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Bakhtar News Agency, under the control of the Taliban, censored images of women participating in the 7th Russian International Energy Exhibition.

Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban's deputy spokesman, rejected Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's statements about regional threats stemming from the activities of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.

In a meeting with foreign ministers of Russia, China and Pakistan's defence minister, Iran's foreign minister said that terrorist groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda threaten not only the people of Afghanistan, but also the security of the region.

Sources told Afghanistan International that the Afghan embassy in London was officially closed on Friday, September 27.

Reliable sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban's intelligence agency has arrested Jawed Kohistani, a political analyst, in Kabul.

The Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency reported on Friday that 338 families from Iran and Pakistan returned to Afghanistan in a single day.

The Afghanistan Security Watch said in a report that Taliban forces have had at least 45 border clashes with neighbouring countries in the past three years.

A former US National Security Advisor called for measures to weaken the Taliban and strengthen the Afghan people. HR McMaster said that destructive acts, such as aid to the Taliban, must be prevented, as it strengthens the group's foundations.

Fahim Azimi, an education activist, has been released from Taliban custody after 11 months, Amnesty International said.

Former US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad called the claim of Michael McCaul, chairman of the US House Foreign Relations Committee, about his responsibility for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, unsubstantiated.

More than 20 countries supported the decision of Germany, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands to prosecute the Taliban at the International Court of Justice.

Referring to her country's recent action against the Taliban along with the Netherlands, Germany and Australia, the Canadian Foreign Minister said, "We will not rest until justice is served and Afghan women achieve freedom."

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko announced that the process of removing the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups "will not be fast”.

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister announced that the sixth Moscow format meeting on Afghanistan will be held in October this year.

The European Union and UN Women held a meeting in support of Afghan women's rights in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session.

The Taliban announced that a number of the group's officials have been transferred in some provinces on the orders of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada.

The European Commission announced a contribution of 146 million euros to meet the basic needs and livelihoods of the people of Afghanistan.

Sources in Parwan confirmed to Afghanistan International that hundreds of people in Shinwari district of the province have been infected with an "unknown disease".

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed that the group wants to participate in the BRICS meeting in Russia to discuss economic issues.

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said that he had received a report about the killing of prisoners in the group's prisons.

During a meeting with the Taliban's Minister of Mines, the Iranian delegation announced the willingness of Iranian investors to extract iron, coal, and oil mines.