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Sources informed Afghanistan International that Abdul Karim Hasib, the Taliban's General Director of Passports, has been detained since Thursday, by the order of Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Keramuddin Keram, the former head of Afghanistan's Football Federation, found guilty of sexual assault by the previous government's prosecutor's office, has met the Taliban’s governor in Panjshir.

The Pakistani Interior Minister, Mohsin Naqvi, asserted on Sunday that the Pakistani Taliban are behind the killing of five Chinese engineers in Pakistan.

The Kharlachi border crossing located in the Dand Wa Patan district of Paktia, Afghanistan, has reopened after a six-day closure due to clashes between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards.

Iraj Kakavand, the head of Iran’s anti-narcotics police, debunked the Taliban’s claims of diminishing drug production in Afghanistan by revealing the seizure of over 662 tons of various drugs within Iran in 2023 and the early months of 2024.

The Afghanistan Green Trend (AGT), headed by Amrullah Saleh, has reported escalating tensions within the Taliban due to recent reshuffles in the provincial intelligence leadership.

Taliban officials told Afghanistan International that the group has set six conditions for participating in the third Doha meeting during discussions with UN and Qatari delegations in Kabul.

Hassan Kazemi Qomi, the special representative of Iran for Afghanistan, emphasised on the need to form an Afghan government that includes representatives from all ethnicities.

Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Federal Security Service (FSB), expressed concerns about Afghanistan’s situation during a Commonwealth of Independent States meeting.

As per IRNA news agency and General Directorate of Foreign Nationals and Immigrants of Khorasan Razavi Province, of the nearly 700,000 Afghan migrants residing in Mashhad, 100,000 participated in the funeral ceremony of Ebrahim Raisi.

A Taliban court in Parwan forcefully married Shahpari, a 25-year-old imprisoned girl, with a member of the group.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced on Friday that it has killed two Taliban members and injured another in the 12th police district of Herat.

Talks between US officials and Taliban representatives concerning the release of three American citizens have reached an impasse, according to sources who spoke to Afghanistan International.

Kamchybek Tashiev, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, reported a significant increase in terrorist groups operating in northern Afghanistan during a security conference in Bishkek.

The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the decision by the governments of Norway, Ireland, and Spain to officially recognise the State of Palestine.

Mullah Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs, conveyed to a Qatari delegation on Thursday that the Taliban's "effective participation" in the third Doha meeting hinges on the acceptance of their demands.

The Pakistan army announced that "29 terrorists have been killed" during a series of operations along the border with Afghanistan in the past one month.

Abdullah Abdullah, former Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), met representatives from the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Spain in Kabul.

Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Qatar's Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry, during his visit to Kabul, urged the Taliban to send their representative to the third meeting of special representatives in Doha.

On Wednesday, the Taliban arrested Noor Agha Ibrahimi, an activist, in Kabul, for the third time.

During their visit to Tehran, a Taliban delegation met Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas Political Bureau.