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Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s Minister of Interior, has said that dealing with Afghan criminals and offenders does not mean that they are anti-Afghans.

Richard Bennett, UN's Special Human Rights Rapporteur for Afghanistan on Tuesday, said that the Taliban's focus on "religious education" promotes extremism.

As the sit-in continued at the Chaman border, Taliban and Pakistani border officials discussed the problems of residents on both sides of the border.

Ahmad Ali Goudarzi, Iran's border guard commander, said that since the beginning of this year, more than 738,000 "illegal foreign nationals" have been deported from Iran.

Local sources in Injil district of Herat province told Afghanistan International that unknown gunmen attacked a Shia cleric Eid Mohammad Etimadi.

Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan's Caretaker Foreign Minister, said that Ubaid Ur Rehman Nizamani, the Charge d'affaires of the country's embassy in Kabul, will be introduced as Pakistan's new ambassador to Afghanistan.

The Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan (FIA) has established a visa verification system at the Torkham crossing to prevent the illegal entry of Afghans into Pakistan.

The Spontaneous Movement of Afghan Women (SMAW) confirmed that the Taliban has detained Manizha Sediqi, a human rights activist and a member of the movement, in Kabul.

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report on human rights situation in Afghanistan for the period of July to September and highlighted how minority communities continue to face human rights violations.

Mortaza Behboudi, an Afghan journalist who was released after spending 284 days inside Taliban prison, said that constant pressure by the media on the group saved his life.

Several sources in Indonesia confirmed that an Afghan refugee committed suicide in the "Tanjung Pinang" city of this country.

The National Congress Party of Afghanistan initiated an online poll, termed the "right to self-determination”, regarding the future political system of Afghanistan.

A group of Afghan asylum seekers held a demonstration in front of the German embassy in Tehran to protest against the delayed processing of their asylum applications in Germany.

The polio vaccination campaign for children started on October 23 in 14 provinces of Afghanistan.

Following the mistreatment of Afghan refugees in Iran, Afghanistan International has received a video clip which shows an Afghan immigrant being subjected to sexual violence and torture.

Sources told Afghanistan International that Pakistani police officials have started house-to-house search operations of Afghan immigrants at night and transfer them to prison.

The European Union (EU) announced on Saturday that it has allocated 9.9 million euros to support elementary schools in Afghanistan.

On Saturday, the Taliban’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced the return of 6,450 Afghan refugees from Pakistan.

The UK Foreign Office warned its citizens about the dangers of travelling to Afghanistan and asked them not to travel to this country.

The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) claimed responsibility for the Friday evening explosion at the Taliban outpost in Mazar-e-Sharif city.

Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, said that Islamabad's decision to deport Afghan immigrants creates rifts between the people of the two countries.