Local sources in Paktika have confirmed that a 10-year-old child, after enduring torture and humiliation in a religious school, set himself on fire and sustained severe injuries. This incident has once again raised concerns about structural violence in the Taliban’s education system.

Local sources in Kandahar have reported the suicide of a young woman in District 3 of Kandahar city.

Following heavy rainfall and flooding in Nangarhar province, local Taliban officials in the province have reported the deaths of two children and the injury of two others.

Amid the wave of reactions to Russia’s decision to recognize the Taliban regime, the “Purple Saturdays” movement has denounced Moscow’s action as “a clear alliance with gender apartheid” and “a serious threat to global peace.”