Journalist support organisations marked World Radio Day by raising concern over increasing Taliban restrictions on media in Afghanistan, as the Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture urged broadcasters to comply with its policies.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has urged Western countries to reconsider their sanctions policy after the UN Security Council extended the mandate of the sanctions monitoring team related to the Taliban, describing the move as ineffective.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has approved an international agreement on a feasibility study for the Trans-Afghan railway, establishing a framework for a regional transport corridor linking Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan.
Women business owners say the Taliban prevented them from entering the third international construction exhibition in Kabul, which opened on February 12. The executions is scheduled to run until February 16.
Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president of the United States, has called on the Taliban to release American hostages, warning that Donald Trump has made clear the group must stop detaining US citizens or face consequences.
The chief of staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has warned that numerous international extremist and terrorist groups are operating in Afghanistan, posing a risk of instability across the region.
The UN Security Council on Thursday, February 12, extended the mandate of its sanctions monitoring team overseeing measures against the Taliban and entities threatening Afghanistan’s peace and security for another year, keeping the group under UN sanctions.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says a new United Nations sanctions monitoring report supports Islamabad’s long-standing concerns about the presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Islamic State group in Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s Finance Ministry says it is reactivating the Afghanistan–Saudi Arabia Joint Economic Commission on the orders of the group’s leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, in an effort to expand bilateral economic cooperation.
Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said the group’s administration is working to bring Afghans together under what he described as a single “Islamic and national position.”
Mohammad Sadiq Khan, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, met a delegation from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Islamabad to discuss regional security concerns and cooperation.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, discussed expanding relations with Tajikistan during a meeting with Tajik Ambassador to Kabul Sadi Sharifi, the Taliban Foreign Ministry said.
Iran’s deputy oil minister, Seyed Ali-Mohammad Mousavi, has travelled to Kabul to discuss increasing exports of fuel and liquefied gas to Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan has met the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan to discuss the country’s human rights situation, recent developments and security challenges.
Richard Lindsay, the United Kingdom’s special representative for Afghanistan, said on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science that the country’s future depends on equal opportunities, stressing that girls must be free to learn and women free to work in science.
A new United Nations sanctions monitoring report says the Taliban are supporting the activities of militant groups, including al-Qaida, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, inside Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s defence minister has said the country may take action against militants in Afghanistan before the start of Ramadan, warning that delays in addressing security threats would carry serious consequences.
The United Nations says 1,607 days have passed since the Taliban banned girls from attending secondary school in Afghanistan, warning that the continued restriction threatens the country’s future.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says more than 75 precent of Afghanistan’s population is facing livelihood insecurity, with female-headed households among the most affected.
Afghanistan remains among the world’s most corrupt countries, according to Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which shows the country’s ranking worsening slightly in 2025 under Taliban rule.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) held the third meeting of the private sector working group under the Doha Process in Kabul.
Pakistan’s defence minister said the country’s involvement in the wars in Afghanistan was driven by political considerations rather than religion.