At least 16 people have been killed and two dozen injured in an explosion at a religious school in northern Afghanistan’s city of Aybak, the capital of Samangan province.

The Taliban’s ministry of vice and virtue have banned Afghan women from visiting all parks, using gyms and public baths. The ministry’s spokesman tells Press TV the ban is being introduced because Islamic laws had not been followed.

US president Joe Biden has signed a classified new policy limiting counterterrorism drone strikes, tightening rules that his predecessor Donald Trump had loosened.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation meets to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover in August.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian underlines the need for the formation of an inclusive government in neighboring Afghanistan with the participation of all ethnic groups.

Afghans say the Taliban takeover of the country has not brought an end to terrorist attacks there. In addition to three large mosque explosions recently, IED bomb attacks have been continuously taking lives in the capital Kabul.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf describes Palestine as the foremost issue of the Muslim world, urging the path of resistance.