Officials from the Union of Crude Oil Refining Factories say Afghanistan has reached self-sufficiency in producing diesel fuel by 80 percent.

The union officials stated that the private sector has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the country's crude oil refining field, and this complex is developing day by day.

They added that the crude oil currently being refined in domestic factories is equal to international standards.

“We have 80% of the market. At the moment, 80% of diesel is produced in our country and 20% comes from foreign countries,” said Zabihullah Nazari, deputy of the Union of Crude Oil Refining Factories.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum officials said they are trying to increase the production capacity of Amu Darya oil basin so that all the country's oil needs are met from domestic production.

The ministry officials stated along with the Amu Darya oil basin, they are also trying to attract investment in the Herat oil field to start its extraction.

Economic experts, however, said that if there is an increase in investment in the country's oil sector, along with reducing unemployment, the government's income will also increase significantly.

U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights, Rina Amiri, said on Friday that Afghans, especially women and girls, are facing a devastating mental health crisis due to the policies of the Islamic Emirate.

“As we commemorate World Mental Health Day, I want to draw attention to the devastating mental health crisis faced by Afghans, especially women & girls, due to the Taliban’s (IEA) alarming & extreme policies.” Amiri said.

“We must all be resolute in supporting them in the struggle for their rights,” she added.

The Islamic Emirate has always emphasized that it is committed to ensuring the rights of women and girls in accordance with Sharia and has called on countries not to interfere in Afghanistan's internal affairs.

An Afghan man living in Oklahoma state of the United States who allegedly plotted to conduct an attack on Election Day on behalf of Daesh worked a security job for the CIA in Afghanistan, Fox News reported.

Authorities believe Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, became radicalized after he arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 9, 2021, weeks after the American troops pulled out of Afghanistan, a senior Biden administration official said.

He entered the U.S. on a special immigrant visa (SIV) and is on parole status pending adjudication of his immigration proceedings, the Department of Homeland Security said this week. Those facts were disputed by the State Department.

Officials have since clarified that Tawhedi came to the U.S. via humanitarian parole and later applied for SIV status.

Humanitarian parole is a process by which Tawhedi would have been held in a third country for screening and vetting and then flown to the U.S.

After moving to the U.S. in 2021, he applied for special immigrant status, a pathway for a green card, and was approved. He hadn't finalized his status, which is why the State Department denied a DHS claim made this week that Tawhedi arrived with an SIV.

It was still unclear when the State Department approved him for an SIV after DHS approved him for humanitarian parole in 2021. Tawhedi applied for SIV status immediately after arriving in the U.S.

There were no red flags that would have barred him from entry into the U.S., officials said.

Tawhedi was arrested Monday and is charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and receiving a gun to be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism.

In his seized communications, Tawhedi allegedly indicated that his attack was planned to target large gatherings of people on Election Day. He was busted after speaking with an FBI confidential informant, the Justice Department said.