Taliban Threatens To Capture Isfahan Province of Iran In 2 Day, Reports Iranian Media

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.

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

Oct 2, 2023, 09:41 GMT+1

Sources have confirmed to Afghanistan International that the Turkish government has issued a diplomatic visa to Mohammad Zubair Wadan and he has been appointed as the Taliban's new diplomat at the Afghan embassy in Ankara.

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.

Taliban Delegation Departs For Tehran To Participate in Islamic Unity Conference

Sep 30, 2023, 14:53 GMT+1

Iran’s embassy in Kabul announced that a delegation of the Taliban left Kabul for Tehran to participate in the 37th Islamic Unity Conference.

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.

Taliban’s FM Meets Representative of Saudi Arabia In Kazan

Sep 30, 2023, 13:27 GMT+1

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister, met with the representative of Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the Moscow Format meeting.

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.

Afghan Education Activist Matiullah Wesa To Be Tried Without Access to Lawyer

Sep 30, 2023, 11:55 GMT+1

A member of “Pen Path” organisation said that in the coming days, the Taliban will prosecute Matiullah Wesa, an Afghan education activist.

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.”

Amnesty International Calls For Immediate Release of Zholia Parsi, Other Afghan Activists

Sep 30, 2023, 10:46 GMT+1

Amnesty International expressed deep concerns over the arbitrary detention of Zholia Parsi, women’s rights activist, and asked for the immediate release of her and other activists from the Taliban prison.

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.

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