The Taliban says they have issued the necessary instructions in order to avoid a repeat of incidents similar to the Wednesday shootout which took place along the Iran-Afghanistan border.
Iran’s foreign minister has expressed hope the negotiating teams in the Austrian capital, Vienna, will arrive at an agreement over lifting of Iran’s sanctions if the Western parties to the talks act in good faith.
The Taliban officials say Saudi Arabia and India will reopen their embassies in
Kabul soon. Riyadh has already sent a diplomatic delegation to Afghanistan.
A US delegation led by the special representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, held talks with senior Taliban representatives in Qatar on Monday and Tuesday, the US State Department said.
At least six people, including a foreign national, died and dozens more were injured on Monday after heavy storms hit Turkey's largest city of Istanbul and its surrounding regions.
A bomb blast on a main road in Police District six of the Afghan capital Kabul wounded five people including the Taliban fighters but the Taliban have not commented on the casualties.
China says dialogue and negotiations are the only right way to solve the Iran nuclear issue, and that the United States should lift all related illegal sanctions against Iran and third parties, including China.
The Taliban have had an underground network of intelligence operatives that helped them seize power from inside, parallel to their military victory, according to a report.
Leaders from a handful of Asian nations vowed to help Afghanistan during a summit on Sunday. They stressed the need for outside support as the new Taliban government grapples with poverty, food insecurity and an economic crisis.
Experience shows that the west does not seek to implement a deal. Rather, it seeks to score public perception points by announcing one while stealthily “dis-implementing” the agreement in every possible way, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri wrote in an op-ed in The Financial Times.
A high-ranking European official says the European Union does not recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen made the remarks at the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
A top Chinese diplomat says the International Atomic Energy Agency should be involved in the security pact for the transfer of a nuclear submarine to Australia, like the Iran nuclear deal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as useful and timely.
Iranian and Malaysian Foreign Ministers Hossein Amirabdollahian and Saifuddin Abdullah discussed bilateral ties, regional and international developments on Friday.
More than half a million people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan as a result of conflicts and insecurity in 2021, according to a newly released report by the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is calling for an immediate end to violence against women and girls in the country. UNAMA made the appeal in a statement issued on Thursday marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW).
Top oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia are considering a move to pause their planned oil production increases, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. It comes after US announcement of the release of strategic crude reserves.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for expansion of trade and stronger cooperation in field of technologies, especially in the area of water and environment, with the Netherlands.
An Armenian soldier has been killed in a shoot-out at the border with the Azerbaijan Republic. Authorities in Yerevan say Azeri troops opened fire at the Armenian positions on Monday evening, killing one soldier.