Khaama: China and Iran have called on Afghanistan, a neighbouring country, to lift its women’s employment and education restrictions. The request was made in a joint statement released on Thursday at the close of the visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing. In the report, the two sides reaffirmed their close political and economic
Bloomberg: The local affiliate of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, is attempting to “undermine the relationship between the Taliban and member states in the region,” according to United Nations report on the group’s activities. The report is expected to be discussed later Thursday at United Nations Security Council in New York. Click here
Fair Observer: The dispute over the Helmand River between Iran and Afghanistan is an old one. In the 1870s, when Afghanistan was still under British control, the border between the neighbors was drawn along the main branch of the river. Helmand is a lifeline for both countries. It is Afghanistan’s longest river and it runs
8am: Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the ban imposed by the Taliban on university education for women contradicts Islamic teachings. The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran expressed this issue on Tuesday, at the meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of foreign ministers. Click here to read more
8am: Sources in Afghanistan’s western Nimroz province told Hasht-e Subh on Monday, January 23, the bodies of 46 refugees were transferred to Afghanistan through the Silk Bridge crossing between Iran and Afghanistan last month. According to sources, these bodies belong to immigrants and refugees who visited Iran to work and have been killed in various
Ariana: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says in the last three weeks, more than 12,500 people entered Afghanistan through the Islam Qala border and nearly 16,000 Afghan migrants entered Afghanistan through the Nimroz border. According to MoRR, most of the returnees went to Iran illegally and were without their families. Many were also
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 27, 2022 Michael Scollon Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran are driving thousands of former Afghan troops — many of them elite commandos trained by the United States — to consider fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine and other battlefields. Many ex-Afghan security personnel accuse the United States of abandoning
Mehr News Agency December 5, 2022 Special envoy of the Iranian President for Afghanistan slammed the US’ destructive role in creating instability in Afghanistan, calling for the formation of a government with the participation of all Afghan ethnicities. Saying that the CIA is still active in Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi told in a TV program that
8am: Mohammad Masoud Zahidian, the deputy head of Iran’s anti-narcotics headquarters, says that drug smuggling has increased from the country’s soil. Previously, Indian, Russian and Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed concerns about the increase in drug cultivation, production and trafficking in Afghanistan under the rule of Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).
Tehran Times November 15, 2022 TEHRAN – Consulate of Iran in Mazar-e-Sharif has announced the beginning of the export of tractors from Iran to Afghanistan, Fars News Agency reported. As reported, Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company, a major Iranian tractor manufacturing company, has opened a representative office in Mazar-e-Sharif and the first cargo of the mentioned