Journalists and media owners in Kapisa province say the Taliban have effectively silenced the media in the province by banning the broadcasting of images of living beings, an action they say openly violates freedom of expression.

Hannah Neumann, a member of the European Parliament, has said that the Taliban’s penal code in Afghanistan “codifies gender apartheid and the de facto enslavement of women and girls”.

Local Taliban officiaals in Nangarhar province say that seven members of a family have been killed and one other person injured after the roof of a house collapsed in Jalalabad city.

Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the United Nations, has said that the Taliban must revoke all discriminatory laws and decrees in order to comply with international human rights standards.