Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, arrived in Kabul at the head of a high-ranking delegation and met and talked with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei approved a proposal to grant amnesty to 2,315 Iranian prisoners on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution’s victory.

An Afghan official says members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group – who surrendered to security forces in the northern province of Jawzjan this week – may be granted amnesty despite atrocities they perpetrated against civilians.