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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed that the group is cooperating with some foreign countries in the fight against ISIS-K.

Speaking at the Moscow Format Conference, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister said that ISIS has been able to establish equipment and training centres outside Afghanistan's borders, and this incident has caused concern for the Taliban.

Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's federal security services announced that the country is "completing the review" of removing the Taliban from the list of terrorist groups.

The Russian Foreign Minister said on Friday at the Moscow format meeting that the United States and its allies are trying to take control of the process of resolving the Afghan crisis.

The 6th Moscow Format Meeting on Afghanistan began on Friday morning. Representatives of Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the Taliban are attending the meeting.

The donor meeting for Afghanistan hosted by the United Nations began on Thursday, October 3, in Dubai.

Karen Decker, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Kabul, was introduced as the person responsible for advancing the country's foreign policy for Afghanistan. Decker explained her priorities during a meeting with Afghan media editors on Thursday, October 3.

Bakhtar News Agency, the Taliban-controlled state media, reported that 299 Afghan families had returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in a single day.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko announced that the Taliban's request to participate in the BRICS summit has not yet been approved.

Amnesty International has called the arrest of Jawed Kohistani, a political analyst and Hekmat Aryan, the head of a local radio station in Ghazni, a relentless crackdown on freedom of expression by the Taliban.

Karen Decker, chargé d'affaires at the US Embassy for Afghanistan, said that the United States is committed to supporting Afghan women and girls and promoting human rights.

Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister, expressed concern regarding the problems in exporting Afghan traders' products and threatened Pakistan that it will close the Central Asian route for Pakistani goods.

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister, headed a delegation of the group to Russia to participate in the sixth Moscow format meeting on Afghanistan.

In a statement, the Human Rights Defenders Committee of Afghanistan said that it supports the demands of Mohra Barakzai, a LGBT rights activist who has been on a hunger strike in Germany.

The Taliban's Supreme Court announced the flogging of two people in Ghazni province.

Attaullah Omari, the Taliban's Minister of Agriculture, announced that export of Afghanistan's fruit to neighbouring countries has been hampered.

The US State Department spokesperson said that Afghanistan remains a priority for US foreign policy.

Announcing his resignation as Washington's special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West said that the United States remains committed to supporting Afghanistan and its people.

Sources in Takhar told Afghanistan International that the Taliban has instructed journalists in the province that they are no longer allowed to film and photograph.

Sources from Baghlan province said that the Taliban’s intelligence agency arrested two former soldiers in Julga district of the province.

The interior minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran has said that the deportation of Afghan refugees is a popular demand and a national programme and is a priority for the country.