The Taliban have forcibly evicted residents of a village in Bamiyan province following a legal ruling in favour of Kuchi nomads, according to local sources.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday that approximately 370,000 Afghan migrants, including pregnant women, unaccompanied children, people with disabilities and elderly, returned from Iran over a two-week period in July.

A group of former Afghan ministers, lawmakers, and diplomats have launched a new political organisation in exile, the Afghanistan National Justice Party, holding its inaugural meeting on Monday in Istanbul, Türkiye.

The Taliban’s judicial authorities announced Tuesday that five individuals, including a woman, have been sentenced to 39 lashes each for offences described as “adultery, sodomy, and illicit relations.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Monday there is currently no official plan for President Masoud Pezeshkian to visit Afghanistan, clarifying that his recent remarks reflected Tehran’s commitment to maintaining neighbourly ties with Kabul.

A senior Taliban official met with Uzbekistan’s ambassador in Kabul to discuss large-scale electricity projects aimed at strengthening energy cooperation between the two countries, Afghanistan’s national power company said Sunday.

Afghanistan’s exports reached approximately $1.7 billion over the past year, according to the Taliban-run National Statistics and Information Authority, which shared the figures during a presentation of its annual performance report.