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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".

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.