Turkiye Accepts New Taliban Diplomat For Afghanistan’s Embassy in Ankara

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.”

The rights organisation urged the Taliban to cease arbitrary and illegal detention of activists, journalists and critics of the group.

In a statement published on Friday, Amnesty International wrote that due to the gross violation of human rights by the Taliban, which is considered a crime under international law, including crimes against humanity and against women, the organisation called for establishment of an independent international accountability mechanism regarding human rights violators.

On Wednesday, September 27, the Taliban arrested Zholia Parsi, leader of the Spontaneous Movement of Protesting Women, along with her son in Kabul.

In the last two weeks, this is the second time that the Taliban has arrested a woman protester.

On September 19, the Taliban arrested Neda Parwani, another member of the movement, along with her husband and child.

The Taliban has not yet commented on the arrest of these people.

In the last two years, the Taliban has always arrested activists, journalists and university professors who oppose the group's thinking and policies.

Currently, Mortaza Behboudi, a journalist; Rasoul Parsi, a university professor, and Matiullah Wesa, an activist for girls' education, are also in prison under the Taliban.

A number of human rights organisations have demanded the release of these Afghan human rights activists.

On Friday, September 29, Tamana Zaryab Paryani set up a protest tent in Wipperfurt, Germany, calling on Afghan activists in Europe to join this campaign.

On social media platform X, Paryani wrote, "We appeal to the conscience of women and all individuals who value freedom in Germany, urging them to stand in solidarity with their sisters in Afghanistan and not allow the gender apartheid under the regime to continue in Afghanistan."

These women's rights activists went on a hunger strike from September 1 to September 13 in a sit-in tent located in Cologne, Germany.

They also spoke with the German, US and UN representatives, but it appears that these conversations did not succeed in meeting their demands to recognise the gender apartheid under the Taliban.

Earlier, Paryani had issued a statement saying that she had clearly conveyed the message of Afghan women to the German Foreign Ministry during her meeting with the representative of the German Foreign Ministry, but she did not receive a clear answer.