The Ministry of Information and Culture has announced that it will revoke the licenses of all media support organizations in Afghanistan, except for three designated groups.

In an official statement, the ministry highlighted the large number of media support organizations operating in the country and criticized some for engaging in unprofessional activities that, rather than addressing journalists’ and media outlets’ challenges, have damaged the international credibility of Afghanistan’s media institutions.

The ministry also noted that several organizations have been inactive for an extended period.

According to the statement, only the licenses of three media support organizations will be renewed, while all others will be canceled.

No further details were given nor did the ministry name the three organizations that would be allowed to renew their licenses.

Belgium last week engaged in discussions with the Islamic Emirate authorities regarding the return of Afghan nationals living in Europe without legal documents or with criminal records, according to a report by Het Laatste Nieuws.

Freddy Roosemont, head of Belgium’s Immigration Office, visited Kabul as part of a delegation representing 20 European Union member states for three-day talks with IEA officials.

Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Belgium’s Minister for Asylum and Migration, confirmed the country’s participation, describing the mission as an “administrative recognition” effort coordinated by the European Commission. The mission focused on restoring technical cooperation on administrative matters, particularly identifying individuals eligible for voluntary or forced returns, with priority given to undocumented Afghans with criminal records.

Van Bossuyt emphasized that Belgium does not share values with the Islamic Emirate but highlighted the necessity of administrative cooperation with governments holding differing worldviews. She also assured that Afghan women, children, and other asylum-eligible individuals would not be forcibly repatriated.

Currently, more than 2,000 Afghan nationals remain in reception centers across Belgium.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday praised “brave” British soldiers, calling them warriors, a day after remarks he made about NATO troops in Afghanistan were described as “insulting and appalling” by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Trump provoked widespread anger in Britain and across Europe after he said European troops had stayed off the front lines in Afghanistan.

Britain lost 457 service personnel killed in Afghanistan, its deadliest overseas war since the 1950s. For several of the war’s most intense years it led the allied campaign in Helmand, Afghanistan’s biggest and most violent province, while also fighting as the main U.S. battlefield ally in Iraq.

“The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, Reuters reported. “In Afghanistan, 457 died, many were badly injured, and they were among the greatest of all warriors. It’s a bond too strong to ever be broken.”

Trump’s initial comments had provoked an unusually strong reaction from Starmer who has tended to avoid direct criticism of Trump in public.

The British leader’s office issued a statement to say the prime minister had spoken to the president on Saturday about the issue.

“The prime minister raised the brave and heroic British and American soldiers who fought side by side in Afghanistan, many of whom never returned home,” the statement said. “We must never forget their sacrifice, he said.”

Veterans in Britain and elsewhere have been lining up to condemn the U.S. president’s comments to Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” on Thursday in which he said that the United States had “never needed” the transatlantic alliance and accused allies of staying “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan.

Among them was King Charles’ younger son Prince Harry, who served two tours in Afghanistan.

“Those sacrifices deserve to be spoken about truthfully and with respect,” he said in a statement.