Taliban Announces Repatriation Of Over 200 Afghan Refugee Families From Iran & Pakistan

Earlier, local sources had reported an explosion near the Kabul airport.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front's statement issued on Friday evening, October 18, said, "The operational units of the Freedom Front are shattering the false illusion of the Taliban's security."

The front said that two other Taliban members were wounded in the attack. Taliban officials have not yet commented on the incident.

Local sources told Afghanistan International that they heard the sound of an explosion at around 6:30pm local time.

The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce wrote in a statement that a delegation of 250 members of the private sector and Taliban officials left for Almaty on Friday afternoon, October 18.

The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce wrote in a statement that the delegation includes Taliban officials and some businessmen and representatives of the private sector.

The ministry wrote that the Taliban delegation travelled to Almaty to hold an exhibition of Afghan products in Almaty, participate in a trade outreach conference, and hold official and business meetings with Kazakh officials.

The visit of the Taliban delegation to Kazakhstan comes at a time when some Central Asian countries have recently expanded their relations with the Taliban. Earlier, last month, a Taliban delegation travelled to Uzbekistan to hold an exhibition, and before that, some Uzbek officials and businessmen had travelled to Kabul to strengthen trade relations.

In a note posted on the X social media network, Khalid Zadran called the Hamas leader a "hero" and congratulated him on his "martyrdom".

Khalid Zadran posted a photo showing the items inside the pocket of the Hamas member. In this picture, a bullet can be seen along with a rosary, some money, a flashlight, and a number of other items.

The Taliban spokesperson said that the items inside the pocket of the slain Hamas and Taliban members are the same as their ideals. "Mentos is used to reduce hunger and bad breath, and the mouth usually stinks when you're hungry. The rosary and a bullet show that this man fought only for the sake of God," he wrote.

The film, made by Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, explores the lives and struggles of some women in the early weeks after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.

The documentary about the resilience of Afghan women under the Taliban's rule was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is the producer of "Bread and Roses”.

The film was made by Excellent Cadaver, a film company that Jennifer Lawrence started in 2018 with her friend Justine Polsky.

In 2018, Sahra Mani, the director of this film, made another film called "A Thousand Girls Like Me" about Afghan women.

When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, they imposed sweeping restrictions on women in the public and private spheres. A number of Afghan women protested against the Taliban's policies in different cities. The Taliban's response to the women's protests was to suppress, detain, and torture the protesters.

Heidari said that the number of undocumented Afghan nationals reached "two million", stressing that "their illegal presence is not acceptable in any way".

In an interview with Khabar Online, he said "We need at least six years to organise and evacuate the nationals from the country, although our emphasis is on Afghan nationals, but there are also Iraqi, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals in Iran."

The member of Iranian parliament added that some Afghan nationals who lived in Iraq for a long time and then came to Iran and stayed in Iran, do not have an Afghan, Iraqi or Iranian identity. He said that the situation of these nationals should also be clarified in Iran.

Heidari emphasised that regardless of any kind of attitude towards foreign nationals in Iran, these migrants should be "managed and controlled" with an intelligent system. He claimed that European countries monitor the behaviour of foreign nationals from the moment of arrival to departure by the security and intelligence services.

The Iranian official called undocumented Afghan immigrants in Iran "border aggressors" while the Islamic Republic has made living conditions extremely difficult for Afghan immigrants in Iran and has greatly increased the process of deportation of undocumented Afghans.

The Halvash Human Rights Organisation reported on Wednesday that Iranian border forces opened fire on a large group of Afghans who were trying to enter Iran, killing and wounding dozens of them. The report of the shooting of Afghan refugees has provoked the reaction of many international humanitarian organisations. These organisations have called for a transparent and comprehensive investigation into the matter.