A Taliban delegation led by the group’s negotiator Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai is in Tehran where the delegation met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and other senior Iranian officials.

The Taliban delegation is also expected to meet with a group of Afghan politicians, led by former vice president Younus Qanooni, who have travelled there from Kabul.

The budget and finance commission of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga—the lower house of Parliament--on Wednesday voiced grave concern over a reduction in government revenues following the Taliban’s takeover of some ports and customs areas in the country.

A member of the Parliament’s budget and finance commission on Wednesday said that the government's revenue had declined from 500 million Afs daily to 150 million.