The Pakistani army carried out airstrikes on parts of Kabul and Nangarhar last night. According to the Taliban, a drug treatment centre in Kabul was also targeted in the attacks, and a number of civilians, including patients at the facility, were killed and injured.

The death of Shirin Hazara, an Afghan protester and civil society activist, has triggered widespread reactions among women protesters, women’s rights activists, and civil society organisations.

In its latest quarterly report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, UNAMA has said that the Taliban detained and imprisoned a girl under the age of 18 for refusing to submit to a forced marriage.

The Taliban in Balkh province have flogged a woman on charges of “having an illicit relationship”.