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Congressman Bill Huizenga has dismissed recent comments by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, calling them “as illegitimate as the government he claims to represent.”

Iran has executed three Afghan nationals at Mashhad Central Prison on drug-trafficking charges, the Kurdish human-rights group Hengaw said Friday.

Thousands of Afghan migrants are queueing at the Islam Qala border crossing as deportations from Iran surge, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis in western Afghanistan.

Iranian authorities have stepped up pressure on Afghan migrants across the country, with reports of mass arrests, home and workplace raids, and the confiscation of mobile phones amid suspicions of links to Israel.

Molavi Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, a prominent Iranian Sunni cleric, has arrived in Kabul after visiting Afghanistan’s western provinces of Herat and Nimruz.

The Taliban has rejected recent remarks by US Congressman Bill Huizenga, who said that Afghanistan has once again become a haven for terrorist groups under Taliban rule.

Taliban officials in Herat province have warned of a looming humanitarian crisis following the mass deportation of more than 30000 Afghans from Iran in a single day.

The chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia warned on Thursday that Afghanistan remains a breeding ground for terrorism, despite Taliban commitments made under the Doha peace agreement.

Almost 27000 Afghans were engaged in high-risk drug use in public spaces by 2023, including 2670 women and 2150 children under 15, according to a new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report.

The Taliban said Thursday the group has arrested more than 27000 individuals on drug trafficking charges over the past four years.

Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has acknowledged that some members of the group may have taken personal revenge against former Afghan government officials, despite an official policy of general amnesty.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reaffirmed India’s commitment to peace, security and development in Afghanistan during remarks at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting on Thursday.

The Coordination Council of Afghanistan’s Political and Consular Missions has condemned the violent assault on a two-year-old Afghan child at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. It has called on Russian authorities to launch an immediate, transparent and thorough investigation.

The Taliban’s Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has appointed Saniullah Farahmand, a Turkmen cleric with no prior diplomatic experience, as the group’s “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary” to Türkiye.

More than 30000 Afghan migrants returned from Iran on Wednesday, June 25, according to local Taliban officials in Herat province. The sharp increase comes amid heightened tensions in Iran following its recent conflict with Israel.

Taliban intelligence officers have subjected detainees to physical, sexual and psychological torture, sometimes for “entertainment,” according to a new report by the Afghan human rights Rawadari.

The Taliban have reported a sharp increase in the forced deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran following the recent conflict between Iran and Israel.

Pakistan’s Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has announced plans to visit Kabul to enhance cross-border cooperation with Afghanistan in the fight to eradicate polio. The minister did not specify the date of the visit.

Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security said on Tuesday that one Afghan national was killed during an armed clash with border guards in the Khatlon region, as four individuals attempted to smuggle drugs into the country from Afghanistan.

US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that a recent American strike on Iran “ended the war” and significantly set back the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.

Iran’s parliament has passed legislation to suspend the country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to lawmaker Alireza Salimi.