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A UN source confirmed to Afghanistan International that the third Doha meeting will be held under the supervision of Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN Deputy Secretary-General.

Stéphane Dujarric, the UN spokesperson, stated on Sunday that the goal of the Doha meeting is to encourage the Taliban to engage with the world in a coordinated and orderly manner for the benefit of the Afghan people.

The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported, citing local sources, that Pakistani border forces clashed with militants in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.

Zabihullah Mujahid stated that the Taliban expect the Islamic Republic of Iran to recognise the group more than other countries. Mujahid once again urged the Islamic Republic to prioritise the recognition of the Taliban.

Gholamreza Ashrafi, Iran’s Director General of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare of South Khorasan, announced that employing Afghans without work permits in the province is prohibited, and employers who hire foreign citizens lacking work permits will face fines.

In an unprecedented move to establish diplomatic relations with the Taliban, Nicaragua has appointed a non-resident ambassador for Afghanistan.

A group of women and civil rights activists have issued a statement criticising the remarks of Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.

Radio Pakistan reported that 13,815 Afghan migrants have been deported from Pakistan in the past 10 days.

Security and diplomatic sources have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban are planning to relocate members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from border areas to other provinces in Afghanistan.

Yerzhan Kistafin, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, said that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should engage with Afghanistan to solve problems.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that fully prepared militant groups, including ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and their affiliates, remain active in Afghanistan.

Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Interior, denied the recent report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres regarding the rise in security incidents in Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claims to have killed three Taliban members in an attack on a Taliban military outpost in Panjshir province.

Agnès Callamard, Secretary-General of Amnesty International, stated that the Doha meeting lacks credibility without the participation of human rights defenders, women, and a focus on human rights issues.

Pakistan’s Peshawar High Court has ordered the police not to deport Afghan artists from Pakistan until their immigration cases are resolved.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that the National Resistance Front (NRF) has carried out a total of 29 attacks on Taliban forces in the past three months.

Homayoun Afghan, spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, stated that over the past three years, the ministry has signed contracts worth 10 billion Afghanis with various local companies for the extraction of small mines.

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, reported a significant rise in instability in Afghanistan, with over 2,500 security incidents recorded in the past three months.

Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf stated that all of Iran's serious social issues originate from the eastern part of the country.

Zakir Jalali, a Taliban Foreign Ministry official, stated that the United Nations has shared the agenda for the third Doha meeting with the group, focusing on the private sector, finance, banking, and drug menace.

Abdul Salam Zaeef, the former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, has emphasised that without understanding the world, meaningful interaction is impossible.