Taliban’s Foreign Minister Receives Pak Deputy Foreign Minister in Kabul

In the song, "Group Sex" by Farida Tarana, she talks about the walls that the Taliban have built "between women, pen, school, and culture".

The two new songs have mentioned various restrictions the Taliban have imposed on Afghan women in the past year since they have taken control of Afghanistan.

In addition, the “Group sex” song has portrayed the violence over mandatory hijab and the suppression of Iranian protesters by the Iranian security forces. A photo of Mehsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish girl, who was killed in the custody of Tehran's morality police forces, appears at the beginning of the song.

The song "Bomb", by Ramsha Shafa and Shahram Farshid, tells the story of "making a bomb" which is "bigger than all bombs" and is on the verge of explosion.

In the song "Bomb", the artists criticise the fact that the world does not listen to the voices of people.

In the two songs, the Taliban violence has been recreated. For example, those who are dressed like the Taliban and are armed, attack children who are playing musical instruments.

Delawar has assured Iranian investors of stability in Afghanistan and has welcomed foreign investment.

According to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Taliban, the Iranian delegation has stressed that they have experienced technical teams in the mining sector.

The Taliban’s Minister of Trade and Industry has also met with this Iranian delegation and sought their investment in Afghanistan.

While the Taliban has been vocal about the interest of regional countries, including Iran and China, in investing in Afghanistan's mining sector, none of these countries have recognised the group’s government and have not invested in any flagship projects in Afghanistan.

Earlier, European Union officials had stressed that many Afghans and Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries are not willing to engage on a long-term basis with the Taliban.

According to reports, the Pakistani delegation will meet with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign minister of the Taliban, and Mullah Hasan Akhund, the group’s prime minister.

Pakistani authorities have not officially commented on Khar’s visit to Kabul yet. Earlier, some Pakistani media outlets reported that the deputy foreign minister of the country will visit Kabul.

Khar’s last visit of Afghanistan took place in 2012 when she was the Foreign Minister of Pakistan.

Pakistan is known as the main supporter of the Taliban. The country’s embassy has remained open in Kabul even after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. Islamabad has also received representatives of the Taliban in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad.

The Taliban official said that in the operation, nine people had been killed and four others had been injured.

The Taliban’s interior ministry spokesman added that the group’s security forces had sent two local officials to the area to ask the armed people to put down their weapons. However, the "rebels" had refused to give up their weapons.

Sources said on Friday that the Taliban killed nine civilians by attacking Sewak village in Nili district of Daikundi province.

Local sources said that the Taliban waged the operation and killed these civilians with the cooperation of the local Taliban members.

Local sources said that around 200 Taliban intelligence forces had been involved in the attack.

The spokesperson of the Taliban's Ministry of Interior has claimed that after the "rebels" refused to lay down their weapons, the group’s fighters started an operation in which two Taliban members have also been killed and one has been wounded.

Takor denied that children have been killed in the Taliban’s attack and claimed that the dead people were armed.

Reliable reports, from the region, however, indicate that four of the victims of the attack had been children aged 1 to 14.

UNAMA stressed that the office continues to work with all regional actors to assist efforts for meaningful peace in Afghanistan.

Markus Potzel, the UN Special Representative’s Deputy for Political Affairs, visited the two northern neighbours of Afghanistan in the past week.

Uzbekistan Foreign Minister, Vladimir Norov, said on Friday that he had spoken with Potzel about establishing an international group to negotiate with the Taliban government.

He added that the purpose of creating the international group is to agree on an algorithm for faster implementation of mutual obligations.