Abdul Hafiz Mansoor, a member of government’s negotiating team, said on Saturday the Taliban has no plan in place to govern, but their “power-hungry and narrow-minded spirit has not changed.”

Pakistan has asked Afghanistan to allow it trade and commerce access to Central Asia States, a statement from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) said on Tuesday.

Six insurgents, including Daesh’s finance manager, have been captured in eastern Nangarhar province, an official claimed on Wednesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Islamic State’s finance chief in Afghanistan, was arrested in Jalalabad.

The Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday rejected next fiscal year’s budget, saying the proposed accounts were marred by serious flaws. The allocation of 13 billion afghanis to one emergency code was not justifiable in the absence of details about how the funds would be spent, legislators argued.

A pilot of the Afghan Air Force was killed by gunmen in the capital city of southern Kandahar on Wednesday, an official said. The incident occurred around 12pm in Fabrika Sarai area in the jurisdiction of the 14th police district of Kandahar city.

The Ministry of Defense on Sunday said 11 Al Qaeda affiliates were killed in an airstrike by Afghan forces in Nawa district of southern Helmand province.

Seven Pakistan soldiers were killed in a gun attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan post in Harnai district of Balochistan, Pakistan military’s media wing said on Sunday. The assailants targeted an FC post located in Shahrag area of Harnai late on Saturday.

A senior Islamic State leader is among 19 suspects detained in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials claimed on Monday. Tasal Aziz, in charge of recruiting Daesh militants, was captured by intelligence agents in the second police district of Jalalabad — the provincial capital.

In an attempt to enhance its market share in the landlocked neighbour, Pakistan plans to keep open trade routes with Afghanistan under all circumstances. Seeking to increase its market share in Afghanistan by 65 percent, the plan is reportedly supported by the Pakistan army, The News International reported on Monday.

Afghanistan has imported non-oil items worth $1.2 billion from neighbouring Iran over the past eight months, a media report said on Monday.