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The Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Zabihullah Mujahid, the group's spokesperson, will lead the Taliban delegation at the third Doha meeting.

The Organization For Policy and Development Studies has released a series of video messages from 100 women across 28 provinces of Afghanistan, calling for a boycott of the upcoming Doha meeting.

The Taliban's Ministry of Interior said on Monday that drugs have been eradicated in Afghanistan and are no longer a threat to countries around the world.

On Monday, the Taliban announced that some South African investors, during a meeting with Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, expressed desire to invest in Afghanistan's mining sector.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that a woman has been flogged in public in Obe district of Herat province on charges of extramarital relations.

Zakir Jalali, Taliban’s Foreign Ministry official, referred indirectly to the Vienna meeting, describing its participants as a "vagrant group" who "have no understanding of international politics" and are "relying on external intervention”.

The National Resistance Front (NRF) and the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced on Monday evening that they had attacked a Taliban checkpoint and outpost in Kabul.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior announced the launch of a system to register mobile phones belonging to the citizens of Afghanistan.

The Spectator magazine reported that the United Nations is investigating reports of sexual assault, gang rape, and sex slavery of women in Taliban prisons.

The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported on Monday, citing its sources, that the clashes between Pakistani border guards and militants at the Afghanistan border has ended.

Ali Maysam Nazary, the head of foreign relations for the National Resistance Front (NRF), stated that the people of Afghanistan are closer to achieving political unity and consensus about the future of their country.

The fourth Vienna Conference for a democratic Afghanistan began on Monday, June 24.

A UN source confirmed to Afghanistan International that the third Doha meeting will be held under the supervision of Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN Deputy Secretary-General.

Stéphane Dujarric, the UN spokesperson, stated on Sunday that the goal of the Doha meeting is to encourage the Taliban to engage with the world in a coordinated and orderly manner for the benefit of the Afghan people.

The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported, citing local sources, that Pakistani border forces clashed with militants in the Maidan area of Lower Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.

Zabihullah Mujahid stated that the Taliban expect the Islamic Republic of Iran to recognise the group more than other countries. Mujahid once again urged the Islamic Republic to prioritise the recognition of the Taliban.

Gholamreza Ashrafi, Iran’s Director General of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare of South Khorasan, announced that employing Afghans without work permits in the province is prohibited, and employers who hire foreign citizens lacking work permits will face fines.

In an unprecedented move to establish diplomatic relations with the Taliban, Nicaragua has appointed a non-resident ambassador for Afghanistan.

A group of women and civil rights activists have issued a statement criticising the remarks of Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.

Radio Pakistan reported that 13,815 Afghan migrants have been deported from Pakistan in the past 10 days.

Security and diplomatic sources have informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban are planning to relocate members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from border areas to other provinces in Afghanistan.