The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has accredited the head of the diplomatic mission of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ur Rahman Rahmani, as a representative. It was reported that the aim was to expand trade, economic and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries.

The Afghan government has banned Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, from entering the country. Taliban officials say Bennett is "not a trustworthy person" and was assigned to campaign in Afghanistan.

The delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov visited the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and held multilateral talks with the leadership of the Taliban. At the meetings, the issues of increasing the mutual trade turnover to 1 billion dollars in 2024 and to 3 billion dollars in the near future, organizing an exhibition of Uzbekistan products in Afghanistan, and ensuring the active work of Afghan entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan were discussed.

August 15 marks three years since the US-led Western forces left Afghanistan and the Taliban took power. In this regard, a military parade was held at the former "Bagram" base, which served as a base for the main US operation for 20 years. It used military equipment seized from the USSR and the West.

Pakistani troops shelled the Afghan border town of Torkham with mortars. As a result, a mother and her child died, and another person was injured. In response to the attack, the Taliban also bombarded Pakistani border posts.

The borders between Afghanistan and the countries of Central Asia have been washed away by floods and they will be redefined, said the Acting Minister of Energy and Water Resources. Abdul Latif Mansoor referring to possible changes in territorial agreements.

The Taliban government has announced that it has severed consular relations with a number of embassies in Afghanistan that remain loyal to the former administration in the West. No country has yet officially recognized the Taliban government, which has ruled the country since 2021, but over the past three years, Kabul has appointed ambassadors to embassies in some neighboring countries.

Between January and June, 292 civilians were injured by landmines and wartime ammunition explosions in Afghanistan, 256 of them children. According to the UN, half of all explosions occurred while children were playing, and another 15 percent occurred while collecting scrap metal.

At least 40 people were killed and 347 others were injured as a result of floods caused by heavy rains in Nangarhar province in the east of Afghanistan.

Meetings on Afghanistan are taking place under the auspices of the UN in Doha, the capital of Qatar. In it, the US, along with a number of other countries, promised to lift restrictions on Afghanistan's banking and economic activities. The Taliban welcomed this promise. "The position of Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, the United States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation is worthy of applause," said Zabihullah Mujahid, a representative of the Taliban.