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Roza Otunbayeva, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, marked World Radio Day by visiting a local Kabul radio station.

Taliban’s local officials announced the discovery of a "mass grave" near Sheikh Zayed University in Khost province. The Taliban have said that about a hundred bodies had been buried in this grave.

John Kirby, White House National Security Council’s spokesperson, has said that the Taliban government has not fulfilled its commitments and will not be recognised until it does so.

Iranian news agencies have reported that the Taliban representative at the Afghan embassy in Tehran attended the 45th anniversary celebration of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, joining numerous other foreign guests.

Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban's Minister of Industry and Commerce, met with Alimkhan Yessengeldiyev, the Kazakh Ambassador to Kabul on Monday, seeking Kazakhstan's investment in Afghanistan's mining sector.

The Taliban's Foreign Ministry condemned the operations by Israel in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, calling on the international community to prevent the massacre of Palestinians and the occupation of the region.

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Taliban, highlighted the significance of the group's relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Essa Mohammadi, an Afghan political activist and critic of the Taliban, has revealed to Afghanistan International that he had been subjected to a travel ban by the Iranian government.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced details about their attack on the Taliban's police district 2 centre in Charikar city, the capital of Parwan province on Sunday.

The National Radio and Television of Afghanistan, under the Taliban’s control, reported that Abdul Ghafar Saber and Abdul Karim, two former Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo prison, arrived in Kabul on Monday morning.

Majid Shuja, Iran’s border guard commander of Khorasan Razavi province, announced that from January 21 to February 4, a total of 20,000 Afghan citizens were deported from the country and handed over to the Taliban.

Toshihiro Aiki, Japan’s ambassador to Tajikistan, announced that Japan is helping Tajikistan strengthen the security of its border with Afghanistan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

In an interview with TASS News Agency, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, confirmed that he will participate in the second Doha meeting for Afghanistan.

Amnesty International said that Manizha Seddiqi, a women's human rights defender, is in Taliban prison without any charges and is at risk of torture and ill-treatment.

Local sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban detained two former members of Daikundi province police in Maidan Wardak province.

Fazl Mohammad Haqqani, Taliban’s representative in Tehran, participated in a meeting hosted by Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the ambassadors of the Islamic countries in Iran.

Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's Foreign Minister, has said that terms such as terrorism and human rights lack clear definitions, yet governments like the Taliban, face sanctions based on these grounds.

Rina Amiri, US Special Representative for Afghan Women, Girls & Human Rights met Furqat Siddikov, Uzbekistan’s ambassador in Washington.

Referring to the widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the White House, in a message to US Congress warned about a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan.

During a press conference on Thursday, Tomas Niklasson, EU Special Envoy for Afghanistan, said that the main focus of his visit to Afghanistan has been to prepare for the Doha meeting.

Taliban's media outlet, Al-Mirsaad, issued a response to a statement made by an Iranian diplomat regarding the potential deployment of suicide bombers from Afghanistan to the Gaza Strip.