
Afghan & Uzbek Officials Discuss Accelerating Trans-Afghan Railway Construction
Taliban and Uzbekistan’s Ministers of Transport met in Tashkent to discuss accelerating the construction of the Trans-Afghan Railway.

Taliban and Uzbekistan’s Ministers of Transport met in Tashkent to discuss accelerating the construction of the Trans-Afghan Railway.

Iraj Kakavand, Iran’s head of the anti-narcotics police, said that since the beginning of the year, discovery of drugs has increased by 21% in the country.

The Pakistani media reported on Wednesday that the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has traced the origins of a suicide bomber involved in a deadly attack on a police station in Dera Ismail Khan.

On the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Invasion of Afghanistan, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Massoud, in a statement on Wednesday said that anti-Taliban forces are getting mobilised.

At a ceremony commemorating the 44th anniversary of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban's Interior Minister, Sarajuddin Haqqani, labelled any form of negligence and selfishness in governance as absolutely unacceptable.

Mohammad Hanif Hamza, CEO of the Taliban-run Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), and Mohammad Omar Asuzada, head of Tajikistan's National Electricity Company Barqi Tojik, have officially signed an electricity purchase agreement.

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s foreign minister, has accused the United States and NATO members of attempting to undermine the Taliban administration in Afghanistan.

Reuters, citing an advocacy group, reported that Pakistan has deported at least 130 Afghan citizens who were waiting for resettlement in the US.

Hamidullah Akhundzada, Taliban’s Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport, departed for Uzbekistan on Tuesday, along with a delegation.

Mahmoud Siadat, the head of the Iran-Afghanistan joint chambers, announced that about five thousand Afghan businessmen are engaged in export activities in Khorasan Razavi province of Iran.

On Monday, referring to the visit of the Taliban’s Foreign Minister to Tehran, Nasser Kanaani, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, stated that the interests of Iran and Afghanistan are “connected and inseparable”.

Residents of Shamulzayi border district in Zabul province informed Afghanistan International that Pakistani border forces opened fire on Afghans attempting to cross the border illegally into Pakistan.

On Monday, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced a successful attack by its forces on a Taliban camp in the Tandi Khwaja area of Rukha district in Panjshir province.

On Monday, members of the Afghan Women's Movement confirmed the release of Parisa Azada, a women's rights activist, from the Taliban’s prison after one month and 10 days.

On Monday, an explosion occurred in City Park area of the first police district in Kabul, and left several injured.

During a meeting with the employees of the Afghan embassy in Tehran, Taliban's foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, stated that the group's relations with Iran are in the “best state”.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has claimed that one Taliban member has been killed and four others had been injured in an attack on a Taliban intelligence guesthouse near the police headquarters in Pol-e-Khomri, Baghlan province.

During a meeting on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, told the Taliban's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, that the group should address “unresolved issues, including water issues and borders disputes” with Iran.

According to sources who spoke to Afghanistan International, Taliban leaders in Kabul have reportedly assembled a team to disseminate propaganda and target adversaries on social media platforms.

The Municipality of Mashhad, the capital of Iran's Khorasan Razavi province, has issued an order prohibiting the activities of Afghans in the city's mobile markets.

With the Support of the European Union, “Freedom Network” organisation has launched a support center to assist Afghan journalists residing in Pakistan.