Pakistan's military said security forces killed 16 Pakistani Taliban militants, including two Afghans, during operations in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Taliban Finance Minister Mohammad Nasir Akhund travelled to Iran on Saturday, 14 November, leading a delegation. The Taliban's Finance Ministry said the visit was taking place at the official invitation of Iran's agriculture minister.
The 30th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) will begin in Islamabad on Sunday, 15 November.
Ismatullah Ergashev, Uzbekistan's presidential special representative for Afghanistan, met Matthias Kende Belgian Ambassador in Tashkent to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
The International Organization for Migration says 43,412 Afghan migrants returned from Pakistan and Iran between 25 October and 7 November, including 38,087 from Iran and 5,325 from Pakistan.
The Taliban have expanded construction of mountain tunnels, underground military warehouses and defensive facilities in Kandahar and several other Afghan provinces, an Afghanistan International investigation has found.
Several Afghan nationals say they have been held for months at a detention centre for foreign nationals in the Iraqi city of Karbala because they lack valid residency documents.
Pakistani police said a militant commander named Saifullah was killed in a clash with officers during an operation in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Amnesty International Australia has launched a campaign in support of Afghan women and girls, urging the Australian government to push for the recognition of gender apartheid under international law and hold the Taliban accountable for widespread violations of women's rights.
The head of the Afghanistan Cooperation Business Council at Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the Taliban administration wants to purchase Russian petroleum products and involve Moscow in building small oil refineries in Afghanistan.
Residents of Omid-e-Sabz, a predominantly Hazara residential township in western Kabul, say the Taliban have begun evicting families and taking control of their homes.
Iranian media outlet IRAF has reported, citing unnamed sources, that the man behind an explosion targeting former Afghan commander Ahmad Khan Ghori in Mashhad was an agent of the Taliban's intelligence agency who had received orders from officials in Kabul.
The May Chidiac Foundation has named Zahra Joya, founder of Rukhshana Media, the recipient of its 2026 Exceptional Courage in Journalism Award, recognising her journalistic work and efforts to amplify the voices of Afghan women and girls.
Alexey Overchuk, Russia’s deputy prime minister, led a high-level delegation to meet Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs, at the presidential palace after arriving in Kabul on Thursday, 12 November.
Documents from Pakistan's Commerce Ministry show that the country's exports fell by $1.3 billion over the past 13 months amid trade disruptions with Afghanistan and border tensions.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban's deputy spokesperson, announced that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk arrived in Kabul on Thursday, 12 November, leading a delegation.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov called for coordinated efforts among Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) members to counter cross-border threats from Afghanistan.
John Bass, a former US ambassador to Afghanistan, said ignoring Afghanistan could have consequences for US national security. He expressed hope that the new US Congress would learn from past mistakes and pave the way for a change in Washington’s policy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, 11 November, that the situation in Afghanistan had received particular attention as part of efforts to strengthen security along the external borders of CSTO member states.
The Taliban's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk will visit Kabul on Thursday, 12 November.
A spokesperson for the Afghanistan United Front told Afghanistan International that the group has executed six people following rulings by its military judge.
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, has called for a peaceful political resolution to the crisis in Afghanistan through an inclusive national dialogue, stressing that the international community must not lose sight of the country's situation.