Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 25, 2021 The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and the lightning collapse of the internationally recognized government in Kabul in August spelled the end of the West’s nearly 20-year foothold in the war-torn country. Now, with the Taliban back in control of Afghanistan, other
Tolo News: Ali Arabzada, an Afghan national futsal team player, has died in Iran. Officials at the Afghanistan Football Federation on the futsal committee have confirmed his death, but said it is still not clear how he died. Arabzada performed with distinction in the 2019 Asian Futsal Championship which was hosted by Iran and in
Aamaj: The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran deports thousands of Afghan refugees who have fled the Taliban and poverty. “People are simply being dumped on the border” by Iranian authorities, a United Nations official said. “The percentage of deportations is rising dramatically since the takeover by the Taliban,” the official said to the Wall
What #Iranian revolutionary guard personnel are doing in #Afghanistan’s National TV? Local artists & reporters informed me that Ali Komeili & Ehsan Razavi are in #Kabul trying to hire them to produce propaganda narratives against the #US & #west! pic.twitter.com/o7ESZQziqP — Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) December 8, 2021 After the #US & allies left #Afghanistan, #Iran’s
Radio Farda December 1, 2021 Iran’s border guards and the Taliban ended clashes along a segment of the border in what Iranian state media reported was a “misunderstanding” from the Afghan side. The skirmishes “ended with the intervention and negotiation of security forces, and the situation in the area is now calm,” Iranian state media
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 1, 2021 The United Nations refugee agency is urging Afghanistan’s neighbors to open their borders to Afghans seeking to flee their war-torn country — even if they don’t have documentation. Afghanistan’s land borders with Pakistan and Iran are currently open “almost solely” to Afghans with the required passports and visas,
8am: Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain, the representative of WHO in Iran, said on Sunday that four million Afghan refugees in Iran had received the COVID-19 vaccine, Iran’s state news agency reported. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: According to the embassy, Qomi will meet with Taliban officials to discuss regional issues, refugees, humanitarian aid, the formation of an inclusive government and other economic issues. Click here to read more (external link). Related US supporting Daesh terrorists following defeat in Afghanistan, says Iran’s special envoy Iran Concerned By Rise of Extremism In
Business Insider: Afghanistan’s national power company plans to import electricity from Iran in the hope of heading off a looming electricity crisis. The country’s power network is in a precarious state since the Taliban ousted the US-backed government in August. Afghanistan imports the majority of its power, and had mounting debts to neighboring countries. Click
Al Jazeera: Iran is sending tens of thousands of Afghan refugees back over the border, aid agencies and witnesses say, amid allegations of mistreatment by Iranian authorities. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) found that just over one million Afghans have been sent back this year, including more than 28,000 Afghans in the last week