Envoys from Iran, Pakistan, Russia and China held talks on Afghanistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) consultative meeting in Tajikistan, Iranian officials said Friday.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Thursday opened a two-day consultative meeting in Dushanbe to discuss Afghanistan’s situation, its impact on the region and ways to strengthen coordination among member states.
Pakistan’s jailed opposition leader Imran Khan has called for direct negotiations with the Afghan Taliban, instructing the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to travel to Kabul for talks.
Senior diplomats from China and Uzbekistan met in Tashkent to discuss Afghanistan’s situation and ways to coordinate regional and international efforts to address the country’s challenges, Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Pakistan and Türkiye's special envoys for Afghanistan met this week to discuss developments in the country and their regional implications, Pakistani officials said.
Afghans were the second-largest group of asylum seekers in Europe in the first half of 2025, after Venezuelans, according to the European Union Agency for Asylum.
Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan said Moscow supports Pakistan and China’s policies on Afghanistan and shares their concerns over militant threats.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday urged the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, calling it the only path toward lasting peace and stability in the country.
The Iranian Writers’ Association has condemned a new Taliban law restricting poetry, warning it will further stifle freedom of thought and expression in Afghanistan.
Around 400 Afghan women and girls are living in limbo in Britain after their asylum applications were rejected, according to a report by The Observer. The paper said they cannot return to Afghanistan yet are not permitted to remain in the UK.
An Iranian provincial governor said South Khorasan exported more than $1.75 billion worth of goods to Afghanistan in the second half of last year, accounting for about 40 percent of Iran’s total exports to its eastern neighbour.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold a consultative meeting on Afghanistan on 11–12 September in Dushanbe, the group’s secretary-general said.
China has agreed in principle to extend the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister said Friday.
Pakistan’s foreign minister has declined to comment on reported airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Khost provinces, which the Taliban have blamed on Islamabad.
The head of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) said Afghanistan continues to face unresolved challenges over terrorism, women’s rights and social issues, warning that the situation remains a concern for the region.
Switzerland has reopened an office in Kabul to manage humanitarian aid, becoming the first Western country to re-establish an on-the-ground presence in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Swiss media reported.
Pakistan’s intelligence agency said it has foiled a planned suicide bombing in Islamabad by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), involving an Afghan militant trained across the border.
Tehran’s police chief said 70,000 undocumented Afghan migrants have been expelled from the city as part of Iran’s nationwide deportation campaign.
The United States has appointed Don Brown as the new acting head of its mission for Afghanistan, replacing Karen Decker, who has retired from the State Department.
Pakistan has formed a special committee comprising police and intelligence agencies to locate and repatriate Afghans holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards.
Pakistan’s security forces have launched an operation against militants in Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province near the Afghan border, displacing more than 20,000 families, local officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan’s army said Tuesday it had killed 50 members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during a four-day operation along the Afghan border in the Sambaza area of Balochistan.