Pressurise TTP Not To Announce Spring Offensive, Pakistani Delegation Tells Taliban

Earlier, the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar news agency reported that the Torkham crossing has been reopened to transit of passengers and goods.

Pakistani authorities have not yet commented on the closure of the Torkham border.

Last week, the Taliban announced the closure of the Torkham border crossing and had been engaged in a gun fight with Pakistani border forces.

The Taliban had stopped issuing passports to Afghans in late 2022.

The Directorate of Passports said that the online registration process for obtaining a passport will start in all provinces of Afghanistan from next week.

Taliban has asked Afghan citizens to file their application for passports at their respective provinces.

According to Taliban officials, those who had filed their application for passports from Kabul must visit their provinces to obtain their passports.

According to the Taliban, the group will issue 10,000 passports on a daily basis.

Noor urged Iran to reverse its decision of the transfer of the embassy’s charge to the Taliban.

Sources told Afghanistan International that Iran has decided to handover the Afghan embassy in Tehran to the Taliban next Saturday.

According to the sources, 15 diplomats have decided not to work with the Taliban and the Islamic Republic has closed the embassy and prohibited these diplomats from entering the embassy premises.

Iran has informed the Afghan diplomats in Tehran of Islamic republic’s decision about the transfer of control of the embassy to the Taliban on Monday, and the diplomats have decided to leave their jobs instead of working with the Taliban.

During a meeting with the Japanese ambassador in Kabul, Haqqani said that the sanctions are not in the interest of anyone in Afghanistan.

Haqqani emphasised that only through dialogue and mutual understanding, can they can solve the problems.

He described the position of the international community against this group as unfair and said that this policy "punishes" the common people in Afghanistan.

Haqqani urged the international community to change the trust deficit into dialogue and understanding.

However, the ambassador of Japan in Kabul asked the Taliban to allow Afghan girls to return to schools in the upcoming academic year.

While the Taliban suggests dialogue with the international community, the group has been accused of massive human rights violations across Afghanistan.

The Taliban has banned Afghan women from work, and education and removed them from social life.

The Taliban said in a statement that the Pakistani delegation held discussions with Mullah Baradar, the Taliban deputy prime minister, on biliteral and economic relations.

No further details have been released about the visit of Pakistan’s defense minister and ISI chief to Kabul.

The high-ranking Pakistani delegation's visit to Kabul comes amid weeks of heightened insecurity in Pakistan.

After the deadly Peshawar attack, Pakistan's Defense Minister said that these attacks have been conducted by terrorists that enter Pakistan from Afghanistan.

Pakistani officials said that the Tahreek Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the main anti-Pakistan group, has hideouts inside Afghanistan.