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
Press TV November 10, 2021 Iran’s security chief says the United States and its coalition allies must be held accountable for the myriad of crises Afghanistan is facing today, adding the “least responsibility” they bear is to compensate for all the damage they have inflicted on the Afghan people over the past two decades. Secretary
Reuters: As many as 4,000-5,000 Afghans have been crossing into Iran daily since the Taliban seized Kabul in August and hundreds of thousands more are expected to arrive in the coming winter, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link).
News18: The National Resistance Front (NRF) leader Ahmad Massoud is reportedly in Iran . Reports say that Massoud travelled to Iran to meet former Afghan cabinet minister, Ismail Khan. Ismail Khan fought against Taliban fighters before the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani govt in August. Click here to read more (external link). Related Foreign ministry
"Iran is trying to preclude recognition of Taliban."https://t.co/d9fCJUoaYi pic.twitter.com/1Za7DPLkUt — Aamaj News (@aamajnews24) November 7, 2021 Aamaj: The Hezb-e-Islami leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, says that Iran is trying to preclude recognition of Taliban, whilst China, Russia, Pakistan and some other nieghboring countries are willing to recognize the Taliban, but Iran to preclude this measure held a
Tolo News: The Taliban in unofficial meetings with Iranian officials said they recognize the Helmand River Treaty signed between Afghanistan and Iran in 1973, an official from Iran’s foreign ministry has said. According to the treaty, Afghanistan is committed to sharing the water from the Helmand River with Iran and will supply 26 cubic meters