Preparations for the Taliban’s annual Aug. 15 military parade at Bagram air base have started later than in previous years.

The agreement was signed in Kabul between Azizi Group Chairman Mirwais Azizi and the Taliban’s minister of energy and water.

Two journalists, Bashir Hatif and Shakib Ahmad Nazari, have been detained by the Taliban for more than a week, according.

OCHA said 245 aid activities were halted between January and June, mostly in central, southern and western Afghanistan.

Sources said Qatar had allocated only about 2,000 visas for Afghan workers, far fewer than the number of people who.