Taliban Cultural Commission: Women are barred from sports that show off their bodies

EU foreign policy chief Peter Stano said in a statement that the Taliban had not kept its promise to include women and other ethnic and religious groups in the government, referring to the announcement of members of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Following the announcement of members of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, Pakistan offered to invite them to a regional summit with Pakistan, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Turkmenistan.

Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's ousted president, said in a statement on his Twitter account that he would soon give more details about his sudden departure from Kabul. In another part of his message, he said that he had already declared his and his wife's assets

Reacting to the announcement of the names of the Taliban interim government, a spokesman for the British Prime Minister said that Britain wanted to see a diverse government in Afghanistan, but that the Taliban cabinet had not been announced.

German Foreign Minister Haiku Moss expressed concern about the composition of the cabinet of the new Taliban government in Afghanistan, saying that the arrangement, along with the non-participation of other groups in the government and violence against protesters and journalists, left no room for optimism.