Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Taliban group, has rejected the latest report by the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan, calling it “false propaganda” aimed at damaging the image of the group.

The International Cycling Union has announced that the Afghan women’s cycling championship will be held during the World Cycling Championships in France.

The Taliban, during the past week, flogged 10 people including four women in the provinces of Badakhshan, Faryab and Parwan on various charges in public.

Local sources have reported the abduction of Zalala Hashemi, an Afghan singer, in Kabul.