VOA News May 21, 2017 Nearly 130,000 undocumented Afghan refugees have been forced by the Iranian government to go home this year, heading to an uncertain future with the resurgent Taliban now holding more than 40 percent rural territory in Afghanistan. Hundreds more are ousted each day from Iran, in line with Iran’s target of
Press TV May 6, 2017 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to set off for Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with senior Afghan officials. Zarif, heading a high-ranking political delegation, would visit Kabul at the official invitation of his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday. He added
Tolo News: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Sunday said Iran retained its position as the country’s largest trade partner for 2016. Statistics by the ACCI shows that Iran’s trade value with Afghanistan for 2016 was $1.8 billion USD. However trade volumes between Afghanistan and Pakistan for 2016 dropped by $1.2 billion USD. Iran’s
Press TV March 16, 2017 The United Nations has praised Iran for generously hosting millions of violence-stricken asylum seekers and refugees, particularly those from neighboring Afghanistan. Iran “has been exemplary in hosting refugees and keeping borders open,” said Sivanka Dhanapala, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in Tehran, on Thursday. The
Press TV March 10, 2017 India says it expects to complete the first phase of the construction of Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar in 2018. “We can complete the work on the first phase of the project in 2018… The funds are likely to be released shortly. Tenders are out for the project,” India’s Shipping,
Mehdi Jedinia / Noor Zahid VOA News March 7, 2017 WASHINGTON — Authorities in Iran have handed over keys for dozens of apartments to families of Afghan Shi’ite fighters killed fighting on behalf of Iranian forces at the Syrian front. Access to more than 30 free flats was given to Afghan families in a ceremony last
PTI: The strategic port of Chabahar in Iran which is being developed to build a transport-and-trade corridor through Afghanistan giving India an access to global markets is expected to be opened in a month’s time, said Afghanistan Consul General Mohammad Aman Amin. “The port is likely to open in a month’s time and it will provide
Press TV January 29, 2017 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is do its best to help establish peace and stability in neighboring Afghanistan. “Iran seeks stability in Afghanistan and our efforts are aimed to establish stability in this country,” Zarif said in a meeting with the special representative of the United
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan January 23, 2017 The governor of Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Province said Iranians and Pakistanis have recently met with Taliban insurgents involved in fighting Afghan forces. Governor Hayatullah Hayat told Radio Free Afghanistan on January 22 that “Iranian interference [in Afghan affairs] has increased” recently, noting the meeting with Taliban fighters in
Al Arabiya: In order to implement its long-term strategy in Afghanistan, Iran has increased its military support to Taliban and at the same time, counts on its own militia proxy, the Fatemiyoun Division which is made up of Afghan Shiites which was founded by Revolutionary Guards in 2013 to fight in Syria. This battle-experienced force is