Turkey again in talks about running the airport in Kabul, this time in along with the Taliban. For now it's just talks, but maybe one step in the international recognition of the Taliban led state.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/27/turkey-holds-first-talks-with-the-taliban-in-kabul

Three links due to one event, Putin - Xi Jinping phone call:
https://tass.com/politics/1329999
https://tass.com/politics/1329981
https://tass.com/politics/1329959
Essentially the whole thing was about the cooperation of Russia and China, one major point was Afghanistan ofc. Nothing concrete.
> "The leaders also agreed to engage in more bilateral contacts and closer coordination primarily through diplomatic agencies," the Kremlin added.
Wow, fucking nothing.
One detail I did not hear much about yet (probably because I don't and can't follow everything), is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation which includes - besides the two powers - the *stans in Central Asia, India and Pakistan. Number of "observer states"... uhh... oberves(?) this organizationm whatever the fuck this means, I assume it's some kind of entry, hallway, waiting room. One of them is Afhganistan since 2012. Maybe keeping this status is another brick in the international recognition of the Taliban state. And maybe a point for Russia and Chine where they can involve Afghanistan, and weave it into the region and the plans.