Iranian MP Urges Reconsideration of Relations with Taliban, Citing Unreliability

According to statements from both sides, the discussions focused on bilateral cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan, with both ministers emphasizing that foreign interference in Afghan affairs is “not constructive.”

Hafiz Zia Ahmad, a Taliban’s foreign ministry spokesman, quoted Muttaqi as stating on the social media platform X, “The Moscow format holds special significance for Afghanistan, and we seek to transform it into a mechanism for enhancing cooperation between Afghanistan and regional countries.” The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry described the meeting as “promising,” noting that political, economic, and regional issues were addressed.

In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the meeting, stating that the two officials discussed efforts towards peace in Afghanistan, as well as opportunities for strengthening ties between Moscow and Kabul.

Taliban officials in Kunduz province have not yet commented on the incident.

Meanwhile, residents of Kunduz province confirmed to Afghanistan International on Saturday, October 5, that an explosion had taken place at the Imam Sahib port.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front has posted a video on the social media network X documenting the moment of the explosion in Kunduz Province.

The front said in a statement that 13 Taliban members had been killed and two others were wounded in the attack.

"The attack was carried out at 6:25pm on Friday by the forces of the National Resistance Front on the headquarters of the third Battalion of the Fourth Brigade, a special unit of the Ministry of Defence of the Taliban in the village of Mohammad Baig Khel," the statement said.

The National Resistance Front called the attack "one of the most deadly attacks by the National Resistance Front forces against the Taliban in recent months”.

On Friday evening, residents of Panjshir reported a relatively powerful explosion in Dara district to Afghanistan International. Local sources said that after the explosion, the Taliban closed the area and evacuated the victims of the explosion with ambulances.

Abdullah Farooqi, a spokesman for the Taliban's police command in Panjshir, said that a gas balloon exploded in a guesthouse, injuring six people in the incident.

The injured were rushed to medical centres and are in critical condition, he said. He wrote on the social media network X that the explosion did not cause any financial damage.

According to the report, these Afghan refugee families returned to Afghanistan from the Torkham, Spin Boldak, Pul-e-Abrisham, and Islam Qala crossings.

According to figures published by Bakhtar, 35 families entered Afghanistan through the Torkham crossing, 30 families from the Spin Boldak crossing, 77 families from the Silk Bridge crossing, and 99 families from the Islam Qala crossing.

Iran and Pakistan have sharply increased the deportation of Afghan refugees without residency documents.

These immigrants are forcibly deported in most cases.

According to local sources, the target of the attack was a flower-covered vehicle that belonged to the wedding ceremony of one of the Taliban commanders.

According to the information provided, three children were injured in the blast and were transferred to Takhar Central Hospital.

So far, no information has been released about the damage caused to the Taliban in the incident, and authorities are investigating the details of the explosion.