The talks have been held at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan with the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in order to discuss issues of further development of and cooperation in the sphere of trade-economic relations between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Trade stated July 18.

A meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Heads of State and Government with Resolute Support operational partner nations and potential operational partner nations has been held in Brussels.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has met his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Brussels.

Tajikistan and Afghanistan have opened border service representations on the Tajik-Afghan border, Sputnik Tajikistan reported referring to Tajik Telegraph Agency TajikTA.

A group of Azerbaijani military personnel was sent to Afghanistan in accordance with the plan and rotation for serving within NATO-led "Resolute Support" mission in Afghanistan, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a message on July 10.

At least four militants of Islamic State (IS) outfit were killed after unmanned plane of the US and NATO-led coalition forces struck an IS position in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar overnight, Xinhua reported citing authorities.

Azerbaijan is at heart of the efforts to economically integrate Afghanistan into the region, US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells said at a briefing in Baku on June 29.

A delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Hekmat Khalil Karzai will arrive in Azerbaijan to attend the meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan, to be held June 28 in Baku, the Afghan Embassy in Azerbaijan said in a message June 27.

Baku will host a meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan June 28, Hikmet Hajiyev, spokesman of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, told Trend June 25.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack claimed by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group that killed and injured dozens of people in Eastern Afghanistan, IRNA reported.