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The Taliban’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that the group, Pakistani and Uzbek officials signed a commercial and transit cooperation agreement in Islamabad.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) and the private company "Afghan Invest" have signed the contract for completion of 500 KV Sheberghan-Dashte Alwan electricity transmission project and enhance the development of the Dashte Alwan substation.

The Taliban's Ministry of Agriculture has called reports of land distribution around the Qosh Tapa canal as “baseless”.

Following the halt of over three thousand containers belonging to Afghan traders in Karachi, the Taliban has urged Pakistan to release these shipments.

Daniel Enders, head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), announced on Tuesday that more than 327,000 refugees have returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan over the last two months.

Abdul Latif Mansur, the Taliban's Minister of Energy and Water, met with Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Iran's Minister of Energy, in Tehran and discussed the extension of the contract for importing electricity from Iran to Afghanistan.

Local sources in Herat confirmed that the Taliban prevented female students from attending classes by attacking educational centers.

Members of the Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and the UN Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team discussed Afghanistan.

Zamir Kabulov, Russia's Special Representative for Afghanistan, has stated that Moscow is currently not considering the recognition of the Taliban.

Abdul Jabbar Takhari, the Taliban's Consul General in Karachi, alleged that Sindh province police in Pakistan have been detaining Afghan immigrants with valid documents, only to release them upon receiving bribes.

A Taliban delegation led by Nooruddin Azizi, the group’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, arrived in Islamabad to participate in a tripartite meeting.

Local sources in Badakhshan said that a relatively strong earthquake shook parts of this province in northern Afghanistan on Monday afternoon.

Pakistan announced that so far 220,398 immigrants without legal documentations have returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham and Chaman crossings.

Pakistan's Chaman Police sent an official letter warning thousands of protesters to end their sit-in "for security reasons".

The government of Pakistan wants to open three new crossings on the border with Afghanistan to speed up the process of expelling Afghan refugees from their country.

The National Congress Party of Afghanistan has stated that during a poll conducted recently, most respondents favoured a change in Afghanistan's political system, supporting the establishment of a “federal republic system”.

Abdul Latif Mansur, Taliban’s Minister of Energy and Water, traveled to Iran on an official visit on Saturday. Mansur said that he will discuss with the Iranian side about the extension of the electricity contract, tariff, and other issues.

On Friday, a group of protestors held a rally in Torkham demanding the “release of Pakistani citizens detained by the Taliban” in Afghanistan.

An Iranian official has stated that during the meeting between Iran's Head of Department of Environment and the Taliban's Deputy Prime Minister, a verbal agreement was achieved concerning the water rights from the Helmand River.

The United States and India urged the Taliban to respect human rights, especially the rights of Afghan minorities and women in Afghanistan.

Reliable sources in Kabul have confirmed to Afghanistan International that the Taliban have detained Haidar Jan Naeemzoi, a former member of the parliament, on charges of "land grabbing".