistan. According to CSTO, the exercise has been conducted with 300 units of military equipment and 1000 personnel.

Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the UN, said on Thursday that preventing Afghan girls from gaining education, was unacceptable. Nusseibeh told the UN Security Council that depriving women of education and work leads to "gender apartheid".

National Resistance Front (NRF) confirmed that Bahruddin Agha, a leading NRF commander, has been killed during a battle with Taliban in Badakhshan. Sibghatullah Ahmadi, the NRF spokesman, added that in the past week, dozens of Taliban attacks have been repelled in the province.

After a 12-day visit to Kabul, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said that the country’s human rights situation is alarming. Bennett added that he will present his views and recommendations at the UN General Assembly next week.

Human Rights Watch in a report described how three Afghan women protesters who had been detained by the Taliban had been tortured and severely mistreated. HRW, quoting the women, said that they had been wrongfully detained along with their families, including children.

Local sources in Kandahar province said that the Taliban and Pakistani border forces had been engaged in an intense gun battle at the Spin Boldak border. The exchange of fire that took place on Thursday has left one dead and seven wounded, including three Taliban members.

Safiullah Ahmadi, a man whose photo was mistakenly published in a Guardian report about an afghan gay student who has been killed by the Taliban, said he would sue the newspaper. In a video posted by an Afghan journalist, Ahmadi, said that he was looking to restore his dignity.

The UN Special Envoy to Kabul, Roza Otunbayeva, has met with several Afghan women and discussed issues that affect them. According to United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the meeting was focused on education and the right to work of women in the country.

Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has summoned disgruntled Uzbek commander Salahuddin Ayubi to Kandahar, local sources said. Leading a delegation, Ayubi arrived in Kandahar and is going to meet the Taliban leader, sources told Afghanistan International.

Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan, arrived in Panjshir province on Wednesday. Bakhtar News Agency reported that Bennett travelled to Panjshir in order to assess the human rights situation and meet with Taliban officials and local residents.

Ramazon Rahimov, Tajikistan minister of interior, said that the Taliban has issued Afghan passports to more than 3,000 members of "terrorist groups". Rahimov added that the current situation in Afghanistan confirms the dangers posed by the Taliban regime.

Residents of Paryan district in Panjshir province held a demonstration against the detention and torture of a former member of the Afghanistan security forces by the Taliban. Sources confirmed that protesters had gathered from several villages in Paryan district on Wednesday.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's foreign minister, said that Tehran is ready to hold an "extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of Afghanistan's neighbours". He discussed the issue in a meeting with Sadiq Khan, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan.

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid warned that if the Taliban weakened, Afghanistan will become unstable. He added that instability in Afghanistan will put the region and the world in danger.

Wopke Hoekstra, the Netherlands foreign minister, said that 189 people have been waiting in Afghanistan to be transferred to the Netherlands. Hoekstra said that these people are the ones who have worked for the Netherlands.

Emomali Rahmon, the Tajikistan president said that to curb security risks, it is necessary to build a security belt around Afghanistan. Rahmon added that terrorists try to cross the Central Asian borders.

A group of women gathered in front of the Kabul University on Tuesday and protested against the expulsion of female students from the university. The Taliban warned the demonstrators that they will not take responsibility if the protesters become the target of a suicide attack.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) announced that the company has collected debt worth 681 million Afghani from customers. DABS spokesman Hekmatullah Maiwandi added that the debt has been retrieved from strongmen and companies with the help of Taliban’s intelligence agency.

Shafqat Ali Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador to Russia, announced that for the first time, Pakistani commercial products will be sent to Central Asia via Afghanistan. Khan told TASS news agency that Pakistan's products will reach Central Asia within 35 days.

The National Union of Journalists in France (SNJ) urged Paris to speed up its efforts to "evacuate Afghan journalists". SNJ added that in comparison to other European countries, the French government’s support for Afghan journalists has not been enough.