Afghanistan

Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, has recently ordered Taliban officials to stop using government facilities for personal use, especially government buildings.

While relations between Kabul under Taliban rule and Riyadh continue to deteriorate, sources report the return of the Saudi ambassador to Kabul after one and a half years.

Local sources in Faryab report that a young man was killed by his father-in-law. According to findings by Tarz Press, the 20-year-old man named Mohammad was beheaded by his father-in-law while he was resting at his workplace.

The Taliban government has prohibited the operation of mobile money changers in Sarai Shahzada, Afghanistan's largest currency exchange market.

Taliban security officials report that a 40-year-old woman has committed suicide in the center of Badakhshan province. Ehsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the Taliban's provincial police headquarters in Badakhshan, stated on Tuesday, July 9, that the woman was a resident of the Deh Payan Chata area in Faizabad city.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's spokesperson, announced that Hidayatullah Badri, the former acting governor of the Central Bank, has been appointed as the acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, and Shahabuddin Delawar has been appointed as the acting head of the Red Crescent.

The acting Taliban Minister of Industry and Commerce has emphasized the need to increase transit projects between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan during a meeting with the Uzbek Minister of Transport.

The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that at least 75% of Afghanistan's domestic products were sold at a recent four-day exhibition in Uzbekistan.

Several human rights and women’s rights activists have issued a statement condemning the exclusion of women and civil activists from the third Doha meeting and the omission of human rights issues from its agenda.