AFGHANISTAN WEEKLY UPDATE ( 20th Jan - 26th Jan)

20 January 2025

Emphasizing “neighbourhood policy and historical and civilizational relations with Afghanistan,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that reaching an agreement with the Taliban to secure Iran’s rights is not far off.
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will withdraw the US weapons remaining in Afghanistan from the Taliban. He sharply criticized the Joe Biden administration for leaving US weapons in Afghanistan, saying: “They handed over our military equipment to the enemy.”
Local sources in Takhar province say that some families of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters in the province have recently been displaced by the Taliban.
The police commander of Zabul in northern Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, has announced the arrest of 289 undocumented Afghan refugees in the past week.
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, led by Ahmad Massoud, announced that 35 Taliban fighters were killed and 30 others were injured in 22 targeted operations against the Taliban over the past month. It is said that 5 Taliban military vehicles were also destroyed in these attacks.
The World Food Program in Afghanistan has announced that the European Union has provided the organization with 16.5 million euros to help it reach vulnerable areas during the winter.
A US official told Reuters that, on Trump’s orders, flights for 1,660 Afghan refugees, including family members of US military personnel, who were scheduled to travel to the United States have been cancelled.
Local sources in Kunduz say that the Taliban have arrested four people for staying up all night and playing the tambourine in the province.
China’s ambassador to Kabul said Monday at a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Afghanistan and China that Beijing does not interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs.
Reena Amiri, the US Special Representative for Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan, has announced that she is stepping down from her position.
Zalmay Khalilzad, former US envoy to Afghanistan, has called the statements of Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister for politics, criticizing Mullah Haibatullah, the group’s leader, regarding the ban on girls’ education, a hopeful development.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has emphasized that it supports the continuation of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and the establishment of peace in the country.
Local Taliban officials in Herat say that 14 wagons of commercial cargo have arrived in the country in a train via the Khaf-Herat railway line.
Local Taliban officials in Kandahar say that electricity in the province will be limited due to a decrease in water in the Kajaki Dam.
The Afghan Women’s Freedom Lighthouse Movement has held a protest program calling for an end to gender apartheid and systematic discrimination in Afghanistan.
Several Panjshir residents say that the Counter-Terrorism Department of the Taliban Security Command in this province is “extorting” former soldiers.
Local sources say that a Taliban court has sentenced a Panjshir resident to two years in prison on charges of propagandizing against the group’s regime on social media.
Newsweek reported that the US president-elect has considered the defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria to be one of the major achievements of his previous administration, but now the group is emerging in Afghanistan, Africa and other countries.
The Taliban Supreme Court announced on Sunday that the group’s judicial delegation had visited a children’s prison in Tehran during its trip. The Taliban Supreme Court said the delegation met with Afghan prisoners and asked prison authorities to address their problems.
The Taliban’s Technical and Vocational Education Department announced that Russia is ready to cooperate scientifically with the department.
The Taliban are planning to send three more diplomats to the Afghan embassy in India, according to the Sunday Guardian.
The top Republican U.S. senator says he is concerned about the group attacking the United States as it grows in Afghanistan and spreads wars around the world. “I have never been more concerned about an attack on my homeland,” Lindsey Graham said.

21 January 2025

Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that the Taliban is rejecting Donald Trump’s request to return American weapons.
The Pakistani army has issued a statement claiming that Mohammad Khan Ahmadkhel, an Afghan citizen and resident of the Wazekhwa district of Paktika province, was killed on charges of involvement in terrorist activities in Pakistan.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced a cash assistance of $2.8 million from Denmark to Afghanistan.
The World Food Program says the European Union, through its Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Department, has provided $17.4 million in aid to Afghanistan.
Local sources in Takhar say that a Chinese citizen has been killed as a result of an armed attack in the province.
Local sources in Sar-e-Pul say that the Taliban have arrested one of their fighters on charges of membership in the ISIS group in the province.
The Taliban’s Minister of Justice, in a meeting with officials and employees of the group’s 41 legislative departments, said that they must strengthen Islamic law, not to satisfy the world.
The fate of Afghan-American Mahmud Shah Habibi, who disappeared in Kabul in 2022 after the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, remains unknown after two American citizens were exchanged for a Taliban prisoner in the United States.
The Pakistani military’s public relations department announced that it has handed over to the Taliban the body of an Afghan militant killed in a clash with Pakistani security forces in Zhob, Balochistan.
Coinciding with Sirajuddin Haqqani’s visit to the UAE, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the Qatari Embassy Chargé d’Affaires in Kabul. According to the Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mr.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States is considering returning its military infrastructure to Afghanistan.
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan announced that it will no longer operate in Afghanistan due to the closure of its offices in the country. The committee said that it will henceforth operate outside Afghanistan under the name “Solidarity Committee for Afghanistan”.
Ismail Baghaei, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, has announced that reaching an agreement with the Taliban on rights is not impossible.
Hashem Ashjazadeh, Director General for South Asia at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, held talks with Pakistani officials about regional developments.
Local sources say that the Taliban have held a meeting between the group’s governors for the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, and Zabul regarding the security situation.
Local sources in Badghis say that at least 15 people were injured following a clash between two tribes over the distribution of aid from institutions in the province.
Local Taliban officials in Nangarhar say that 38 Afghans have been released from a Pakistani prison and returned to the country.
Local sources in Nimroz say that the Taliban have arrested at least 15 people in the province on charges of human trafficking.
Following negotiations between the United States and the Taliban on the release of prisoners from both sides, Ryan Corbett and William McKinty have been released from the group and returned to Washington.
The Taliban Supreme Court says that their judicial delegation, led by Abdul Malik Haqqani, met with several senior officials from the Iranian Ministry of Interior to discuss the kidnapping of Afghan citizens by kidnappers and how to prevent these incidents in the country.

22 January 2025

The Khorasan branch of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese citizen in the Dasht-e-Qala district of Takhar province. ISIS’s media outlet, Amaq, released a statement on Wednesday saying that the group’s fighters targeted and killed the Chinese citizen.
The National Resistance Front has claimed to have killed two Taliban fighters in an attack on them in Parwan.
Officials of the Taliban’s Second Infantry Brigade in Takhar say that 150 young men in this province have joined the group’s army.
The interim inspector general of the Canadian Forces has called on the Canadian Ministry of Defence to provide adequate support to Afghan-Canadian advisers who served in the war in Afghanistan.
The Taliban consulate in Karachi says it has released 4,268 Afghan prisoners, including women and children, from prisons in Pakistan’s Sindh province in the past two years.
Taliban Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid met with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Kabul, Faisal Talq Al-Baqmi.
The Taliban Security and Clearance Commission named citizens of Tajikistan and Pakistan as the main perpetrators of attacks in Afghanistan in its annual report on Wednesday, February 22.
Mojtaba Abdullahi, the governor of Iran’s Alborz province, announced that the detention of Afghans without residency documents in the province continues.
Jan Egeland, President of the Norwegian Refugee Council, has called US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend US foreign aid worrying.
Zakir Jalali, the third political director of the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry, said that a prisoner exchange between the group and the United States could open communication channels and lead to fruitful negotiations.
The Taliban Ministry of Public Health has asked Turkey to issue visas for Afghan patients.
Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA, said in a meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban Foreign Minister, that development assistance to Afghanistan has increased compared to humanitarian assistance.
The Taliban Ministry of Higher Education has dismissed a professor at Nangarhar University and appointed a mullah from the Haqqaniyya School in Pakistan in his place.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry says that the prisoner exchange between the United States and the Taliban was facilitated by the country and was successful.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has discussed with Turkish Ambassador Cenk Ünal about increasing the level of diplomatic relations.
Local sources in Badghis say that a resident of the province has died due to severe cold on the Iran-Türkiye border.
Local sources in Nimroz say that over the past two days, the Taliban have arrested 20 people on charges of human trafficking in the province.
Local sources in Nimroz say that Iranian soldiers have arrested at least 200 Afghan refugees in the country’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.
The Taliban Supreme Court has announced that it has publicly flogged two people in Kandahar and Parwan provinces on charges of “sodomy.”
Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, Taliban Defense Minister, met with Faisal Talq Al-Baqmi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Kabul.
Himesh Falconer, British Deputy Foreign Secretary, said that defending the rights of Afghan women and girls is one of Britain’s top priorities.
The spontaneous movement of Afghan women protesters has called on US President Donald Trump to support Afghan women and to cut off ties with the Taliban.

23 January 2025

The Taliban in Sar-e-Pul claimed to have arrested six people on charges of having ties to ISIS.
A research organization called the Panjshir Studies Center has published the findings of its survey of residents of Panjshir province.
The Afghan Liberation Front has claimed that it killed three Taliban fighters and wounded two others following an attack on them in Herat province.
The Taliban Foreign Ministry announced that Amir Khan Muttaqi, the group’s Foreign Minister, met with Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.
The National Resistance Front has claimed that it killed two Taliban fighters and wounded another in an attack on them in Herat province.
The Afghan Freedom Front has welcomed the request to issue an arrest warrant for Haibatullah Akhundzada, the leader, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the head of the Taliban Supreme Court, and has called on the judges of the International Criminal Court to take action in this area as soon as possible.
The International Organization for Migration reported that 740,356 people left Afghanistan in the past three months. During the same period, more than 983,000 people returned to the country from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan, both voluntarily and forcibly, the organization said.
Zakir Jalali, the third political director of the Taliban Foreign Ministry, says that the upcoming visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi to Kabul could take relations between Tehran and the Taliban to a new stage.
Following the increase in the dollar’s value against the Afghani currency, the Central Bank of Afghanistan under Taliban rule says it will auction 20 million US dollars.
The Taliban Supreme Court says it has flogged 10 people on charges of extramarital affairs, “sodomy,” and running away from home in Khost province.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economics, has discussed with Murdaf Al-Qashouti, the chargé d’affaires of the Qatari embassy in Afghanistan, about expanding economic relations between Kabul and Doha.
The Taliban Supreme Court says it has flogged a man and a woman in Parwan province on charges of having an extramarital affair.
The International Criminal Court has requested the issuance of an arrest warrant for Haibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the head of the group’s Supreme Court.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has appealed for $149.4 million to protect vulnerable people in Afghanistan in 2025.
Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, has called the request for an arrest warrant for Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court a “vital step.”
Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, has called the request for an arrest warrant for Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court a “vital step.”
The Independent Coalition of Afghan Women’s Protest Movements has issued a statement expressing concern over the increase in human rights violations in the country.
The Afghan Women’s Justice Movement issued a statement condemning the Taliban’s imprisonment and torture of civil society activists, journalists, and women’s rights activists.
Local sources in Ghazni report that five Salmans have been arrested and their workplaces sealed by the Taliban.
British International Development Minister Annalise Dodds has announced an increase in British funding for the clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance in Afghanistan.
Local sources in Ghazni reported that the road to three districts of the province was reopened by local residents due to snow and several patients were transferred to the provincial capital.
Nasir Ahmad Fayeq, the acting permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, has called the request for an arrest warrant for the leader and head of the Taliban Supreme Court a historic step towards achieving justice.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi is travelling to Afghanistan. The embassy did not provide further details about the purpose and exact date of his trip to Afghanistan.

24 January 2025

Amir Khan Muttaqi, Taliban Foreign Minister, has emphasized the expansion of economic relations in a meeting with Ali Reza Bekdali, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Kabul.
Abdul Manan Omari, the Taliban’s Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, has called for sending Afghan workers to this country in a meeting with a Russian delegation in Kabul.
Local sources in Nimroz say that in the continuation of the arrests of human traffickers in this province, the Taliban have arrested and imprisoned 15 more people.
Jane Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Dina Titus, a representative of the US House of Representatives, sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend the admission of Afghan refugees, calling for an immediate review of this decision.
Imangali Tasmagambetov, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, has said that the implementation of the organization’s plan to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border will begin in 2025.
Bahram Zamani, deputy prosecutor of the Iranian city of Zahedan, says that dormitory owners who facilitate the entry and residence of “unauthorized” citizens will be imprisoned for one to three years.
In its editorial, titled “Do not purify the Taliban,” the newspaper Jomhuri Eslami has seriously criticized the country’s foreign minister’s upcoming visit to Afghanistan.
Former President Hamid Karzai, in a message on the occasion of World Education Day, called for the immediate reopening of schools and universities to girls.
In a statement, the Taliban Foreign Ministry called the request for an arrest warrant for Haibatullah Akhundzada by the International Criminal Court prosecutor an “unfair, double-minded, and politically motivated” decision.
On World Education Day, the European Union says it stands in solidarity with all the people of Afghanistan who are striving for the fundamental right to education and a prosperous future.
The International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant for Haibatullah Akhundzada, the leader, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the head of the Taliban Supreme Court, continues to be welcomed by human rights organizations and human rights activists.
The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) says it has donated educational equipment and supplies to the Revolution High School in Herat Province to improve educational conditions in Afghanistan.
Local sources in Kandahar province say that following a request from the International Criminal Court prosecutor to arrest Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he has moved to an unknown location.
In response to the request of the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to arrest the leader of this group, the Taliban say that the court’s ruling lacks legal validity and fairness.
Following the request of Karim Khan, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to arrest the leader and head of the Taliban Supreme Court, the Coordination Council of Diplomatic and Consular Missions of Afghanistan has requested the decision of the judges of the court.
Amnesty International says the request by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against Taliban leaders is an important step towards justice for Afghan women, girls and LGBT people.
Amnesty International says Rahim Saeedi, a filmmaker and television producer, is suffering from serious illnesses, including a herniated disc and prostate problems, in a Taliban prison, but has no access to health services.
Local sources in Takhar say that the Taliban have arrested five people in the province on charges of collaborating with the National Resistance Front.
The deputy head of publications for the Taliban’s Ministry of Information and Culture defended the group’s ban on the distribution and publication of dozens of books, saying that banning books is “a common principle” in many countries.
The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Imangali Tasmagambetov, announced that a program to strengthen Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan will begin in 2025.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry announced that, based on an agreement between Washington and Islamabad, all Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan who have US immigration files will be transferred to the United States by September 2025.
Amnesty International Secretary-General Agnes Callamard welcomed the call for the International Criminal Court to try Taliban leaders. Ms Callamard stressed that the ICC should expand its investigations to cover all human rights violations in Afghanistan.
UN experts welcomed the ICC Prosecutor’s request for the arrest of Hebatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, stressing that ICC member states must fully support the institution’s independent mission to hold perpetrators accountable.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed concern over the continued exclusion of Afghan girls from school.

25 January 2025

A Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) affiliate, Pakistan’s right-wing party’s local body councillor, Maulana Qazi Zahoor Ahmad has been shot dead in Ahmadkhel, Badhaber area of Peshawar district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Police.
The former assistant to the Iranian foreign minister says the Taliban group has never been included in the Islamic Republic’s list of terrorist groups. Rasoul Mousavi said that Iran had refused to sign the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Document due to the former Afghan government’s insistence on listing the Taliban as a terrorist group.
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross for Asia and the Pacific says that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is critical and many areas are still in an emergency phase.
Following the backlash against the call for the arrest of Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has withdrawn its support for the call, saying it is an important first step towards achieving justice for victims of gender-based harassment and discrimination in Afghanistan.
Anneliese Dodds, the British Minister of State for Women and Equalities, expressed concern over the continued ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, saying that Afghanistan can only progress with free education for all.
Amir Tavakoli Rudy, a member of the Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s parliament, announced after a trip to Kabul that an agreement was reached in a meeting with the Taliban to launch a new Iran-Afghanistan-Turkey corridor.
The Purple Saturdays Movement, a group of women protesters, called for the arrest warrant for the Taliban leader and judges to be approved in a statement.
Germany is deporting a group of “criminal” Afghan refugees for the second time since the Taliban came to power, the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported. According to the report, the German government is planning another flight to Afghanistan.
Local sources in Takhar say that three Taliban members were injured in an explosion in the province.
The Taliban Ministry of Refugees and Returnees announced that a settlement for “refugees” is to be built in the Annaba district of Panjshir province. According to a press release from the ministry, the “refugee settlement” will be built on a land area of 178 acres.
The spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Mines and Petroleum announced that five major contracts worth $600 million have been signed in the past three years in the cement mining and exploration sector.
The Coordination Council of Afghan Diplomatic and Consular Missions Abroad welcomed the request of Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to arrest the Taliban leader and judge.
The Taliban police command in Takhar province confirmed the explosion that occurred around 3:00 p.m. Saturday in Taloqan city. The statement said that a person who was trying to place a magnetic mine in one of the Taliban members’ Rangers was killed as a result of the explosion.
The Taliban’s refugee minister says some members of the UN Security Council are vetoing decisions against the Taliban.
Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Public Works, announced that the rail transport contract with China, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan has been extended for 2025.
Some government employees reported to Afghanistan International on Saturday that the Taliban have not yet paid them their salaries for the months of Mizan and Aqrab.
Ismail Sabawon, head of the Kandahar Money Changers Union, sent a letter to money changers in the province on Saturday ordering them to refrain from posting dollar rates on social media.
Afghan refugees have urged Pakistan’s prime minister to ease visa rules on humanitarian grounds after US President Donald Trump suspended the United States refugee admissions program.
On Saturday, February 26, the Taliban in Bamyan forced some men and women through force and threats to protest against the International Criminal Court in support of Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group’s leader.
The Afghanistan Center for Legal Studies and Research says that requesting an arrest warrant for Taliban leaders is a vital step towards achieving justice for victims of human rights violations in Afghanistan.
A US official confirmed to Reuters that Donald Trump’s order to halt foreign aid has suspended flights for more than 40,000 Afghans eligible for resettlement to the United States.
The US Secretary of State says the Taliban have taken more American citizens hostage than has been reported.
The “Polio-Free Afghanistan” organization says that a new round of the polio vaccination campaign is set to begin in different regions of the country.
The Taliban Ministry of Refugees and Repatriates has announced the release of 66 Afghan prisoners from Pakistani prisons.
The Taliban Ministry of Public Works says that the Railway Economic Corridor agreement between the group, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China has been extended for another year.
Local Taliban officials in Badakhshan say that about three shops with all their goods and merchandise have been burned down following a fire in the market of the Baharak district of the province.

26 January 2025

One person was killed and several others suffered injuries when a bus travelling from Khuzdar to Rawalpindi was targeted in an explosion in the Kadho area along the M-8 Sindh-Balochistan highway.
Thirty terrorists were killed in three separate counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, the military said. The counter-terrorism operations were carried out in Lakki Marwat, Karak, and Khyber districts.
Qari Haroon who was recently released from Guantanamo Jail has been appointed as the Head of a Directorate of a special institute related to the administrative office of the Prime Minister.
Colonel Arabi, the police commander of Peshwa city in Tehran, says that four Afghan citizens have been arrested on charges of “participating in a murder.”
Pakistani security forces have killed 30 militants in three separate engagements in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Pakistani military said on Saturday, amid a surge in militancy in the region.
Local sources in Baghlan say that the Taliban have arrested a former soldier in the province. According to sources, this former military officer is named “Nazir Ahmad”.
David Lavery, a former Canadian Armed Forces soldier, has been safely flown out of Taliban hands, as a Qatari official confirmed he landed in Doha.
The Taliban Foreign Ministry announced that Iranian Foreign Minister Sayyed Abbas Araqchi held talks with the group’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mottaki in Kabul. He did not provide details about the topics of discussion between the two sides.
Local sources in Takhar say that Taliban intelligence has arrested three former soldiers on charges of involvement in an explosion.
Mohammad Nabi Omari, Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of the Taliban, has warned that the group can kill its opponents abroad for less than 500 Pakistani rupees.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that due to a decline in global aid and a massive influx of refugees from Iran and Pakistan, they can only assist fewer than 17 million people in need in Afghanistan.
Taliban on Saturday announced the extension of a cooperation agreement for an economic corridor involving Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China.
India is expected to reject Russia’s offer to join the “Afghan Quad”, a coalition that also includes Pakistan and China – in a decision that reflects its unwillingness to engage with rivals on Kabul’s future.
The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met with the Taliban Prime Minister in Kabul and discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation.
The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran visited Kabul on Sunday, February 27, for the first time since the Taliban returned to power.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Urban Development and Housing announced that new mosques will be built in 57 areas of Kabul city, following the order of the group’s leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada.
Money changers at the Prince’s House in Kabul reported to Afghanistan International on Sunday that each dollar was being bought at 81 Afghanis and sold at 81.50 Afghanis.
The spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture called on the media to operate following the group’s policies, Islamic rules, and Afghan culture.
Simultaneously with the visit of Abbas Araqchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Kabul, Iranian state media described the Taliban as the “caretaker government of Afghanistan.”
According to the Taliban, the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, in a meeting with the group’s prime minister, called for the full implementation of the Helmand water agreement.
Sima Samar, former head of the Afghan Human Rights Commission, described the Hague prosecutor’s request for the arrest of Taliban leaders as a “historic step.”
Taliban Defense Minister Yaqub Mujahid called for intelligence sharing between the two countries in a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister on Sunday.
Several Ghazni residents protested against the International Criminal Court’s request for an arrest warrant for the Taliban leader and head of the Supreme Court, at the request of the Taliban’s head of information and culture.
The Taliban in Herat province announced on Sunday that 6 kilometres of the TAPI gas pipeline project in Afghanistan have been completed so far.
US Vice President JD Vance strongly defended Donald Trump’s decision to suspend the Afghan refugee resettlement program in an interview with CBS.