Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov has raised concerns about the presence and potential alliances among over 20 terrorist organisations in Afghanistan, with ISIS being identified as the most prominent and hazardous.
An Indian security official has urged the Taliban to prevent Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed from operating within Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry has reacted to the comments made by Abbas Stanekzai, the Taliban's Deputy Foreign Minister, regarding the non-recognition of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan as "self serving and fanciful.”
Kioumars Heydari, the commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces, has responded to the Taliban's objections against the plan to seal the border, declaring, "We intend to seal our borders, and no one has the right to object."
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has released findings from a recent survey involving Afghan women, revealing significant concerns regarding the potential recognition of the Taliban.
The Foreign Ministry of Pakistan has declared that Asif Durrani, Pakistan's special envoy for Afghanistan, will attend the upcoming Doha meeting dedicated to Afghanistan affairs.
The capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, hosted the sixth session focused on Afghanistan's security on Friday, gathering security officials from Iran, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
Vladimir Voronkov, Under Secretary General for Counterterrorism announced that the Taliban's actions have significantly hindered ISIS-K's ability to conduct attacks within Afghanistan.
Nikolai Patrushev, the Russian Security Council's Secretary, has warned that narcotics produced in Afghanistan are currently being smuggled into Central Asian nations from existing old reserves.
Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, the Taliban's Minister of Refugees, issued a stern warning to nations harbouring and backing the group's adversaries, asserting that the Taliban will not overlook their antagonism.
Taliban’s opposition groups, encompassing the armed resistance fronts, protesting women, and various other factions, have unveiled a joint statement concerning the upcoming Doha meeting, marking a consensus among the opponents of the group.
Panjshiryan Worldwide Council published a report claiming that the Taliban had usurped 285 houses, 13 mosques and 12 schools in Panjshir province.
Iran International exclusively reported that attacks on gas pipelines in various regions of Iran were orchestrated by a Salafi group operating along the Iran-Afghanistan border.
Following his defeat in the parliamentary elections, Fazal-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, said that his party lost the elections due to their support for the stability of Taliban government in Afghanistan.
A senior military official of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on Wednesday said that the presence of ISIS and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters has increased near Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan.
Iran's special envoy to Afghanistan has revealed that the Taliban has stipulated two key conditions for their attendance at the Doha meeting.
Qari Esa Mohammadi, known for his vocal criticism of the Taliban, has successfully left Iran. He conveyed to Afghanistan International that he boarded a flight from Iran and has arrived at a secure destination.
Zakir Jalali, an advisor to the Taliban's Foreign Ministry, revealed that currently, the group is engaging in discussions with UN officials and Western stakeholders about how its delegates will be represented at the upcoming Doha meeting.
Referring to the arbitrary detention of women by the Taliban, Stephane Dujarric, UN Secretary General Spokesperson, in a press conference said that these repressions push women towards more isolation.
Abdul Mutaleb Haqqani, the spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Refugees, announced that more than 50,000 Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in the last two weeks.
The International Service for Human Rights and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, in a letter to the UN Human Rights Council, have demanded urgent focus on the Taliban's gender-based persecution in Afghanistan.