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Bahman Salehi Javid, Iran’s Secretary of the Association of Exporters of Technical and Engineering Services, has warned about the presence of Iranian contractors in Afghanistan.

Mehran Fatemi, the governor of Yazd, Iran, has announced that the expulsion of Afghan citizens from this province is unprecedented.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) has announced in a video that it killed two Taliban members and injured another in a guerrilla attack.

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani revealed that the previous government did not have precise figures on the number of police and security forces, schools, and teachers within the Ministry of Education until the very last moment of his tenure.

The Taliban's Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that a joint exhibition of Afghan and Uzbek products has been held in Tashkent.

Sources have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban's Ministry of Justice has closed a Shia mosque in Darulaman, Kabul, citing the government ownership of the mosque's land.

The Greek anti-terrorism police announced on Thursday the arrest of seven suspects, including three Iranian and two Afghan nationals, accused of setting fire to a synagogue and a hotel owned by Israelis in central Athens earlier this year.

The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the appointment of Amanda McGregor as the new Special Representative for Afghanistan.

Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, called for constructive engagement between the international community and the Taliban at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court announced that five people in Kandahar province have been punished with 30 lashes for sexual relations and each has been sentenced to one month of imprisonment.

The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member countries emphasised on the necessity of forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan stated that establishing peace and stability in Afghanistan benefits all member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan and President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan have called for the establishment of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.

A group of human rights activists have accused the United Nations of normalising interactions with the Taliban in a recently released statement.

The Taliban's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said that Uzbekistan has expressed readiness to invest in Afghanistan's electricity transmission and railway sectors.

Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, announced on Wednesday that they had discussed prisoner exchanges with representatives of the United States in Doha.

The Indian Revenue Service has reported the arrest of four jewellers linked to the smuggling case involving Zakia Wardak, former Afghan Consul General in Mumbai, who attempted to smuggle 25 kilograms of gold.

Residents of Darayim district in Badakhshan province protested against the Taliban again on Wednesday, due to the destruction of poppy fields by the group.

Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN Under-Secretary-General, has emphasised that human rights and girls' education in Afghanistan are not merely domestic issues, given the country's international obligations.

Vasily Nebenzya, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the Taliban justifies its policies towards Afghan women and girls with Islamic principles, but they are "not Islamic”.

Rosemary DiCarlo, head of the United Nations delegation at the third Doha meeting, has refuted the Taliban spokesperson's claim about lifting of some of the banking restrictions.