Dozens of eminent Afghans and experts on Afghanistan, in an open letter published on June 23, 2022, have called for the re-imposition of an international travel ban on the leaders of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban jihadi organization which seized power in 2021) for their continued harboring of Al-Qaeda and terror terrorist groups, war crimes, and abuse of women's rights.
The poor treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran is adversely affecting relations between the two countries and public perception, Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a meeting with Iranian ambassador to Kabul on Sunday. Muttaqi said that a message should be delivered to the leadership in Iran to instruct relevant security authorities