During a visit to the Taybad district, Abdullah Sohrabi, an assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister, asserted the necessity for Iran to take control of markets in Afghanistan and unspecified "target countries."
Tajikistan has announced the submission of a draft plan aimed at fortifying the nation's border with Afghanistan to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).
According to a new report by Rawadari, a human rights organisation, the Taliban is retaliating against the family members and relatives of former Afghan government employees.
The US Department of State announced that Benafsha Yaqoobi, a former member of the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission, and 11 other women were the winners of the "Women of Courage" award for 2024.
Zarifa Yaqubi, an Afghan female activist who was imprisoned for about 41 days by the Taliban, has disclosed distressing details about the "horrible torture" of female prisoners.
A group of Afghan and Iranian activists have submitted a request to the Canadian Parliament, urging for the criminalisation of gender apartheid.
In response to the question of Afghanistan International’s reporter, Matthew Miller, US State Department spokesperson, said that the Doha agreement empowered the Taliban and weakened Afghan partners.
Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, emphasised on Thursday that engagement with the Taliban must be fundamentally rooted in the respect for human rights, particularly the rights of women.
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House spokesperson, has said that the Doha agreement empowered the Taliban and weakened the Afghan government.
Lisa Curtis, a former White House official, said that Washington should discard the Doha agreement and explore alternative ways for conditional engagement with the Taliban.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) has announced that a Taliban member had been killed in the Pul-e-Hesar district of Baghlan province.
Matthew Miller, US State Department spokesperson, said that the detention of American citizens in Afghanistan has hindered Washington's "positive engagement" with the Taliban.
The Taliban's Supreme Court announced that, based on the decision of the group's military court in Herat, eight individuals were punished for "assault and dishonour" at the court's premises.
Hamdullah Mohib, the National Security Advisor for Afghanistan's previous administration, has accused key Afghan politicians of maintaining ties with the Taliban prior to the fall of Kabul.
On the occasion of National Soldier’s Day, Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) said that the Taliban subjected former security forces throughout Afghanistan to “the most severe forms of torture, killing, imprisonment, exile, and forced migration”.
Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's special representative for Afghanistan, said that after negotiations between Iranian authorities and the Taliban, he hopes that Helmand River water will enter Iran by late September.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has disclosed that the Amu Darya river basin is currently producing 1,350 tonnes of oil daily.
On Tuesday, Hafiz Mohammad Agha, the Taliban’s governor in Panjshir, claimed that members of the Afghan American Chambers of Commerce expressed interest in investing in Panjshir's mining sector.
The Taliban cited Mammetkhan Chakiyev, the General Director of the Transport and Communications Agency of Turkmenistan’s Cabinet of Ministers, as saying that there are plans to sign a railway agreement between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan soon.
In a meeting with senior military officials, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu declared Afghanistan as the primary threat to Central Asia on Tuesday.
The officials of the Iranian Ministry of Justice have reported the handover of 1,136 Afghan prisoners to the Taliban over the past year.