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After five days of intense clashes in Paktia province, Pakistani border forces and the Taliban agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday evening.

Alexey Overchuk, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, has revealed that discussions are ongoing between Russian officials and the Taliban concerning the Afghan-Trans railway project.

Local sources in Ghor have informed Afghanistan International that recent flooding has placed the 800-year-old Minaret of Jam at risk. Reportedly, heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday has submerged the surroundings of this historical minaret.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) has announced that their forces killed four Taliban members and injured two others in an attack on a Taliban vehicle.

Abdul Matin Qani, the spokesperson for the Taliban Ministry of Interior, announced that the death toll from the armed attack on tourists in Bamiyan has risen to six.

Local sources informed Afghanistan International that on Saturday, Pakistani border forces and the Taliban members held talks in the Kharlachi area of the Dand Wa Patan district in Paktia province.

The Tajikistan State Committee For National Security announced that it has implemented strict controls for the entry of its citizens, stateless individuals, and foreigners into border areas with Afghanistan.

Khan Jan Alokozai, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment, told Afghanistan International that Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan stopped exporting TC-1 fuel to Afghanistan three months ago.

Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s foreign minister, has announced that three Spanish citizens were killed and one was injured in Bamiyan province of Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that in an attack by its members on the guards of Mullah Hibatullah, the Taliban leader, in Kabul, three members of the group's special security guard were killed and another Taliban member was injured.

Abdul Matin Qani, spokesperson for the Taliban's Ministry of Interior, reported that an armed attack in Bamyan on Friday resulted in the deaths of three foreign nationals and one Afghan, with seven additional people, including four foreign nationals, injured.

Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, announced in an interview with the Russian state news agency that the group is buying oil and petroleum products from Moscow.

The Taliban announced in a statement that their leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has instructed the group’s governors to avoid appointments based on personal relationships and nepotism.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the presidents of Russia and China, emphasised in a joint statement that the United States and NATO should not attempt to re-establish military infrastructure in Afghanistan.

Sources told Afghanistan International that Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, met Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister, on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the British Home Office announced that more groups of rejected asylum seekers have been deemed eligible for deportation from the UK to Rwanda.

Afghanistan International sources reported that the clashes between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards in the Dand Wa Patan district of Paktia province continued for the fourth day in a "scattered" manner.

Mina Rafiq, a human rights activist, appeared with a placard on the sidelines of the Oslo meeting in front of political figures and Taliban members.

Ghalib Mujahid, the former district governor of Bihsud in Nangarhar province, said that he returned to Afghanistan at the invitation of the Taliban's Commission for Contact with Afghan Personalities, but after being harassed by the group, he was forced to migrate again.

JP Singh, India’s External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary for the Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan division, met with Zamir Kabulov, Russia's special representative for Afghanistan, in Delhi.

Sources informed Afghanistan International that on Wednesday, the Taliban and Pakistani border forces clashed in the Dand Wa Patan district of Paktia province.