Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the arrest of an Islamic State member in Pakistan was carried out based on intelligence provided by the Taliban, describing the group as a “sinister phenomenon” whose safe havens must be dismantled.
Russia is interested in building a railway through Afghanistan as part of efforts to expand transport links with countries in the Global South, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said.
Iran has invited the Taliban’s labour and social affairs minister to Tehran to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, including job creation, labour market access, vocational training and the management of migrant affairs.
Envoys from Iran, Pakistan, Russia and China held talks on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) consultative meeting in Tajikistan, Iranian officials said Friday.
A senior Taliban official said Pakistan’s delegation at recent talks in Istanbul asked Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada to issue a religious decree, or fatwa, declaring the ongoing conflict in Pakistan unlawful.
Benafsha Yaqoobi, the prosecutor at the People’s Tribunal for Afghan women, said that the Taliban have completely dismantled the rights and support systems for persons with disabilities since returning to power.
Pakistan has deported several Afghan refugees who were awaiting resettlement in the United States, The Washington Post reported, as Islamabad intensifies its crackdown on undocumented migrants.
The Islamabad High Court has stopped the deportation of 18 Afghan nationals and directed Pakistani authorities to explain the cancellation of their residency cards.
Afghan migrants in Pakistan say their visa extension requests are being rejected without explanation, leaving many in limbo and unable to return home.
