United States, European Union and 20 other countries expressed their concern in a joint statement over the "summary killings" of former security personnel in Afghanistan

The United States has welcomed the Taliban’s recent announcement of banning forced marriages of adult women among other marriage-related regulations but added that more steps are needed to ensure women’s greater participation in society

Pakistan has permitted India to use Afghan trucks to transport humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, ending one of the key deadlocks in modalities for the assistance

Afghanistan should form an inclusive government representing all aspects of society, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai said, adding the move will help the government to gain international recognition. Calling the Taliban “brothers”, he said uniting all Afghans was a way forward to end the sufferings of people

The Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, issued a decree on Friday, announcing a ban on forced marriages of women—which has become rampant amid worsening social and economic conditions—and said the consent of adult women was necessary for marriages

The value of Afghanistan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is forecast to likely contract further by several billions, as per a UN body report

Iranian border forces and Taliban fighters clashed—for the first since the group’s return to power— along the border for several hours in the western Nimroz province in Afghanistan, media reports said

The Taliban-led government has rejected a recent report by an international human rights watchdog that said the group had executed dozens of Afghan security members after they surrendered following the fall of civilian government earlier this year

The United States has asked the Taliban to fulfill its “commitments” on counter-terrorism, human rights, and general amnesty when the officials of both sides met in Doha

Over 100 police and intelligence officers of the former Afghan government have been abducted, killed, and “summarily executed” by the Taliban since the group took over power in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report

Afghanistan's air force, comprising abandoned Russian and American helicopters, held its first military exercises since the Taliban came to power, Afghan media reported

In another bid to control the shrinking media space in Afghanistan, the Taliban-led government has issued an order restricting the media outlets from publishing anything against the interest of the Taliban administration

The World Food Program (WFP), in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has begun providing cash aid to dozens of vulnerable families in west of Kabul. WFP’s zone manager, Daoud Ghaznawi said that each family would receive 7,000 Afs in cash

Prices of primary items, mainly food and fuel, have shot up by almost 100 percent in Afghanistan as its residents face severe food and energy shortage

Over 28,000 Afghans have applied for temporary visas into the US, but so far only 100 of them have been approved