3 people were killed in bombings in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, while Pakistan announced a dialogue with the Taliban with the aim of forming an inclusive government, about 3 weeks after the movement announced an interim government, while Washington expressed its gratitude to the Qatari authorities that continue the evacuations from Kabul Airport. .

An Afghan security source told Al Jazeera that 3 people were killed and others wounded - including policemen - in explosions targeting a police convoy and a hospital in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province.

To the west of the capital, Kabul, Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that two people were injured when a car bomb exploded in Dasht Barashi area, known as Security Zone 12.

These bombings come about 3 weeks after a bloody bombing at Kabul airport claimed by the Islamic State, in which about 170 people were killed, including 13 American soldiers.

At the internal level as well, Al-Jazeera correspondent said that studies have resumed in all regions of Afghanistan for the preparatory and secondary stages after a month-long hiatus.

The Afghan Ministry of Finance said that it had started the procedures for paying the salaries of 5 government ministries, especially Education.

Large numbers of citizens gathered in front of banks in Kandahar (southern Afghanistan) in order to receive salaries that were suspended three months ago.


Neighborhood anxiety

Regionally, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said - in his tweets on Twitter - that he had initiated a dialogue with the Taliban with the aim of forming an inclusive Afghan government that includes Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks, after meetings of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, with leaders of countries neighboring Afghanistan.

Khan added that after 40 years of conflict, the formation of an inclusive government guarantees peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region.

Iran, Russia, China and Pakistan issued a joint statement stressing the need to enhance peace and security in Afghanistan, and to respect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The statement - which was announced after a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that concluded on Friday in the Tajik capital - expressed the concerns of Afghanistan's neighboring countries about the dangers of refugee flows, in light of the fragile humanitarian, social and economic situation.

The statement stressed the need to achieve national reconciliation, form an inclusive government in Afghanistan, and confront threats - such as the spread of terrorism and drugs - to ensure regional stability.

It is noteworthy that the Taliban movement has given important positions to non-Pashtuns (the major ethnicity in Afghanistan) in its interim government announced in early September.

However, the inclusiveness of the interim government has not been recognized by the international community, which wants more representation of minorities and women.


On August 15, the Taliban announced their control of the capital, Kabul, in parallel with a US military withdrawal that was completed at the end of the same month, which prompted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to flee the country.

The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Committee, Admiral Rob Power, said that the possibility of Afghan refugees arriving in the alliance countries is highly subject to the possibility of finding solutions to prevent this crisis.

Power stressed - in a press conference with the Greek Chief of Staff - that the issue of Afghan refugees will remain political in the first place, and that NATO will study in depth the results of its mission in Afghanistan and investigate the reasons for what happened.

Qatari aid

Today, Saturday, a Qatari plane arrived at Kabul Airport with 31 tons of necessary medical aid for hospitals suffering from a shortage of medicine and medical supplies.

Pakistan Airlines also operated a commercial passenger flight to Kabul, the second of its kind within a week.

Afghan airlines continued domestic flights between Kabul Airport and 3 major cities in the country;

These are Kandahar, Herat, and Mazar-i-Sharif.

The US State Department said that a Qatar Airways flight left Kabul yesterday, Friday, with 28 Americans and 7 residents on board, and the State Department expressed its gratitude to the Qatari authorities who continue to coordinate flights for the transportation of Americans from Afghanistan.

The Foreign Ministry added that the international community welcomes the cooperation of the Taliban movement in transporting foreigners wishing to leave Afghanistan.

In another context, the US Embassy in Doha thanked the "Etaam" youth initiative and the citizens and civil society organizations in Qatar for providing meals to the evacuees from Afghanistan.

The embassy said - in a tweet on Twitter - "With 58,000 evacuees from Afghanistan passing through Qatar, Qatari citizens and civil society organizations rushed to lend a helping hand, and families from the embassy and US forces joined in this effort."

She added that they volunteered to provide 1,500 snacks to the evacuees, thanking everyone who helped those in need.