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Russian authorities have reportedly arrested and deported 15 undocumented migrants from the city of Pskov, according to local media.

The Taliban Embassy in Islamabad has categorically denied claims that Afghan refugees participated in recent anti-government protests in Pakistan.

Local sources from Kapisa province reported that the Taliban members arrested a 35-year-old woman, Niloufar, who is a gangrape victim, and imprisoned her.

Yuri Chikhanchin, the chairman of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (EAG) said that the group is seeking joint measures to counter the threat of terrorism in Afghanistan.

Eskandar Momeni, Iran's interior minister, said that the wall construction at the borders continues rapidly.

The Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced that the ministry's ombudsmen arrested 23 people in six provinces of Afghanistan last week.

Alireza Bigdeli, the new charge d'affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Afghanistan, arrived in Kabul on Saturday morning, November 30, to officially start his mission.

Badruddin Haqqani, the Taliban's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, called on the country to facilitate the transfer of prisoners to Afghanistan.

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announced that over the past three years, more than 12,000 Afghans have entered Brazil on humanitarian visas after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan.

During the 16-day campaign against gender-based violence, the US Embassy in Afghanistan said that Afghan women want security and opportunities to build their futures, which is what all women in the world want.

Homeless Afghan women detained by the Taliban for begging have spoken of "brutal" rapes and beatings in prisons.

Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that some Afghan citizens had been detained during protests by Imran Khan's supporters in Islamabad.

According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan has now reached 3.5 million.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the former Special Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, objected to the presence of representatives of women and civil society in the Doha Process Anti-Narcotics Working Group.

Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Luxembourg and Mexico referred the case of violations of women's rights in Afghanistan to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Vladimir Putin said on Thursday on the sidelines of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) summit that Afghanistan is achieving stability.

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday accepted the credentials of several new ambassadors, including Mawlana Badruddin, the representative of the Taliban.

Nader Yar-Ahmadi, head of the Centre for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs of the Islamic Republic, said that 1.2 million undocumented immigrants are deported from Iran every year.

Imangali Tasmagambetov, the secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) said on Wednesday that Afghanistan continues to be a source of serious challenges and threats for the member states of the organisation.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced that the inaugural meeting of the Counter-Narcotics Working Group was held on Thursday.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a well-known Iranian filmmaker said that Afghan artists are fighting the Taliban's plans to radicalise society through Afghanistan International and other networks.