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The Taliban’s chief spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, told Sky News that the group will never allow Afghanistan’s territory including Bagram Air Base to fall under foreign control.

Türkiye’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Cenk Ünal, has invited Taliban Commerce Minister Nooruddin Azizi to attend the Fifth Meeting of Trade Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Istanbul.

Taliban authorities in Kabul have flogged a woman and seven men on charges including drug trafficking, drug sales, and “running away from home,” according to a statement from the group’s Supreme Court.

Iranian media reported that Taliban officials have expressed readiness to resolve the long-standing water rights dispute with Iran during a meeting with the acting head of Tehran’s embassy in Kabul.

Representatives from Iran, Russia, China, and Pakistan are expected to meet in Moscow on Monday, 6 October, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, sources told Afghanistan International.

Pakistan has deported several Afghan refugees who were awaiting resettlement in the United States, The Washington Post reported, as Islamabad intensifies its crackdown on undocumented migrants.

Iran has introduced a biometric identification system at the Dogharoon border crossing with Afghanistan to regulate the movement of Afghan migrants, a senior Iranian official announced.

Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has convened the group’s senior officials including governors and district chiefs in Kandahar to discuss the future of Bagram Air Base and other key issues, sources told Afghanistan International.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has banned professors and administrative staff below grade four from using smartphones at universities, citing concerns that mobile phone use “causes distraction and complicates work.”

The Taliban has confirmed that its Interior Ministry is withdrawing and discontinuing the use of US-made Ford Ranger vehicles, replacing them with Toyota cars and motorcycles.

Abdul Kabir, the Taliban’s Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, has called on Pakistan to end military operations targeting Afghan refugees during a meeting with representatives of Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami party in Kabul.

A senior Taliban official has posted a video promoting the group’s willingness to carry out suicide missions, amid renewed tensions following comments by US President Donald Trump about reclaiming Bagram Airbase.

Iran and Pakistan deported nearly 1,000 Afghan refugee families in a single day, the Taliban-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Friday.

The Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tajikistan on 9 October for talks with President Emomali Rahmon, with Afghanistan expected to feature prominently on the agenda.

Senior US officials have denied reports that American forces have returned to Afghanistan or are preparing to take control of Bagram Air Base.

Two Taliban representatives forcibly entered the Afghan Consulate in Bonn on Friday, 3 October, without coordination with the German government, sources told Afghanistan International.

The European Parliament will convene on Tuesday, 7 October, to debate the crisis in Afghanistan, with a focus on supporting women and addressing the aftermath of recent deadly earthquakes in the country’s east.

The International Crisis Group warned in a new report that the Taliban’s leadership in Kandahar has deepened Afghanistan’s isolation and worsened widespread poverty.

Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has ordered that university professors who fail to comply with the group’s dress and beard requirements be denied academic promotion, according to a document obtained by Afghanistan International.

The Taliban rejected concerns from the United States and G7 countries about terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil, insisting that all armed groups in the country have been dismantled.

Senior officials from Pakistan and Tajikistan held talks in Dushanbe this week on strengthening cooperation in counterterrorism and regional security, both countries’ foreign ministries said.