The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) announced on Sunday it will attend the upcoming United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan in Doha.

“A representative of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will participate in the upcoming Doha meeting and will represent the people and the government of Afghanistan,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman of IEA.

The third UN-sponsored Doha meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to be held on June 30.

IEA had refused to join the second round of the conference in February when the UN rejected its demand to act as Afghanistan’s sole official representative, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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Pakistani media have reported that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities have banned Afghan refugees from entering the provincial capital Peshawar during Eid al-Adha as well as Moharram ul Haraam.

“Afghan refugees in Peshawar will face a complete entry ban during Eid-ul-Azha and Muharram,” Capital City Police Chief Qasim Ali Khan said, Pakistan Observer reported.

He added that these measures were taken to ensure security during the religious occasions of Eid al-Adha and Muharram.

According to him, police will re-conduct security audits of sensitive locations and places of worship.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in this country are orchestrated in Afghanistan and carried out by Afghans.

The Islamic Emirate, however, has rejected the claim, saying that Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan’s security failure.

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German police shot to death an Afghan man after he fatally attacked a compatriot and later wounded three people watching the televised opening game of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in eastern Germany, police said Saturday.

The 27-year-old Afghan citizen first attacked a 23-year-old compatriot with a “knife-like object” in Wolmirstedt, a small town about 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Berlin, on Friday evening, police said. The victim later died of his wounds, the Associated Press reported.

The man later attacked a group of people watching the soccer game between Germany and Scotland in the yard of private house, injuring three German men, two of them seriously, police said.

Police said the assailant, still armed with the same object, also attacked officers called to the scene. Two of the officers shot and wounded the man, who died soon after in a hospital.

Police said the motive for the attacks was unclear. The Interior Ministry in Saxony-Anhalt state, which includes Wolmirstedt, said police had increased their presence across the state. The soccer tournament is taking place in cities across Germany and runs through July 14.

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