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During a press conference on Thursday, Tomas Niklasson, EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan, said that the main focus of his visit to Afghanistan has been to prepare for the Doha meeting.

Taliban's media outlet, Al-Mirsaad, issued a response to a statement made by an Iranian diplomat regarding the potential deployment of suicide bombers from Afghanistan to the Gaza Strip.

Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee has said that the Taliban are evil terrorists who commit unfathomable atrocities and take Americans hostage.

The National Resistance Front (NRF), under the leadership of Ahmad Massoud, has declared that its forces conducted a successful attack against a Taliban outpost in the Pul-e-Hesar district of Baghlan province.

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's Foreign Minister, in a discussion with Tomas Niklasson, the European Union's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, highlighted the group's intention for significant involvement in the upcoming Doha meeting.

The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared that to safeguard the integrity of the imminent general elections, Pakistan will temporarily seal its borders with Afghanistan and Iran.

Atta Mohammad Noor and Salahuddin Rabbani, leaders of two factions of Jamiat-e-Islami Party, discussed enhancing coordination and consensus in decision-making.

Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, the Defence Minister for the Taliban, declared during a Kabul meeting that political pressures exerted on the group’s government remain ineffective.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran's Special Representative for Afghanistan says that if necessary, "more than one army of suicide bomber forces" will be deployed from Afghanistan to support Gaza.

Quoting Feridun Sinirlioglu, UN Special Coordinator for Afghanistan, the Taliban has stated that there is no desire for the collapse of their government, and stakeholders want them to join the international community.

The Afghanistan Women's Political Network, in anticipation of the upcoming Doha meeting, has called for establishing a democratic and republican system reflecting the people's will.

Local Taliban officials in Herat have stated that commercial goods transportation via the Herat-Khaf railway line will be launched in the next 15 days.

Vedant Patel, a US State Department spokesperson, told Afghanistan International on Monday that the United States has no immediate intention to resume its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan.

The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has detailed a recent discussion between Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the UN Special Coordinator for Afghanistan, and Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's Foreign Minister, concerning the Doha meeting.

Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency has reported that despite the Taliban's claims of anti-narcotics measures, there have been no indications of a decrease in drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Tajikistan.

Anadolu News Agency reported that Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) has arrested 17 members of ISIS-Khorasan in an operation in Istanbul city.

The Telegram channel "Modafeen Haram" - Defenders of the Shrine- reported that Ali Hosseini, Hamzeh Alavi, Mohammad Ali Akbari, and Mohammadreza Sadat Alavi, four members of the Fatemiyoun brigade, were killed in a US strike in Syria.

According to a Sunday report by Pakistani daily Express Tribune, sources indicate that China, Russia, Pakistan, and Iran have lodged a quiet protest against Taliban government over the uncontrolled activities of terror groups in Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed responsibility for an assault at a Taliban checkpoint in the Khoshal Khan Mina area of Kabul on Sunday.

Following heavy snowfall in many provinces of Afghanistan, several highways have been closed to traffic.

Ayatollah Wa'ezzada Behsudi, a prominent Hazara-Shia cleric, criticised the Taliban for their actions against the Hazara community, during a meeting attended by the group’s officials.