Taliban’s Minister of Energy & Water Leaves For Iran For An Official Trip

The charges leading to the arrest of these Pakistani citizens by the Taliban in Afghanistan remain undisclosed, as does the exact number of individuals detained.

The Taliban has not commented on this matter yet.

As per the report from the Express Tribune, the demonstrators urged Pakistani authorities to initiate communication with Kabul, emphasising on the urgent repatriation of these detained Pakistani citizens back to their country.

They also asked the Pakistani authorities to take back the confiscated passports of these individuals from the Taliban.

One of the protesters told Express Tribune that these Pakistani citizens entered Afghanistan with visas, however, they were arrested by the Taliban.

Ali Mohammad Tahmasebi, the Department of Environment’s advisor, said that Mullah Baradar, the Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, promised that the water rights would be given as soon as the conditions are favourable.

Baradar visited Tehran on November 4 and returned to Kabul on November 9.

During a week, he met with several Iranian officials, including the head of Iran's Department of Environment.

According to the report of Iran's Labor News Agency (ILNA), Tahmasebi said that Iranians expect the Taliban not to fail to release the encroachment based on the principles of good neighbourliness and strengthening neighbourly relations.

Simultaneously, he highlighted the disagreement over the allocation of Iran's water rights. He said that the disagreement between Iran and the Taliban pertains to how to distribute the specified 820 million cubic meters.

The Iranian official referred to the 1973 Iran-Afghanistan treaty, emphasising on the need for resolving differences by establishing a joint expert working group.

In a joint statement after the negotiations in New Delhi, the foreign and defence ministers of the United States and India asked the Taliban to adhere to their commitments.

Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, the US Secretary of State and Defence, met with their Indian counterparts, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh, in the framework of US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi, on Friday.

In the joint statement published by the US State Department after the meeting, it has been stated, “The Ministers called on the Taliban to adhere to their commitment to prevent any group or individual from using the territory of Afghanistan to threaten the security of any country."

It also recalled the UN Security Council Resolution 2593, which states that the territory of Afghanistan should not become a shelter for terrorists and should not be used to threaten other countries.

Despite the Taliban's claims of ensuring security and peace since taking over power in Afghanistan in 2021, reports from international and regional organisations indicate the continued activity of terrorist groups within the country.

The foreign and defence ministers of the United States and India pledged to continue consultations to facilitate a peaceful Afghanistan.

Over the last few days, this is the second former parliament member being detained by the Taliban.

Naeemzoi was the representative of the nomads during the 15th and 16th term of the parliament in Afghanistan.

Naeemzoi is the son of Mohammad Naeem Kochai, one of the former leaders of the Kochi tribes and a senior member of the Taliban group.

During the past few days, there were reports regarding the detention of Mullah Tarakhel Mohammadi, another representative of the Kochis in the parliament of the previous government, along with three members of his family.

According to the reports, Mohammadi was also detained on charges of "land usurpation".

The Taliban has not yet commented on the detention of these two former members of the parliament.

This is not the first time that the Taliban has arrested former members of parliament. Mohammad Payanda, another member of the former parliament, has been in Taliban prison for months.

According to the documents that reached Afghanistan International in October, a Taliban court has issued a retribution sentence [qisas] for Payanda for committing murder on a land conflict.

The event took place on Friday along with the attendance of the President of France, the President of the European Council, and various heads of states from European, Asian, and African nations in the capital of France.

A number of politicians and representatives of international organisations are among the participants of this two-day meeting. Participants will focus on finding effective collective solutions to the challenges of the 21st century.

The Paris Peace Forum will address long-term issues such as achieving peace, poverty alleviation, global warming, food security, global health, the effects of artificial intelligence, and the consequences of climate change.

In its sixth session, the forum brings together key players in productive artificial intelligence to discuss the benefits and risks of this new technology.

One day prior to the commencement of the Paris Peace Forum, the French capital organised a gathering focused on humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza. French media reported that, amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron made a last-minute inclusion of a humanitarian conference for Gaza within the Paris Peace Forum.