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Xiaoyong held talks with Pakistani Foreign Ministry officials in Islamabad on Monday.

Pakistani authorities have provided Xiaoyong with information about the use of Afghan soil by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates, the Express Tribune reported.

The information also includes new evidence of how Taliban-controlled Afghanistan threatens regional peace and stability.

China's special envoy for Afghanistan travelled to Pakistan just days after Russia's special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov visited Islamabad to discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan.

In a statement issued by Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, it was stated that the Chinese special envoy met with Deputy Foreign Minister Amna Baloch. According to the statement, he also held detailed consultations with Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan and West Asian Affairs Ahmed Naseem Warraich.

The Foreign Ministry statement said, "The two sides exchanged views on relations with Afghanistan. They stressed on the vital role of neighbouring countries for a peaceful and stable Afghanistan."

According to the Express Tribune, sources said that Pakistan briefed the Chinese envoy on the current situation in Afghanistan and how the country's territory is being used by terrorist groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other groups.

Sources said officials in Islamabad shared convincing evidence with the Chinese diplomat about terrorist sanctuaries inside Afghan territory that pose a threat to Pakistan's security.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly accused the ruling Taliban of harbouring the TTP and other insurgent groups opposed to Islamabad, and in some cases elements within the Taliban have facilitated TTP attacks from Afghanistan into Pakistan.

The Afghan Taliban have repeatedly denied the accusations and have said that they will not allow any group to use Afghan soil.

In an article, the publication stressed that Pakistan is following the same failed policies that Ashraf Ghani employed.

Al-Mirsad publishes the Taliban's unofficial positions. Zabihullah Mujahid and other Taliban spokesmen have repeatedly shared reports and news from this media outlet on social media. It is said that this media outlet is close to the Taliban's intelligence agency.

Al-Mersad wrote in an article on Monday that Ashraf Ghani's government used blind airstrikes and violent operations against civilians to confront the Taliban, and now Pakistan is making the same mistakes by carrying out similar attacks in the tribal areas.

Al-Mirsad also compared the media policies of Ashraf Ghani's government and the current Pakistani government, saying that the previous Afghan government was trying to portray the Taliban as a group affiliated with the ISI. Now, Pakistan is trying to portray the TTP as affiliated with the Afghan Taliban.

The media outlet close to the Taliban claimed that this propaganda did not harm the Taliban and contradictorily boosted the morale of the group.

The Pakistani military has consistently accused the Afghan Taliban of hosting and supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan's military says Afghan soil is being used against Pakistan.

Pakistani media are propagating that the TTP is in Afghanistan, al-Mirsad said. According to this media outlet, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is present in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

Al-Mirsad claimed that popular support for the TTP is increasing day by day.

The outlet wrote that the TTP's morale is getting stronger day by day, and the Pakistani government is facing panic and fear. Public support for the TTP is growing, and hatred towards the country's military is becoming more deep-rooted, it reported.

Al-Mirsad wrote, "Now the territory of Pakistan, especially the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has become a battlefield, and the current situation is far more worrying than it was in 2013."

Stating that the Pakistani army has targeted civilians in the tribal areas, the Taliban-affiliated media outlet wrote, "If the people of Pakistan, especially the residents of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resist these atrocities, as Afghans stood up to Ashraf Ghani, security, stability and Islamic order will soon prevail in Pakistan."

"Public trust in this group is increasing day by day and is moving towards stability and strength," the outlet added.

In the end, the Taliban media outlet claimed that the TTP has become an invincible force.

The Taliban's relations with Pakistan are tense. Both sides accuse each other of supporting their opponents. Pakistan accuses the Afghan Taliban of supporting the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and providing shelter to the group. But the Taliban accuse the Pakistani army of supporting, financing and equipping ISIS in Balochistan.

Four Chinese citizens and a Tajik citizen were wounded in the attack in the Zarbuz Gorge of the Shamsiddin Shohin district in the Khatlon region.

According to informed sources, the attack took place on November 18. The Chinese nationals who were targeted in the attack were working in a gold mine in the area.

A local source told the news website Yeni Safak, "All the victims have been taken to a hospital in the district. Security forces are present at the scene of the incident and an investigation is underway."

The attackers are said to have come to Tajikistan from Afghanistan and targeted Chinese engineers and workers.

However, it is not yet officially clear whether the attack was carried out by drug traffickers or Islamist militant groups.

The Tajik government has not yet officially commented on the incident.

The incident could raise concerns about the infiltration of armed and militant groups into Central Asian countries. Previously, Baloch militants in Pakistan have carried out bloody attacks on Chinese engineers and workers.

Tajikistan has always expressed concern about the security situation on the Afghan border and has asked the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to strengthen security measures on the border.

In the past three years, there have been numerous reports of drug traffickers and extremist groups attempting to cross the Tajik border. After the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, Tajikistan has stepped up border security measures and deployed more troops in these areas.

One of the most serious threats to Tajikistan is the Ansarullah group, which is based in northern and northeastern Afghanistan, especially in Badakhshan. The group, which is allied with the Taliban, is an Islamist opponent of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.

On August 6 last year, Tajikistan's State National Security Committee announced that it had eliminated three members of the Ansarullah group. In the past, they had transported large shipments of weapons, ammunition, explosives, communications equipment and financial resources to Tajikistan, it said.

The filmmakers said that the production of the documentary began in 2020 at the same time as the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban had been finalised.

A number of diplomats and members of the European Parliament sat at the body's headquarters in Brussels to watch the film.

The film is a visual and inspiring narrative of the struggles of Afghan women.

The documentary's authors called it a "powerful illustrated document" that "confronts the viewer with hidden and overt realities surrounding the peace talks".

"The Sharp Edge of Peace" was also introduced by Hollywood actress Meryl Streep at a meeting at the United Nations.

The film is directed by Roya Sadat and produced by Leslie Thomas, and is a co-production of Roya Film House and Mira Studios.

"The Sharp Edge of Peace" has previously been screened at festivals in Canada and India.

In early November, sources told Afghanistan International that Germany had asked Afghan diplomats to either engage with the Taliban or end their work.

In a statement published on the official Facebook page of the Afghan Consulate General in Bonn, Sadat said, "In view of some political considerations and restrictions of the host country and their request, and in order to prevent the closure or suspension of the consular activities of this mission, I resign from my responsibility as the Consul General of Afghanistan in Bonn, Germany."

Sadat wrote that after nearly two decades of working in the Afghan Foreign Ministry, he is resigning from the job. So far, the German Foreign Ministry has not commented on the matter.

Earlier, the ambassadors of the former Afghan government to some Western countries had announced an increase in pressure from host countries to encourage their interaction with the Taliban.

According to a report published by Afghanistan International on October 26, diplomatic sources had confirmed that in the latest case, Germany had asked the former Afghan ambassador in Berlin and the consul general in Bonn to end their work soon.

These sources had said that the ambassador and the consul general had been discussing with German officials for the past two months and justifying the continuation of their mission within the framework of the credentials of the republican government. However, according to reliable sources, Germany had said that their presence without relations with Kabul is useless.

The sources also confirmed that other countries have also increased pressure on Afghan ambassadors over the past month, sending a message to "engage with the Taliban, or end your diplomatic mission”.