Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban acting Foreign Minister met with Umurzakov Sardor Uktamovich, head of the Presidential Administration of Uzbekistan, the Taliban announced on Saturday.
A cleric was shot dead in Kunar province by unidentified armed attackers on Friday, said local sources. According to the sources, the cleric, who was the Imam of a mosque, had been targeted when he was returning home after the evening prayers.
Mawlana Tayeb, a member of the Pakistani clerics’ delegation, has advised the Taliban to reopen girls' schools in Afghanistan. Tayeb said that in order to convince the Taliban officials, he cited the example of his wife who had translated the Quran into Pashto language.
At least 19 civilians have been killed and many more injured in Friday’s blast at the cricket stadium in Kabul, said Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General.
At least 295 members of the Afghanistan National Resistance Front (NRF) have been killed in the war against Taliban last year, as per sources. According to the internal report of the National Resistance Front, the Taliban has captured 38 members of this front.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's Foreign Minister, has asked the Taliban to resolve the issue of Iran's water rights from Helmand river "quickly and seriously", or it will have negative impact on Afghanistan and Iran bilateral relations in other areas.
The Taliban's Foreign Ministry says that China is ready to provide alternate livelihoods to Afghan farmers if poppy cultivation is stopped in Afghanistan.
The Taliban Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on Friday that 25 military officers of the former government who got military training in India have returned to Kabul.
Three persons were injured after Taliban forces opened fire at houses of civilians in Abedak village of Salang district in Parwan province, local sources told Afghanistan International.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting began on Friday, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting will last for two days and the participants include foreign ministers of China, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
With the promise of a place in the power structures of Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, Russian President’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, offers Ahmad Massoud, leader of National Resistance Front (NRF), a chance to hold talks with the Taliban.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Energy of Iran on Wednesday to follow up on Iran's water rights of the Helmand river.
Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, Taliban’s Chief of Staff of Army, headed a military delegation to Balkhab district of Sar-e-Pul province. The Ministry of Defense of Taliban said that the delegation visit has been scheduled for assessment of the security situation of Balkhab district.
The Taliban detained Mohammad Razzaq Dawran, an influential tribal elder, in Charikar city of Parwan province on Sunday, local sources confirmed. Dawran has been detained on charges of collaboration with the National Resistance Front (NRF), the sources stated.
US Senators on Wednesday urged the United Nations to impose ban on international travel of Taliban leaders and ensure that the group does not get a diplomatic seat at the UN.
Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Minister of Energy of Iran, said that the Taliban has only verbally promised to fulfil the country's water rights. Mehrabian told reporters that he will personally start negotiations with Taliban to fulfil Iran's water rights when he comes to Afghanistan.
Taliban officials shot dead a young man and displayed his body at Share Naw in Herat city on Wednesday, according to local sources. Afghanistan International obtained images of the incident which revealed the presence of blood all over the man’s body.
India has reacted strongly to reports stating the possible inclusion of Afghanistan in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. New Delhi, in a statement on July 26, called a third country joining CPEC as “illegal, illegitimate and unacceptable”.
Thomas West, US Special Representative for Afghanistan, announced after the Tashkent conference that US officials will continue to talk with "Afghan technocrats and the Taliban regarding the economic stability" of Afghanistan.
Russia's Special Representative for Afghanistan strongly criticized the US government for freezing more than seven billion funds of Afghanistan.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban’s foreign minister, asked Afghan diplomats in Uzbekistan to continue with their activities at the country’s embassy. Muttaqi, who visited the Afghan embassy in Tashkent on Monday, added that the group is satisfied with the embassy’s performance.