Tolo News: India has delivered a consignment of heavy equipment, including cranes, for further development of Iran’s Chabahar port, the Hindustan Times reported. The report said that this signals New Delhi’s commitment to the strategic connectivity project that can provide access to markets in Central Asia. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called Iran “the new Afghanistan” as he accused Tehran of providing safe haven for al Qaeda militants. “I would say Iran is, indeed, the new Afghanistan – as the key geographic hub for al-Qaida – but it’s actually worse,” Pompeo said speaking at the National Press
Press TV January 10, 2021 Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) says the value of exports to Afghanistan is expected to reach $5 billion in the calendar year to March 2022. TPO chief Hamid Zadboum said on Sunday that exports through the eastern Iranian border had increased in the nine months to late December. Iran sent
Tolo News: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in an interview that aired on Monday, said that 2,000 Afghans are still fighting in Syria and that Iran would be willing to arm more in the fight against Daesh if the Afghan government was willing. Click here to read more (external link). Related Transcript of TOLO
Tolo News: Afghan mixed martial arts fighters Ismail Haidari, Wahidullah Nazhand and Faramarz Mohammad as well as Iran’s Shaheen Najafi defeated their rivals in the eleventh round of mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions on Friday. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 10, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Afghanistan and Iran Thursday inaugurated the first railway link between them, expressing hope the landmark move will boost trade and travel links across the region. The 225-kilometer line connects the eastern Iranian city of Khaf to the western Afghan city of Herat, providing a crucial
Press TV December 4, 2020 Iran has warned about “suspicious” moves by those who seek to disrupt cordial relations between Tehran and Kabul, after a video purportedly showing Afghan nationals being insulted by Iranians went viral. The Iranian Police issued an announcement on Friday suggesting the video published on social media with regards to insulting
Tolo News: Local officials in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Wednesday said that, for the first time, imported goods arrived in the province from Iran via the Herat-Khawaf railway. The cargo was “500 (metric) tons of cement,” said officials. Meanwhile, another passenger train carrying Iranian officials also arrived in the Ghoryan district of Herat.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 15, 2020 Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has signaled that he could accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the Middle East. In his first message to the U.S. armed services since his appointment by President Donald Trump, Miller wrote on November 13 that “all wars must end”
Although the terrorists took the lives of the youth of Afghanistan, the alliance between #Tehran and #Kabul is a clear answer to those who think they can intimidate us. Tonight, video-mapping of Azadi Tower by #TehranMunicipality is a sign of our solidarity and #sympathy. pic.twitter.com/DDi2s3sG3O — M. R. Javadi Yeganeh (@javadimr) November 5, 2020 Radio