The latest action by the Taliban to ban women from working in NGOs generated protests by female university students and women activists in several regions of the country, as well as brought condemnations, globally.
According to local officials, the cost of coal and firewood has not increased, but poverty and unemployment have made it difficult for individuals to purchase fuel.
OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha has said "it is the need of the hour to highlight concerns over the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women's rights in Afghanistan".
BJP spokesperson NV Subhash on Friday took a jibe at Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao over his remarks that India might turn into Afghanistan if the saffron party remains in power, saying his statement is anti-India and doesn't behove his status as the CM.
On Friday, the UN's Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva addressed the Security Council in a private session, UN News reported. Otunbayeva said the UN Security Council must be unified in opposing policies against women and girls in Afghanistan.
The statement was issued by OIC in its final communique of the Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive Committee on "The Recent Developments and the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan."
The blast that took place on Wednesday killed at least 5 and injured many others, Afghanistan's TOLOnews reported. It has received widespread condemnations at international levels.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that the country will see a Taliban and Afghanistan-like situation if you keep dividing the people.
India on Thursday condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul that took place outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry and extended its deepest condolences to the bereaved families.
China has condemned the attack that took place outside the Taliban Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, which killed at least five people and injured many others.