The Foreign Ministry of the Taliban government announced Sunday that an Iranian technical delegation has inspected the water situation in the Helmand River, amid an ongoing dispute over water rights between both countries. “Iranian experts have observed the water levels in the Helmand River,” Iranian news agencies cited the country’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, as saying. Qomi said the delegation is currently in Kabul and will soon share its assessment with Tehran.
Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs officials said during their accountability report on Sunday that currently more than 600,000 orphans, widows and disabled children are registered with the ministry. Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs, said the process of registering the families of martyrs and disabled people and paying their pensions