British Defence Secretary John Healey has apologised after the personal information of thousands of Afghan nationals was leaked, potentially placing them at risk of Taliban retaliation.

Iranian authorities have announced that Afghan migrants holding valid residency documents will be permitted to leave designated camps, as part of a wider plan to manage the country’s foreign national population.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for the revival of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Contact Group on Afghanistan.

Germany has expressed support for the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Taliban figures, including the group’s supreme leader and chief justice, over crimes against humanity.

Iranian intelligence forces have arrested an Afghan student from the University of Tehran and transferred her to an undisclosed location, according to a report by the human rights organisation Hengaw.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed the need for national consensus in Afghanistan and the inclusion of all ethnic and political groups in the country’s power structure.

Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, has warned of the severe consequences stemming from the mass return of Afghan migrants and called for immediate international action to support deported individuals.

Former British envoy in Afghanistan Nicholas Kay says Russia’s decision to recognise the Taliban could encourage some neighbouring countries to follow suit, though it is unlikely to alter the stance of Western governments.