The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has emphasised the limitations of "how the Taliban have really clamped down and imposed a system of widespread discrimination against women and girls," TOLOnews reported.
Amnesty International has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prioritise and accelerate the delivery of justice for victims of crimes committed by the Taliban and other actors in Afghanistan before the Taliban seized power in August 2021, TOLO News reported.
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Abdul Salam Hanafi has urged neighbouring countries to be politically neutral towards Afghanistan. He said the Taliban never seeks to damage other countries, TOLO News reported.
Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai alleged Taliban of playing the double game instead of handing over the elements involved in terrorist attacks in Pakistan using Afghan soil, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has said that the power in Afghanistan is now in the hands of religious scholars and they understand the interests and priorities of the country, TOLO News reported.
Afghanistan has received a 60 million euro donation as humanitarian aid from Germany, which will help Afghans who have returned from Pakistan and the victims of the earthquake in Herat province, Khaama Press reported.
The restrictions placed on women and girls in Afghanistan have prompted them to move away from Afghanistan, leading to their migration at a fast pace, Khaama Press reported.
Afghanistan's Taliban appointed second Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi has said the Taliban wants good relations with the world and the member countries of the European Union, and especially with the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, TOLO News reported.
Activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Europe staged a protest outside the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) building in Geneva to denounce the crackdown and forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Reiterating the importance of opening schools and universities in the country, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that educating girls as well as boys is very necessary for the prosperity of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
Amid the ongoing issue of illegal immigration, around 450,000 Afghan migrants have willingly returned to the country from Iran, Khaama Press reported, citing Iranian local media reports.
Amnesty International has strongly condemned the continued detention of women's rights activists in Afghanistan, emphasizing that restrictions against girls and women can escalate into "sexual harassment and crimes against humanity", Khaama Press reported.