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Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif and ISI chief, General Nadeem Anjum visited Kabul on Wednesday and held talks with the Taliban officials.

The visit took place while the TTP has increased attacks on Pakistani targets.

Sources said that the Afghan Taliban have not revealed the main purpose of the Pakistani delegation's visit to Kabul. According to Afghanistan International’s sources, TTP has been one of the main issues of discussion of the two sides.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced in a statement on Wednesday that during the visit of the ISI chief and Pakistan's defense minister to Afghanistan, an agreement had been reached on the joint fight against the TTP and Islamic State – Khurasan (IS-K) in Afghanistan.

Diplomatic sources also told Afghanistan International that the Pakistani delegation insisted that the Afghan Taliban must take bold steps against the TTP in Afghanistan.

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.