Afghanistan Freedom Front and National Resistance Front Convene First Joint Meet

According to IRNA, this officer was killed in a clash with drug traffickers.

Further details have not yet been released.

Hirmand county in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, shares about 110 kilometres of border with the Afghan provinces of Nimroz and Farah.

Muhriddin also warned about the situation in Afghanistan.

According to the RIA Novosti news agency, he said that the situation in Afghanistan can affect all the member states and lead to a change in the geopolitical balance across Eurasia.

The Tajik Foreign Ministry also stated that regional cooperation and security issues have been discussed in this meeting.

Foreign ministers from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan attended the meeting.

Muhriddin called on the member states to take more effective actions to improve the security situation in the region.

The Tajik Foreign Minister also emphasised on the need to increase the efficiency of the counter-terrorism center of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

As his country shares a border with Afghanistan, he stated that Tajikistan has been grappling with unprecedented security challenges for three decades.

The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, the first day of Eid al-Fitr, saw an attacker targeting two men near the Garonne River in Bordeaux.

Frédérique Porterie, the public prosecutor of Bordeaux, identified the perpetrator as an Afghan refugee. Porterie informed reporters that the attacker confronted the men over consuming alcohol during Eid and then assaulted them with a knife.

Following the assault, law enforcement officers intervened, resulting in the death of the attacker.

According to French authorities, the victims of the attack were two Algerian men aged 26 and 37.

The Bordeaux public prosecutor disclosed that the Afghan refugee had been granted French asylum in September 2021. However, there is currently no evidence indicating that the attack was motivated by terrorism.

According to the group, an attack was carried out on Friday at approximately 8PM in the Pul-e-Artal area of Kabul, resulting in the death of one Taliban member and injuries to three others.

Previously, during the month of Ramadan, the AFF had declared a temporary suspension of its attacks against the Taliban, which lasted for one month.

In this recent operation, the AFF targeted two patrol vehicles associated with the intelligence division of the Taliban's Ministry of Defence. A video released by the group captured the sound of the explosion.

As of now, Taliban officials have not issued any statements regarding the incident.

Taliban’s last year's defence budget was nearly 40 billion Afghanis, while this year's request exceeds 80 billion Afghanis.

On Friday, Afghanistan's Green Trend disclosed that it has accessed confidential documents from the Taliban’s Defence Ministry. They highlighted that although the Taliban keeps their security sector's budget highly confidential, they lack the expertise necessary to adequately safeguard their confidential documents.

The detailed data provided by Afghanistan's Green Trend shows that in 2023, the Ministry of Defence’s budget was over 39 billion Afghanis. For 2024, the requested budget is over 80 billion Afghanis.

This increase reflects a doubling from the previous year, attributed to escalating threats and internal rivalries within the Taliban. According to AGT, internal conflicts among Taliban leaders have so far prevented the approval of this year's proposed budget.

The breakdown of the Taliban’s defence ministry budget reveals that the majority of the budget is allocated to the directorates of weapons and tactics, strategic supplies, and administrative sectors. Notably, the budget for the weapons and tactics directorate has surged from 625 million Afghanis last year to 21 billion Afghanis this year.

Furthermore, while the strategic supplies directorate received over 12 billion Afghanis last year, it has requested more than 22 billion Afghanis for this year. The Ministry of Defence has also sought increased funding for the human resources sector in 2024.