On Monday, the political scene in Afghanistan was buzz with reports that Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, Taliban leader, has for the first time met 30 Afghan businessmen in a 4-hour-long meeting, which is in sharp contrast to his previous habit of never meeting non-Taliban people.
The British Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that five British citizens who were detained by the Taliban have been released. The ministry added that the individuals had no roles in the government’s work in Afghanistan and travelled to the country despite warnings.
In a big step up for the Taliban, the group’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, has been invited to an international conference on security and politics in July, by Abdulaziz Kamilov Uzbekistan’s deputy secretary of the presidential Security Council.
Ghulam Ali Sadiqi, head of justice department in Khorasan Razavi province of Iran, announced that the execution sentence of Abdul Latif Muradi, the assailant of three clerics in Mashhad city, had been implemented at the Wakil Abad prison of Mashhad city on Monday.
The National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan, announced that they are ready to provide ground for Taliban captives to return to their families through a prisoner swap with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The Afghanistan Football Federation has announced that a team of Afghan referees has been invited to AFC Cup tournament.
The attack on a Gurudwara (place of worship for Sikhs) in Karte Parwan area of Kabul, on Saturday, which killed at least two individuals, drew global condemnation.
The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) sought international support and appealed for 80 million Swiss francs in aid to fight one of the worst humanitarian crises that is threatening the lives of millions of Afghans.
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, speaker of the Iranian Parliament in a meeting with Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Turkmenistan’s president, on Wednesday in Tehran, called for a probe on terrorism and drugs in Afghanistan, emphasizing on the insecurity in the country.
Seeking international support for the cause of Afghan girls’ education, several women, who were former members of Parliament (MPs) in the previous Afghanistan governments, met with Mélanie Joly, Canada’s foreign minister, at the Canadian Parliament.
Abdul Hakim Noorzai, deputy of the national security council in former government, returned to Kabul on Thursday after negotiations with the Taliban’s Commission of Liaison and Repatriation of Afghan Personalities.