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Iran's railroad system came under cyberattack on Friday. Hackers posted fake messages on display boards at stations across the country - such as "long delayed because of cyberattack" or "canceled" on the boards. They also urged passengers to call for information, listing the phone number of the office of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The semiofficial Fars news agency reported that the hack led to "unprecedented chaos" at rail stations.

Earlier in the day, Fars said trains across Iran had lost their electronic tracking system. It wasn't immediately clear if that was also part of the cyberattack. The spokesman of the state railway company, Sadegh Sekri, as saying "the disruption" did not cause any problem for train services.

It was not clear if the reported attack caused any damage or disruptions in Iran's computer and internet systems, and whether it was the latest chapter in the U.S. and Iran's cyber operations targeting the other.

Fire and rescue teams rushed to the scene, as eyewitnesses detailed the initial blast sounding "like a building collapsed." Reports have suggested that the explosion erupted inside a residential building near Mellat Park, one of the capital province's largest green spaces. It is believed that the explosion was caused by a malfunction in the building's gas system. So far no fatalities were reported.

Hamidreza Goudarzi, the deputy security chief for the Tehran Province, noted in a statement to the Tasnim News Agency that "there was only one explosion," and that ​officials were at the scene. Goudarzi did not confirm or deny whether the blast was part of a planned attack, as the area is near the headquarters of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the New York Times reported.

Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar says Pakistan has been working on strengthening security at the border with Afghanistan amid foreign troops withdrawal.

"Right now, 90 per cent of the Pak-Afghan border has been fenced. " He added that Pakistan is "very well prepared" and the current border security mechanism is "much better."

According to Iftikhar, Pakistan's Interior Ministry is prepared for a possible influx of refugees from Afghanistan. The foreign troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, almost complete on the American side ahead of the September 11 deadline, is widely feared to bring about a humanitarian crisis in the country and cause waves of refugees to flee to the neighboring states.

Pakistan is concerned that extremists may hide among refugees coming from Afghanistan and spread uncontrollably across the region with migrant flows. The instability in the country will allow drug trafficking to flourish, as various groups inside Afghanistan will increasingly rely on the drug trade to fund their operations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in contact with the leaders of Central Asian countries on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden stressed, he does not want "to send a third generation of American soldiers to fight there." The government in Kabul continues to fight, and many Afghans who have collaborated with the Western allies are being exfiltrated to the European Union.