Million Mothers & Children Deprived Of Nutrition Assistance In Afghanistan, Says WFP

According to this newspaper, Afghan immigrants in Iran use over one trillion Toman (1 toman is equivalent to 10 Iranian rials) worth of water annually, but the Taliban is currently not willing to provide Iran's water rights from the Helmand River.

In recent weeks, the presence of Afghan refugees in Iran has become controversial.

In recent days, certain Iranian media outlets have discussed the presence of Afghan refugees in Iran in a "discriminatory" and "racist" manner.

However, in an article published by the Jomhouri-e-Eslami Newspaper on Sunday, it wrote, "It is even more strange that inside [Iran], those who criticise the refugee issues are called anti-Afghans."

After the takeover of power by the Taliban in August 2021, Afghan citizens' migration to neighbouring countries, particularly Pakistan and Iran, has increased dramatically.

There have been several factors for these migrations, including concerns about potential reprisals by the Taliban against former government employees, human rights activists, and political opponents, as well as the ban on girls' education and a substantial rise in unemployment and poverty.

It has been said that the Taliban’s foreign ministry has appointed Wadan as the first secretary of Afghanistan’s embassy in Turkiye.

While the Turkish government does not officially recognise the Taliban's regime, it has permitted the group to take control of the Afghan embassy in Ankara and Afghan consulate in Istanbul.

Earlier in February last year, the Taliban's foreign ministry appointed one of its own diplomats in the Afghan consulate in Istanbul and dismissed three diplomats of the previous government.

Amir Ramin, the previous Afghan government’s ambassador in Turkiye, continues to oversee the country's embassy in Ankara, and the majority of diplomats from the previous administration remain in Turkiye.

In 2022, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister during a trip to Turkey, met with a group of Afghans and staff members of the embassy.

This conference takes place in Tehran every year on the occasion of Prophet Mohammad's birthday.

According to Iranian media, the meeting will be held on Sunday, October 1.

The official website of the Islamic Unity Conference stated that the conference theme will be to “reach common values”.

The Islamic Unity Conference was held in 1987 for the first time by the order of Ruhollah Khomeini, former supreme leader of Iran.

On Saturday, Zia Ahmad Takal, Taliban’s deputy spokesperson for the foreign ministry, wrote that Muttaqi and Jiluwi bin Turki Al Saud discussed expansion of "bilateral meetings and humanitarian aid".

No country has recognised the Taliban government so far.

The meeting of the Moscow Format was held on Friday, September 29, in Kazan city of Russia.

The representative of Saudi Arabia attended the meeting as an observer.

Participants of the Moscow Format called on the Taliban to respect human rights of Afghans and form an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

The Foreign Minister of the Taliban, who attended this meeting, stated that over the past two years, regional countries have been at the forefront of engaging with the group in Afghanistan.

According to the source, the Taliban did not allow Wesa to call for a lawyer and his trial will be held without the presence of one.

At the same time, Amnesty International has recently launched a campaign for the immediate release of Matiullah Wesa from Taliban’s detention.

Amnesty International reported that Wesa was detained for advocating against the prohibition of girls' education and has been in custody for six months.

Matiullah Wesa leads Pen Path, an organisation that has worked in remote villages in eastern and southern Afghanistan, encouraging local people to support their children's education.

He was arrested near his house in Kabul in March 2023. The Taliban have claimed that Wesa was arrested because of "anti-government activities".

A member of Pen Path told Afghanistan International, "There's no distinction between the Taliban court and the field courts; they lack due procedures.”