A number of Afghan political figures, including Ahmad Massoud, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Ismail Khan, Hanif Atmar, Mohammad Mohaqiq and Atta Mohammad Noor, have called for a UN-supervised intra-Afghan peace talks.
Abdullah Qarluq, spokesperson for the National Resistance Council for Salvation of Afghanistan, says three major political movements opposing the Taliban have reached an agreement and are speaking with a unified voice to address the current crisis.
Yerkin Tukumov, Kazakhstan’s special envoy to Afghanistan discussed border security, combating drug trafficking and continuing cooperation on the construction of a railway via Turkmenistan in a meeting with Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.
The Trump administration has shifted its immigration approach into a phase that has resulted in sudden detentions, cancelled interviews and halted legal processes for thousands of Afghans in the United States.
The lawyer for an Afghan asylum-seeker in the United States says his client whofled Taliban threats and harassment last year is now at risk of deportation “without having committed any crime.”
The Global Coalition for the Protection of Education from Attack (GCPEA) has said that authoritarian regimes and non-state armed groups are depriving women and girls of education through intimidation and violence.
A new report by Germany’s Federal Police indicates that newly arrived Syrian and Afghan migrants without residency status are involved in crime, particularly violent offences and homicides, at disproportionately higher rates than Germans.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday called for expanding political and economic cooperation with Kazakhstan during a meetingwith Yerkin Tukumov, Kazakhstan’s special representative for Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, has said the Afghan Taliban have been given a clear message that they must choose between supporting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or maintaining relations with Islamabad.
The Taliban’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Nooruddin Azizi, has discussed the challenges facing Chinese investors in Afghanistan during a meeting with China’s ambassador in Kabul, Zhao Xing.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e Islami, has travelled to Malaysia for medical treatment, sources told Afghanistan International. The trip marks his first known foreign travel since the Taliban allegedly imposed restrictions on his movements last year.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Taliban to release all reporters jailed in Afghanistan, using the lead-up to International Human Rights Day on 10 December to renew international pressure on the group.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Sunday that 18,000 tonnes of oil from the Qashqari oilfield in Sar-e Pol province had been sold through a public bidding process for roughly $10.5 million.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says digital violence is limiting Afghan women’s access to education, markets and economic opportunities.
Gul Hassan, the Taliban’s ambassador in Moscow, said Iran’s Chabahar port is becoming a key route for Afghanistan’s foreign trade, with daily commercial flows through the port increasing.
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says 34 people have been publicly flogged in Khost province on charges including drug trafficking and forgery.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei has voiced deep concern over escalating border tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban authorities.
The European Union Delegation to Afghanistan, marking the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence,” has warned that Afghan women face escalating risks of violence, deportation, and internal displacement.
The UN Security Council will convene on Wednesday to review the situation in Afghanistan amid mounting international concern over human rights restrictions, humanitarian needs, and terrorism-related threats.
UN Women said on Sunday that the Taliban have barred the organisation’s female Afghan staff from entering United Nations offices for the past three months. The organisation warned that prolonged restrictions threaten the delivery of life-saving services.
Qatar’s Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said on Sunday that his country played a central role in bringing an end to two decades of conflict in Afghanistan.
At least six people were killed on both sides of the border during overnight clashes between Taliban fighters and Pakistani border forces on Friday.