Tehran Times: Iran’s embassy in Kabul has issued a statement reiterating support for peace talks in Afghanistan led by the Afghan leaders. The statement came as a response to a claim made by Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States’ chief negotiator with the Afghan Taliban, about Iran’s lack of support for a U.S.-led attempt to get
Ariana: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a recent report that although Afghanistan has traditionally relied on Pakistan as a gateway to international shipping routes, recent trends indicate that 70 percent of Afghan transit trade is now diverted through Iran. The ADB’s Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) Annual Report 2019, published this week,
Tolo News: A key member of the Taliban’s political office in Doha has blamed the Afghan government for delays in the intra-Afghan negotiations that are aimed at ending the decades of war in the country. The talks were expected to begin 10 days after the Feb. 29 deal between the US and the Taliban, but
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 12, 2020 The U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was backed by most countries in the region, who shared the goal of ousting the extremist Taliban regime and eliminating the allied Al-Qaeda terrorist network. The governments in Tehran, Moscow, and Islamabad readily helped the United States fight the
Frud Bezhan Shapoor Saber Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 24, 2020 Celebrated Afghan scholar Najib Mayel Heravi has lived in neighboring Iran for nearly 50 years, penning scores of acclaimed books and other treatises on ancient Persian manuscripts, literature, and Islamic mysticism. The 68-year-old native of Herat in western Afghanistan has an Iranian wife, and
Future Directions: Increasingly frequent droughts are causing tension between Afghanistan and Iran over control of surface water resources. The Helmand River is a particular source of discontent between the two countries, with each claiming that the other takes more water than they have the right to under a 1973 water-sharing agreement. According to Iran, Afghanistan’s
Al Jazeera: Despite escalating tensions, both countries see Iran’s Chabahar port as key to stabilising neighbouring Afghanistan. Chabahar port in the Sistan-Balochistan province of Iran is a hub of activity and one of the country’s economic lifelines. Located on the southeastern edge of the country, it is the only Iranian entity of its kind that
Tolo News: Iran’s judiciary has denied receiving evidence that the Afghan government says has been handed to an Iranian diplomatic team over the drowning of dozens of Afghan migrants on the border between the two neighboring countries. Findings of the government’s probe team indicate that 46 Afghan nationals were “forced by the Iranian border force”
Tolo News: Abbas Mousavi, the spokesman for Iran’s foreign minister, in a press conference on Monday said that the ministry has warned Ghafoor Lewal, the Afghan ambassador in Tehran, about the recent protest near the Iranian embassy in Kabul over the deaths of Afghan migrants in Iran. The protesters called on international organizations to probe
1TV: Iran’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it summoned Afghanistan’s ambassador over recent “offensive moves” made against its diplomatic missions in the neighboring country. In a statement, the ministry said that the offensive moves had come from a small group of certain political movements with a record of opposition to Iran and to the good