On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, the United Kingdom’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Richard Lindsay, has called for accountability for human rights violations in the country.
Pakistani authorities have resumed the forced deportation of Afghan migrants after deciding not to extend residency deadlines, a move that affects an estimated 1.4 million Afghans holding expired Proof of Registration (PoR) cards.
The Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, has called on business representatives from 12 countries to invest in Afghanistan, according to a statement issued by the ministry on Tuesday.
A group of exiled Afghan women has condemned the ongoing deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan, describing the practice as collusion with what they called Afghanistan’s “repressive and misogynistic regime.”
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said that long-term peace and sustainable development in Afghanistan are essential for regional security, reaffirming his country’s commitment to supporting the Afghan people.
Police in Kalat, a city in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, have issued a 72-hour ultimatum for Afghan migrants to leave the country and return to Afghanistan.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it urgently requires $2 million in funding to continue providing essential health services to returning Afghan migrants over the next three months.
The spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has altered the ministry’s name in a recent post on social media platform X, apparently to circumvent content moderation policies.
