Local sources said that gunmen shot at and killed Mawlawi Mohammad Qayum, a tribal elder, in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar province on Friday. Mohammad Qayum was killed when he was returning from the mosque.
The Taliban held anti-US demonstrations across Afghanistan on August 5. Anas Haqqani, a Taliban leader, published pictures of the demonstrations depicting dozens of the group’s supporters with anti-US and anti-Pakistan slogans.
Lindsey Graham, a US Republican senator, has urged the United States government to quickly adjust its policies to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks. Graham wrote on his Twitter account, "A terrorist safe haven in Afghanistan is a formula for disaster.”
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting minister of interior of the Taliban, has not been seen in public since the killing of the al-Qaeda leader in Kabul on Sunday. Haqqani has also not responded to claims that al-Zawahiri was living under his protection in Kabul.
The Taliban Police Command in Herat arrested a person who sold his mother for 450,000 Afghanis. The Taliban stated that the man had sold a "married woman" in cooperation with two others.
Taliban in a statement said that the group has no knowledge of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda’s entry and residence in Afghanistan. The statement has been issued five days after US president Joe Biden confirmed that al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in Kabul.
At least 42 people have died, and 56 others have been injured in the recent floods in Afghanistan, said the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). NRC expressed concern that the recent floods will create more poverty in the country and lead to displacement of Afghans.
In the first reaction to the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, China has said that counter-terrorism cooperation should not be conducted at the expense of sovereignty of other countries.
The Council of National Resistance for the Salvation of Afghanistan announced that the killing of the leader of Al-Qaeda in Kabul reaffirmed "the depth of the Taliban's connection with the world's terrorist groups".
Tomas Niklasson, European Union's (EU) special representative for Afghanistan, said that the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul reinforces previous doubts about Taliban's commitments.
Local sources reported shooting in Karte Sakhi area of district 3 in Kabul city on Wednesday. Khalid Zadran, spokesperson of the Taliban police command, also confirmed the incident in the area.
Several Afghan women protested in Kabul and asked the international community to support women rights in Afghanistan. The Women Solidarity Group stressed that the international community’s silence regarding the violation of women's rights in Afghanistan is "shameful".
Reactions have been pouring in after the United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in the capital Kabul, on Sunday. Many former Afghan diplomats and government officials have highlighted how the reports showcase Taliban’s links with al-Qaeda.
Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of Iran, announced that the Taliban has promised to supply Iran's share of water from the Helmand River. Abdollahian said that a delegation from the Ministry of Energy of Iran will visit Kabul to negotiate the water issue.
The US State Department in a statement announced that the Taliban grossly violated the Doha Agreement by sheltering the leader of the Al-Qaeda in Kabul. It added that the Taliban had betrayed the people of Afghanistan and their own stated desire of recognition from the world.
Nasser Kanani, the spokesperson of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said that the Taliban forces are not aware of the exact areas within their border lines. According to Kanani, the Taliban forces' actions cause misunderstandings and sometimes border clashes.
Amrullah Saleh, former vice-president of Afghanistan, said that Pakistan has targetted the residence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leaders in Kabul.
Unidentified armed men murdered Talib Hussain Shirzad, former head of nursing at the Istiqlal Public Hospital, on Sunday, local sources said. According to the sources, the Taliban had recently removed him from his position, however, he continued to his job in defiance.
Mawlawi Ahmad Taqi, spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education, announced on Twitter on Monday that the University entrance examination “will be held after September 2022”.
Representatives of the Iranian and Taliban government held a meeting in the Hirmand region after border clashes on July 31.
The Directorate of Public Works of the Taliban in Zabul says that 26 people lost their lives and 4 others were injured due to the recent floods in the province. Women and children are among the dead and injured in Zabul.