Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) cases have risen recently, according to the medical staff at Kabul's Infectious Diseases Hospital, reported TOLOnews.
Speaking to UN News, Potzel said in a speech that women have the right to participate in society and urged the Taliban to fulfill its international obligations, including ensuring the rights to education and work for its population.
According to the campaign's organisers, despite their requests to reopen the nation's schools and universities in the past two years, no action has been taken.
In his address at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) which was held in a virtual format on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Afghan soil should not be allowed to be used to destabilise its neighbourhood.
The Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue also ordered the Kabul municipality to bring the new decree of the Taliban leader into effect and cancel the licenses of women's beauty salons.
Taliban Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has called on the US to "positively engage" with the Taliban, arguing that the Islamic Emirate has remained committed to the fulfilment of its pledge to not allow the use of Afghan soil against others, TOLO News reported.
At least four Afghan people were killed and another was injured as a result of gunfire by Iranian border security troops, Khaama Press reported, citing officials in southwestern Nimroz province.