Developments in Afghanistan - TASS

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Russia to send another batch of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in November — envoy

Russia, Afghanistan to hammer out joint projects in energy sector — MFA

Participants in meeting on Afghanistan ready to help Kabul in combating terrorism — MFA

Afghan women forced into secret beauty salons amid Taliban persecution — media

Global community slowly accepting Taliban’s authority in Afghanistan — Russian envoy

The Afghan crisis will be the focus of an upcoming UN meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha

UN to accept Russia removing Taliban from list of banned organizations as fact — official

"It will be a fact of life and there will be nothing to discuss," Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva said

Lasting peace in Afghanistan impossible without dialogue with Taliban — Russian diplomat

"We are convinced that any productive discussion of the situation in Afghanistan is impossible without direct involvement of the country’s de-facto authorities," Vasily Nebenzya said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Afghanistan

Taliban praise Russian authorities' statements on relations with Afghanistan — spokesman

Zabihullah Mujahid stated that the Taliban government has "extremely positive diplomatic and trading relations" with Russia

Necessary to build ties with Taliban as they control Afghanistan — Putin

"We need to proceed from reality and build relations accordingly," the Russian leader explained

Russian Supreme Court’s ruling needed to remove Taliban from list of terrorists — lawyer

According to Dmitry Agranovsky, Russian practice does not know any precedents of removing the status of a terrorist organization, and the law does not give direct instructions on the possibility of resolving this conflict

Russian presidential envoy visits Afghanistan to discuss political cooperation

Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov met with Deputy Prime Minister for political issues Abdul Kabir, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani

Iranian authorities debunk reports of clashes at border with Afghanistan

Deputy Governor of the Sistan and Baluchistan Province Alireza Marhamati noted that "no clashes took place" and the border is open

Taliban clashes with Iranian border security in southwestern Afghanistan

Neither the Taliban nor the Iranian authorities have commented on the report yet

SCO calls on Afghanistan to fulfill obligations in fighting terrorism — Security Council

"The heads of delegations called on the de facto authorities of Afghanistan to consistently fulfill their obligations in the field of counterterrorism, especially in preventing the activities of international terrorist organizations and other groups based on Afghan soil that pose a serious threat to the SCO space," the statement said