At least two Iranian border guards and one Taliban security force have been killed after clashes between Taliban and Iranian forces at the border crossing point, according to a Taliban spokesperson and Iranian state media on Saturday, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported.
As per the reports of Amnesty International, the harassment campaign of the Taliban to systematically repress Afghan women from the public sphere is a misogyny and the policy to remove women and girls from public life is ongoing throughout the country under the Taliban's de facto regime.
The border-clash incident, which also resulted in several injuries, occurred amid tensions between the two countries over water rights, although the exact cause was not immediately known.
Brigadier General Qasem Rezaei, deputy commander of the national police, expressed grave concern over the unprovoked attack Saturday on the Sassoli outpost, located in the Zabol border regiment near the Afghan frontier.
At least 16 people have been injured after a heavy explosion rocked the Baghlan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported citing the officials on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters in Washington D.C., the US State Department's Spokesman Mathew Miller also said that the World Food Program halted distribution in two districts of Ghazni province from January to April when local officials attempted to interfere in distribution.
Even while aid organisations are still on the ground providing millions of people with life-saving assistance, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the prohibition on Afghan women working for national and international NGOs had already hindered hum
According to the General Consulate of Afghanistan in Karachi, Pakistan, 66 prisoners, including eight children, were released on Wednesday in Sindh's Karachi.
Residents of Helmand province in Afghanistan have complained of heavy losses due to lack of water as agriculture is an important and only source of income in the region, reported TOLOnews.
Over the past on month, nearly 65, 000 Afghan refugees returned to the country from Iran, Khaama Press reported citing the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation.