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Taliban-affiliated media outlets reported that the conference was held in the presence of Mullah Baradar, the group’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Afghan businessmen and a "delegation of US businessmen".

It did not provide details about the US delegation, but said that a member of the delegation is supposed to report to the US Congress about the current situation in Afghanistan.

Taliban also claimed that this delegation came to Kabul to invest in Afghanistan.

Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), which is under Taliban’s control, reported that members of the delegation are working to release the foreign exchange reserves of Afghanistan and lift sanctions on the Afghan banking system.

During this meeting, Baradar said that with the provision of investment opportunities in Afghanistan, not only Afghans, but also foreigners can invest in the country.

He added that Taliban has created an "inter-ministerial" committee aiming to facilitate the activities of local and foreign investors.

Baradar claimed that after the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan, the economic situation in the country has improved.

This Taliban official claimed that there have been improvements in Afghanistan's economic situation, while according to aid organisations, at least 20 million people in the country are facing acute hunger.

On September 5, 2022, two Russian diplomats had been killed in a suicide attack in Kabul. ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attack.

In a press conference on Tuesday, she added that countering terrorism is still an acute challenge in Afghanistan.

Zakharova stressed on the joint cooperation of regional countries in order to fight terrorist groups in Afghanistan and stabilise the country.

According to her, only with the cooperation of the region, is it possible to prevent the spread of terrorist activities from Afghanistan to neighbouring countries.

Afghanistan's neighbouring countries have repeatedly warned that ISIS fighters and other terrorist groups are actively present near their borders.

In the last two years, ISIS has launched several rocket attacks from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Even on Wednesday, the state news agencies of Tajikistan reported the killing of three members of an international terrorist group who had entered the country from Afghanistan and were planning to carry out terrorist acts.

Local sources told Afghanistan International that at least two members of the Taliban had been killed, and one Pakistani soldier had been wounded in this gunfight.

According to local sources, the gunfight between the two sides has ended.

These sources added that some civilians had also been injured in Wednesday's gunfight at the Torkham border.

Abdul Matin Qane, the spokesperson of the Taliban's Ministry of Interior, said that the gunfight took place at Torkham in the Momand Dara district of Nangarhar. He said that both sides have been made aware of this border skirmish and will work to prevent such incidents in the future.

The Ministry of Interior of the Taliban has not given details about the casualties of the group's forces and the injuries of civilians.

Pakistani authorities have not commented on the border skirmish.

Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards engaged in a gunfight at the Torkham border on Wednesday.

According to the sources, the Torkham border had been closed to traffic after the border skirmish.

A video clip received by Afghanistan International shows people and trucks fleeing the border areas as the gunfire could be heard in the background.

According to the sources, the clash began after the Taliban tried to set up an outpost in the border area.

Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security said that these individuals were members of the “Jamaat Ansarullah” movement and entered the country from the border area of Darwaz in Afghanistan.

On Wednesday, Khovar reported that the members of an international terrorist organisation entered the territory of Tajikistan on August 29-30, in order to carry out terrorist activities in the Kuran area of Darwaz district of Tajikistan.

According to the report, they planned to launch their attacks on the eve of Tajikistan's Independence Day.

Khovar quoted the National Security Committee of Tajikistan and said that the country's security forces surrounded the area and killed the "terrorists" as they did not surrender.

It added that along with these people, a number of weapons, ammunition, explosives, and communication devices had been seized.

The Tajik media has reported that after investigating and examining the documents obtained from the fighters, it has been revealed that they are members of the "Jamaat Ansarullah" group.

According to the report, all three individuals were Tajik nationals.

Since the Taliban’s takeover of the power in Afghanistan, it is the second time that Tajik security forces have reported killing of terrorists near the Afghan border.

In April, Tajikistan National Security Committee had announced that two terrorists who entered Tajikistan from the border of Afghanistan had been killed.

The committee had said that these two people intended to conduct terrorist attacks in Tajikistan.

Officials of Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries have repeatedly expressed concerns over the increase of terrorist activities in Afghanistan and its spillover to these countries.

According to the sources, the Torkham border had been closed to traffic after the border skirmish.

A video clip received by Afghanistan International shows people and trucks fleeing the border areas as the gunfire could be heard in the background.

Pakistani and Taliban officials have not commented on the issue yet.

According to the sources, the clash began after the Taliban tried to set up an outpost in the border area.

Meanwhile, sources in Pakistan also said the clash occurred after the Taliban tried to set up an outpost.

Sources in Pakistan also confirmed the closure of the Torkham border.

Recently, the Taliban’s spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior said that during the last two years, the group has had around fifty border clashes with Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.