Last week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kazakhstan accepted Afghan ambassadors. Kabul banned UN human rights expert Richard Bennett’s entry into Afghanistan. Restrictions on women were reported to have had a negative impact.

Last week, Canberra pledged to compensate the families of those unlawfully killed or harmed by Australian forces in Afghanistan, while Human Rights Watch called for the lifting of restrictions on Afghan women.

The United Nations last week expressed concern about the human rights situation and the presence of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but the Islamic Emirate rejected the claims while India and Russia praised the interim government’s steps taken against ‘terrorism’.

Over the past few days, reports are circulating on social media that 47 private schools have been allowed to provide secondary education to girls.

Physicians say that applying soil on an injured part of a body further deteriorates the condition of the wound and even could cause death.

Last week, Russia called the UN-led Doha meeting on Afghanistan important to revive close and constructive cooperation between the international community and Afghan authorities.

Some residents of remote areas in southeastern Khost province say they lack access to basic health services, including well-equipped maternity clinics.

After the release of a report by Pajhwok Afghan News, the drinking water problem has been resolved in Qarghanto area of central Bamyan province.

Some affiances in northern Jawzjan province have considered some customs and traditions, including taking sweets and clothes to fiancés house on the occasion of Eid an unpleasant and back-breaking, and demanded its prevention.

Deputy prime minister Maulvi Abdul Kabir last week met UN officials in Kabul and hoped the Islamic Emirate’s position on participating in the Doha meeting would be endorsed.

Nearly a dozen people, mostly foreign nationals, were killed and wounded in attacks by unidentified gunmen in central Bamyan province last week that saw periodic clashes erupting between Afghan and Pakistani border forces.

Last week, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) noted its engagement within the framework of humanitarian approach and constructive dialogue with Afghan officials.