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The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Taliban in the northern city of Kabul.

Local sources in Laghman told Afghanistan International that Taliban members have arrested three former government soldiers over the past few days.

The European Union (EU) on Friday condemned the deteriorating human rights situation, especially the repression of women and girls in Afghanistan, during a meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations.

Uzbekistan's representative for Afghanistan, Ismatullah Irgashev, and the European Union's (EU) representative for Central Asia, Terhi Hakala, exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan.

Atiqullah Darwish, the Chief of the Criminal Division of the Taliban’s Supreme Court, has announced that since the group’s return to power in Afghanistan, five executions have been carried out.

Kyrgyzstan's National Security Committee on Friday (November 1) announced the seizure of 67 kg of drugs worth $3.5 million.

Bakhtar News Agency, a Taliban-controlled media outlet, reported that 204 Afghan refugee families were deported from Iran and Pakistan in a single day.

Russia's foreign minister said that the United States and its allies fled Afghanistan after 20 years of "occupation”, but today they still want to "interfere" in the country's situation.

Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, said that countries that pledged to support Afghanistan and then left the country "in a hurry" should not forget Afghanistan.

In response to the Taliban's deputy interior minister's offer to hold talks with the Pakistani Taliban, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesperson said that Islamabad was not willing to engage with "terrorist" groups.

Sources from Türkiye have informed Afghanistan International that on Thursday, a closed-door meeting was held in Istanbul, gathering a group of Afghan political activists and officials from Afghanistan’s former government.

The Taliban’s embassy in Beijing has announced the inauguration and operational launch of a new freight railway line connecting China and Afghanistan.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov presented the Medal of Honour to Nadir Shah Juma Khan, Chairman of the Council of the Afghanistan Trade Centre.

The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced that the ministry's ombudsman had arrested five people, including a woman, in Dand district of Kandahar province.

A new UN survey shows that the Taliban's policies have changed families' views on girls' education in Afghanistan. According to the report, fear of the Taliban and strengthening of patriarchal norms have reduced support for formal education for girls.

Ali Rabiei, an aide to Iran's president, called the treatment of Afghan refugees in the country "ugly" and "racist”.

Two weeks after reports emerged that a number of Afghan migrants were killed after Iranian border guards opened fire at them, the Taliban administration has confirmed the incident.

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Richard Bennett called on Canada to continue its efforts to improve the human rights situation in Afghanistan.

At a conference in Islamabad, Jiang Zaidong, China's ambassador to Pakistan, said that security is the biggest obstacle to the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Sources told Afghanistan International that the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested General Ikramuddin Sari, the former police chief of Takhar, and released him after interrogation.

Qatar's Foreign Ministry announced that its representative to the United Nations, Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, discussed holding the fourth round of the Doha summit, with UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo.