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Three countries announced nearly $4.4 million in aid to Afghanistan last week, when Afghan officials visited Qatar, Iran and Uzbekistan.

Last week, Russia invited a representative from Afghanistan to participate in the Kazan Economic Forum and Kazakhstan announced a $500 million investment in the Torghundi-Herat railway project, Kabul said it was appointing a diplomat at the ambassadorial level in Moscow.

The UK last week promised efforts to put Afghanistan back on the UN agenda and various sources asked Pakistan to stop forcibly deporting Afghan refugees.

The Russian Attorney General’s Office last week requested the country’s Supreme Court to remove the name “Taliban” from its blacklist.

Last week, several international organisations expressed concern about women’s rights in Afghanistan, but the Islamic Emirate of dismissed the apprehensions as groundless.

Last week, Radio Begum’s broadcasts were suspended and seven Black Hawk helicopters, which had been transferred from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan, handed over to the United States.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor has said he is seeking the arrest of two senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) leaders over the treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan, inviting strong condemnation from the caretaker government in Kabul.

Last week, President Joe Biden said Afghanistan no longer posed a threat to the United States, with some countries calling on the Islamic Emirate to lift restrictions on women.

Last week, China provided 1.5 million aid to Afghanistan. Beijing and Moscow stressed improved bilateral relationships with Kabul.

Last week, seven countries affirmed their commitment to engaging with Afghanistan, and a delegation reported initial findings from a probe into shootings and explosions affecting Afghans in Iran.

At its latest summit in Islamabad last week, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) stressed the need for the resolution of disputes between countries through dialogue.

A number of institutions last week expressed their concern about girls’ rights in Afghanistan, while Russia declared talks with Afghanistan necessary for peace in Central Asia, something Afghan official welcomed.