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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.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced that the front has killed "two Taliban fighters" and wounded "more than six others" in separate attacks in Kabul and Takhar provinces.

The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar news agency reported that Taliban officials held a meeting to discuss the diversion of water from the Panjshir River to Kabul.

The Taliban’s Railway Authority announced on Monday that a delegation led by the government agency’s director Bakhturrahman Sharafat left Kabul for Tehran for an official visit.

Sources told Afghanistan International that a passer-by was killed in a Taliban shootout at a convoy of vehicles ferrying people participating in a wedding in Qarghayi district of Laghman province.

Iranian special envoy for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi called for the international community's support for Afghan refugees in Iran.

Fada Hossein Maliki, the representative of Zahedan in the Iranian parliament, said that the Taliban do not intend to comply with the water rights agreement and that the Islamic Republic should take "reciprocal action".

The National Resistance Front (NRF) and Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced the killing and wounding of 10 Taliban fighters in Kabul and Laghman provinces.

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, the Prime Minister of Qatar, said that after the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, there is no clear roadmap for the way forward in Afghanistan.

The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced that a 30-member delegation of Uzbek businessmen arrived in Kabul on a two-day trip to Afghanistan.

Mohammad Hossein Velayati, Iranian photojournalist of the Tasnim news agency, has been released from Taliban’s detention on Friday.

After seizing power in Afghanistan in August 2021, video clips circulating on social media, which expose the sexual relations of Taliban officials, has become a new challenge for the group.

The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported that Mohajer Farahi, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of the group, addressed a gathering in Nangarhar aimed at preserving and strengthening the Taliban regime.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that 32 positive cases of poliovirus have been registered in Afghanistan in 2023.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a situation report has stated that at least 33 secondary and tertiary hospitals in Afghanistan are on the verge of collapse.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Agriculture said that Iran has announced a commitment to provide short- and long-term training to the group’s employees.

Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban arrested a Kabul University student Mohammad Mehraban Murshid on Wednesday in Kabul.