The Taliban’s disaster management authority has announced that at least 20 people have died following heavy rainfall and flooding in Parun, the capital of Nuristan, and several other areas of the province.

Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF, has announced that a 28-year-old woman in Balkh has given birth to five babies.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, has announced that around 4.9 million mothers and children in Afghanistan will need nutrition support in 2026.

The Women’s Movement Network has described the international community’s silence and inaction over the forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan as “shameful”. The network says thousands of Afghan women and men are trapped between the threat of deportation and a return to Taliban rule.