Afghanistan

Taliban appointees are running diplomatic missions in several countries, including in neighboring Pakistan.

The Taliban appointed Mawlawi Badreddin Haqqani as ambassador to the UAE, marking its second accredited envoy after China.

Taliban FM: "UN reports are based on prejudices and anecdotes detrimental to interests of Afghanistan and the Afghan people."

In the past year, over 280 men have been removed from security forces for not having a beard, as well as more than 13,000 Afghans detained for other various 'immoral acts'

Most of the women were forced to rely on male relatives' incomes to support their families, when before, they were able to support their families independently.

A senior UN official warns that IS-KP, based in Afghanistan, poses a growing global threat, highlighted by recent deadly attacks in Russia and Iran.

Political slogans and statement are banned on the field of play and on podiums at the Olympics and breaking's governing body later said the 21-year-old had been disqualified.

"Smoke from the fire in this economic hub is visible up to 18 kilometers away," the deputy governor of Taybad for political, security, and social affairs said.

In the second, separate attack late Monday night, five civilians, including two female health workers and two children, were killed in an attack on a health facility in the Dera Ismail Khan district.

Hamdullah Fitrat, dep. spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate Afghanistan said, “Both American nationals violated the country’s law, and discussion has been held with the US officials in this regard."