The second meeting of the Contact Group of Central Asian Special Representatives on Afghanistan was held in Bishkek on Friday, 6 November, with delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan attending.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Islamabad is reviewing a US proposal to deport Afghan nationals through Pakistan. Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, 6 November, he confirmed that the proposal remains under consideration.
France's Foreign Ministry said Paris's technical talks with the Taliban over the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers do not constitute recognition of the group. Pascal Confavreux a ministry spokesman stressed that France has no plans to recognise the Taliban.
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban's Interior Minister, said at a ceremony in Andar district, Ghazni province, that the Taliban administration does not fully adhere to Islamic Sharia.
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Islamabad is seeking coordinated international efforts to counter terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
Pakistani media reported that security forces had arrested an Afghan Taliban member during an operation in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the reports, Qari Waqas, also known as Qudoos, was detained while attempting to enter Pakistan.
Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of France's National Assembly, said the Taliban's systematic policies and restrictions against women amount to gender apartheid. She described the situation as unacceptable and stressed the need to challenge the Taliban's treatment of women.
Relatives of Hadia Sahibzada, head of the Afghanistan Women's Voice Movement, said she and her husband were arrested by Iranian police while attempting to leave the country.
Tajikistan's Interior Ministry announced the arrest of nine people suspected of involvement in an international drug trafficking network transporting illegal shipments from Afghanistan.
Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, said the European Union has not recognised the Taliban and that any change in relations with the group would depend on significant progress in human rights, particularly women's rights.
Baktash Siawash, a former Afghan lawmaker, criticised the international community's approach to the Taliban during a European Parliament meeting, accusing countries of applying double standards towards Afghanistan, particularly women.
The United States acknowledged Pakistan’s concerns regarding terrorism from Afghanistan during a speech at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Atlanta. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “we agree with Pakistan and we don’t want them to be targets of terrorism.”
The Taliban announced that a two-day meeting of the Doha Process counter-narcotics working group began on Thursday, 5 November, in Termez, Uzbekistan.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that the Taliban has established an extensive system of surveillance, intimidation and repression to silence Afghanistan’s media.
Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, met Noriko Takagi, the newly appointed representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan.
British and Pakistani officials have described the presence of militant groups, including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in Afghanistan as a serious regional threat. The position was announced at bilateral counter-terrorism talks in Islamabad on Wednesday, 4 November.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Western countries are incapable of resolving Afghanistan's problems and that regional countries should take responsibility for managing its affairs.
The results of the US midterm elections, particularly Abdul El-Sayed’s historic victory in Michigan, have prompted reactions from several political figures, including prominent Afghans.
Pakistan's military announced on Tuesday, 3 November, that it had successfully tested a long-range air-to-air missile designed and manufactured domestically for the first time. Air-to-air missiles are used to target aircraft and other airborne targets during aerial combat.
US midterm election results show that Afghan-American Democratic politician Aisha Wahab holds a significant lead over her rival.
A US federal court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to deport dozens of Afghan asylum seekers to Afghanistan.
A Taliban official in Kabul told the Associated Press on Tuesday that the group's representatives had been invited to attend an upcoming UN climate summit as observers for the second time. The summit is scheduled to begin next week in Antalya, Türkiye.