Highlights of the Afghan Taliban today: Taliban say they attacked IS hideout north of Kabul

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, there has been an increase in attacks by IS militants against members of the Taliban. The Taliban and IS are enemies, and the attacks have raised the specter of a wider conflict between longtime rivals.

Here are the latest updates:

Taliban say they attacked IS hideout north of Kabul

Taliban fighters raided an ISIS hideout north of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing and arresting an unknown number of militants, a Taliban spokesperson said. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, there has been an increase in attacks by IS militants against members of the Taliban. The Taliban and IS are enemies, and the attacks have raised the specter of a wider conflict between longtime rivals.

Afghan girls trapped at home, waiting for Taliban plan to reopen schools

As the weeks pass in Afghanistan, the new Taliban administration has yet to announce when it will reopen high schools for girls, leaving them stranded at home while their brothers return to class. Two weeks after boys in upper sixth grade were asked to return to school, the government says it is working to allow girls to do the same.

“My request to the Islamic Emirate is that girls be allowed to go to school,” said Marwa, a schoolgirl from Kabul, using the term the Taliban uses to describe their government. “In addition, female teachers should be allowed to go to school and teach girls. “

The issue has become increasingly important as the rest of the world, desperately needed humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, tries to determine whether the new Taliban government will give women and girls more freedoms than last time. he was in power.

Appointed ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ envoy calls for UN recognition

Suhail Shaheen, the United Nations envoy appointed by the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (IEA) again urged the world organization to recognize him as the representative of the Taliban-ruled country, saying the former government Kabul “no longer exists”.

Last month, the UN rejected Shaheen’s appointment as Afghanistan’s representative, extending the tenure of Ghulam Mohammad Isaczai, Afghanistan’s permanent representative to the UN appointed by the administration-led by the United Nations. former President Ashraf Ghan.

The Islamic Emirate’s designated envoy to the UN, Shaheen, has again called on the UN to allow him to represent Afghanistan, Tolo News reported. Shaheen, the Taliban spokesman, said that since the former Afghan government collapsed, his envoy cannot represent Afghanistan, he said.

Afghan pavilion at Dubai World’s Fair remains closed after Taliban takeover

Hours after the World Expo opened in Dubai on Friday, the Afghanistan pavilion remained closed to visitors, a sign of the challenges facing the country’s new Taliban rulers. Afghanistan is one of nearly 200 countries participating in the six-month fair which was awarded in Dubai eight years ago and faced a one-year delay before the start due to the pandemic .

But the country’s pavilion, hosted by the previous Afghan government before it was ousted from power by the Taliban last month, remained unfinished and closed to visitors on Friday. A security guard at the building where the lodge is located said he hadn’t seen anyone working there for weeks. It was not immediately clear whether the pavilion, marked on signage around the 4.3 km² purpose-built site, would open at a later date during the exhibition fair.