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Heavy gunfire could be heard in social media video of the rally, with Taliban men assaulting female protesters. They also violently prevented Afghan journalists from covering the rally, VOA reported.

He was among the Taliban officials who supported the education of women and girls, in a BBC interview, he stated that no rationale in Sharia law prohibits female education.

The relief assistance to Afghanistan includes essential items such as family ridge tents, sleeping bags, blankets, sleeping mats, etc.

India stands by the people of Afghanistan, he said.

The number of casualties might rise as dozens were still trapped under the debris.

At least two explosions hit a busy road near a Sikh Gurdwara in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday, According to media reports, the blast occurred in the Karta Parwan area of Kabul. The security forces have cordoned off the area as precautionary measures, according to eyewitnesses.

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in Delhi: "The team will meet senior members of Taliban. They'll also meet representatives of international organisations who are involved in the delivery of humanitarian assistance. We are focused on the security of our officials."

NSA Doval's comments came less than 24 hours after the gruesome murder of Kashmiri TV artist Amreen Bhat by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba pistol-borne terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district.

Earlier this month, Afghanistan's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a diktat for women to cover up fully in public, including their faces, ideally with the traditional burqa.

The statement also notes that the personnel of the Ministry will stand outside the UN office to "monitor if hijab is used or not".

The fighting is localised and at this stage does not represent a challenge to the Taliban's control of the country, but it is the most significant sustained armed opposition the group has faced since coming to power, BBC reported.

The statement detailed the procedures taken by the Ministry authorities to supervise the process of mandatory hijab. The initial stage in this procedure is to locate the residences of unveiled ladies and to counsel and warn the women's parents.

The US dollar has depreciated against afghani compared with a couple of weeks ago.

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that it will speak to American officials about the fate of the Mi-17 choppers which were designated for Kabul but were given to Ukraine instead.

The all-encompassing blue burqa, 'Chadari', which became a global symbol of the Taliban's previous extremist rule from 1996 to 2001, was proposed as a suitable covering, according to the statement.