The Taliban's police command in Baghlan confirmed that at least 10 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on the Sayed Padshah Agha monastery in Nahrin district of Baghlan province.
Several suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack and investigations are ongoing, the statement said.
In a statement released on Friday (November 22), the Taliban's police command in Baghlan called the incident a "mysterious" attack.
The victims worked during the day and came to the monastery at night to worship, the statement said.
On Friday morning, sources reported to Afghanistan International that gunmen opened fire on a "circle of Sufis" in a monastery in Nahrin district.
According to information received by Afghanistan International, the victims of the attack were Sufis.
At the same time, pictures have reached Afghanistan International showing the funeral ceremonies of the victims of the deadly Baghlan attack.
Ali Farhadi, a spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Education, said that there are no special schools for immigrant students in the country.
Farhadi said that the ministry has no intention of separating immigrant students from Iranian students.
A spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Education said on Friday (November 22) that about 600,000 foreign students are studying in the country's schools, the majority of whom are Afghans.
The official stressed that the rumours circulating in the media about the construction of special schools for immigrants and the separation of students are not true. Previously, rumours about the separation of immigrant students from Iranian students had been spread on some websites.
The spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Education clarified that in some neighbourhoods in Iran, the population density of immigrants is high, and for this reason, the number of immigrant students is more prominent in the schools of those neighbourhoods. He added that the Ministry of Education does not believe in the establishment of special schools for immigrants.
Ali Farhadi acknowledged that coexistence and interaction between Iranian and immigrant students leads to an improvement in the cultural environment and increased social interactions. The Ministry of Education supports this method of education, he said.
The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that it had killed three Taliban members and wounded two members of the group in an attack on the out post of Gate No. 4 of Bagram Airport on Thursday evening.
The statement said that Mullah Zakir, the Taliban's deputy commander, was killed in the attack at the Bagram Airfield. So far, the Taliban have not responded to the Afghanistan Freedom Front's claim.
Earlier, Afghanistan International had reported that the Taliban had transferred hundreds of people accused of being members of armed anti-Taliban fronts, such as the Afghanistan Freedom Front and the National Resistance Front, to Bagram prison.
Bagram prison is part of Bagram Air Base, which was held by the US-led international coalition for the past two decades and served as the main centre of the fight against the Taliban and ISIS.
It held hundreds of "dangerous" prisoners, including Taliban and ISIS commanders and fighters. With the withdrawal of international forces and the fall of the Afghan government, the Taliban captured the base and released the prisoners.
In September this year, sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban had activated the prison and transferred a number of prisoners there. A source said that the Taliban had also transferred some of the former government's military prisoners to Bagram airfield.
Local sources reported that unknown gunmen "shot" at least 11 people at a shrine in Nahrin district of Baghlan province on Thursday night, November 21.
Sources told Afghanistan International that the gunmen in this attack shot at a "circle of Sufis" who had gathered at night.
According to sources, the majority of those killed in this attack are young people.
Afghanistan International has also received pictures that show the bodies of the dead people inside what is called a shrine.
So far, it is not known which person or group carried out this attack.
The official sources of the Taliban have not yet commented on this incident.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to support efforts to transfer Washington's Afghan colleagues to the United States.
The bill calls for the appointment of a coordinator at the US State Department to handle efforts to relocate Washington's Afghan allies.
According to the text of the "Bill Designating the Coordinator of Efforts to Relocate Afghans 2024" which was published on the website of the Congress, "the relocation and resettlement of eligible Afghan allies, facilitating the exit from Afghanistan for US citizens and people who have permanent residence in the US", are among the responsibilities of this coordinator.
In addition, according to the bill, the coordinator of the US State Department will support the efforts of this ministry and the US government for the resettlement and relocation of Afghans.
The draft of this bill was presented to the US House of Representatives by Dina Titus, a representative of the state of Nevada.
This bill was approved two days ago with 334 votes in favour, 63 votes against and 36 abstentions.
"I am proud to have spearheaded this bill to ensure that we can protect eligible Afghan allies who have helped the United States and are facing threats from the Taliban," Titus wrote on her X account after the law was passed.
The US House of Representatives approves this bill while thousands of Afghan immigrants eligible to be transferred to the US are waiting to be transferred to the United States in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar and Albania. These immigrants, some of whom have been expelled from Afghanistan for more than three years, are worried about canceling the process of transferring immigrants when Donald Trump takes office.
Currently, the process of transferring Afghan immigrants to America continues slowly.
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesman of Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said that terrorist groups have a sanctuary in Afghanistan and attack Pakistan from there.
Baloch expressed hope that the Taliban would consider these groups not only a threat to others but also a serious threat to their own security.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan asked the Taliban to fulfil their commitments in the Doha Peace Agreement and stop the activities of this group in Afghanistan. Without naming a specific group, she demanded that the Taliban take action against terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
In the last three years, Pakistani Taliban attacks on Pakistani security forces have increased. According to analysts, Pakistani militants are allies of the Afghan Taliban and this group is not ready to expel them from Afghanistan.
In response to the requests of the regional countries, the Taliban has said that it will not allow any group to attack the neighbouring countries, but Pakistan insists that the leadership and a large number of Pakistani Taliban forces are present in Afghanistan.
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Zahra Baloch said in her press conference on Thursday that the concerns of the international community have been expressed in the reports of the United Nations and in the meetings of the neighbouring countries and the region regarding the situation in Afghanistan.
Zahra Baloch expressed hope that the Taliban "consider these groups as a serious threat not only to the region, but also to their own security and fulfil their obligations in various international agreements, including the Doha Agreement”.
She also said that Islamabad has shared its concern with Washington about the large amount of weapons that terrorist groups have acquired in Afghanistan and are using to attack Pakistan. Baloch added that Islamabad and Washington are trying to force the Taliban to fulfil their commitments in the fight against terrorism.
Zahra Baloch once again emphasised that terrorist groups have shelter in Afghanistan and from there they conduct operations inside Pakistan.
She said, "We believe that terrorism is a threat not only to Afghanistan, but also to Afghanistan's neighbouring countries, including Pakistan, as well as to the whole world."
After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, Islamabad hoped that this group would prevent the Pakistani Taliban from attacking security forces and government targets in Pakistan. Islamabad says that with the passage of three years, the Taliban not only did not prevent the activities of this group in Afghanistan, but also provided shelter in the border areas to this group.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan announced that during the visit of China's special representative for Afghanistan affairs to Islamabad, the officials of this ministry shared with him "definitive evidence" about the presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other opposition groups in this country.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan said that currently, this country does not have a special representative for Afghanistan and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan for the West Asian region and Afghanistan is responsible for Pakistan's interaction with the Taliban government.
Earlier, Pakistan had appointed two special representatives for Afghanistan. The last representative of this country was Asif Ali Durrani, who was removed recently.