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Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), participated in the opening ceremony of the Paris Peace Forum.

The family of Mohammad Omar Nahzat, an Afghan political analyst, reported that he had been detained by agents of the Taliban’s intelligence directorate on Thursday.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the Taliban delegation and Iranian officials signed five economic cooperation agreements.

The Taliban's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum inaugurated the extraction process of four large blocks of iron mine in the Ghourian district of Herat province on Thursday.

Naqibullah Dehqanzada, acting head of the Afghan consulate in Khorog of Tajikistan, stated that the consulate operates under the direct support and supervision of the Taliban's foreign ministry.

The office of the President of Uzbekistan confirmed that the Taliban officials were not invited to the ECO summit in Tashkent because the group is not recognised by the international community.

Sources from the interim government of Pakistan told Afghanistan International that Islamabad has not asked the Taliban to stop the construction of the Qosh Tapa Canal.

The 16th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Member States kicked off on Thursday, in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.

Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan, echoed the call of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, for an investigation into the deadly attacks in the Shia-dominated district 13 of Kabul.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that a government that represents all ethnic, and religious groups must be formed in Afghanistan.

Nikolai Patrushev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, called the situation in Afghanistan concerning and said that this country is still a source of serious security threats.

An official from the Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture has stated that Pakistani authorities have asked the leaders of the group to shut down the Qosh Tapa canal.

Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, Pakistan's interim Prime Minister, announced that his government will not deport former Afghan intelligence officers due to threats they face in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) condemned the attack on a passenger vehicle in Dashte Barchi area of Kabul and stated that ISIS is supported by the Haqqani network and “they are killing Hazaras and Shias in coordination with the Taliban”.

In response to attacks on the Shia-Hazara community in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Afghanistan, asked for a full and transparent investigation to identify the perpetrators of the attacks.

Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s spokesperson for the police in Kabul, announced that at least seven people were killed and 20 were injured after a bomb exploded in a passenger vehicle in Dashte Barchi area of Kabul.

The Northern Coal Authority in Baghlan province announced that one thousand tonnes of coal is extracted daily from government and non-government-owned mines in the northern provinces of Afghanistan.

Local sources confirmed that an explosion took place in the "Mahtab Qala" area of Dashte Barchi, district 13, in Kabul city on Tuesday evening.

Evgeniy Sysoev, Director of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Anti-Terrorism Centre, warned that the Taliban leaders' statements regarding the "export of Sharia" are a danger to Central Asia.

Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister, in a meeting with Ali Akbar Mehrabian, the Minister of Energy of Iran, said that the group's approach towards water rights from Helmand is right.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed a diplomat for the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan.