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1. Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have shot and killed a relative of a Deutsche Welle journalist while hunting for him, the German public broadcaster says. 2. The Taliban visits closed Indian consulates in Afghanistan on Wednesday, searched for documents and took away parked cars, government sources said today, expressing worry that it meant the group is acting against the assurances its leaders have been giving to the world. 3. House-to-house searches are being carried out for opponents and their families says an intelligence document for the United Nations. 4. The chiefs of all three armed forces - Army, Navy And Air Force - are at the National Defense Academy in Khadakwasla on Friday, two days after the Supreme Court said that women can sit for the NDA admission exam and nudged the Army to bring about the changes on its own. 5. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday agrees to set up a 10-member strategic policy group to ensure better coordination between the party and the state government and expedite implementation of various government programmes. 6. Congress president Sonia Gandhi's virtual meeting with opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray will be held today at 4.30 pm. The meeting is aimed at consolidating the unity that the opposition displayed in taking on the government in parliament. 7. Johnson and Johnson applies for permission to conduct COVID-19 vaccine trials in India on children in the 12-17 age group. 8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of multiple projects in Gujarat's Somnath through video conferencing.