The report also notes that there was evidence that several global terrorist entities are using the TTP as cover to evade restrictions of the Afghan Taliban, adding that greater restrictions over such groups could push them to join Islamic State of Khorasan (ISKP).
Patel while speaking at a press conference in Washington DC, said that the US is “going to be watching very closely and will continue to take appropriate actions as needed.”
Religious education is obligatory for men and women in Afghanistan, Mohammad Hashim Shaheed Wror, General Director of the Invitation and Guidance Directorate (an independent body that determines religious policies in the Taliban regime), said, ToloNews reported on Wednesday.
At least nine people were killed, and seven others were left injured because of flash floods in Parwan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported citing a Taliban official on Wednesday.
Two new studios have been established by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TiKA) inside Mirac TV, a network that distributes educational and cultural content across Afghanistan, in order to facilitate support for education in the crisis-hit country, Khaama Press reported.
Afghan refugees held a protest in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) office in Pakistan's federal capital Islamabad, saying that no practical action has been taken to address their problems, ToloNews reported.
Amid the devastating floods, the residents of Wardak province called on Taliban and other aid organisations for assistance, Tolo News reported on Monday.
Taliban-appointed Defence minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said that he considers the United States as an obstacle to the international recognition of Afghanistan.
Taliban's acting minister of justice, Abdul Hakim Sharai has denounced the imposition of fresh sanctions by the European Union (EU) on some of the its leaders and said that the time will come soon when the organisation will put sanctions on them, according to TOLOnews.