Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 9, 2020 A new breakaway Afghan Taliban faction that has close ties to neighboring Iran and opposes efforts aimed at ending the 18-year insurgency in Afghanistan has emerged. The Hezb-e Walayat-e Islami, or Party of Islamic Guardianship, is believed to have split from the mainstream Taliban soon after
Tolo News: Public outcry in Afghanistan is growing over an incident in Iran in which three Afghan nationals were burned to death after their vehicle crashed into a guardrail in Yazd province after being reportedly shot at by Iranian police. Afghan activists started a hashtag “bring me some water I am dying,” and called on
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 6, 2020 Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry says that authorities in Iran’s Yazd Province have accepted that their police forces shot a vehicle carrying Afghan migrants earlier this week, killing three people. The ministry said on June 6 that four others were wounded as the vehicle caught fire after it was shot.
1TV: A leading Afghan human rights group confirmed on Thursday that Iranian guards beat, tortured and drowned Afghan migrants at the border earlier this month. In a report, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said that a total of 46 migrants crossed the river flowing at the border between the two countries by boat and with
Tolo News: A probe team led by Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Mohsin Baharwand on Tuesday met with Haneef Atmar, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, and the two sides discussed issues around the investigation of the border incident, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs [MoFA] said in a statement. “Mr. Mohsin Baharwand expressed his deep sorrow over
Tolo News: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, citing the death of Afghan nationals on the border between Afghanistan and Iran, claimed that the migrants were “tortured” by Iranian border forces and were forced to cross the Harirod River and return to their country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the investigation of
Press TV May 20, 2020 The US intelligence agency has acknowledged that Iran is not seeking to destabilize Afghanistan where the US he’s engaged in an alleged peace process. The US military intelligence announcement runs counter to previous remarks by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, The National Interest reported. “Iran’s strategic objectives relating to Afghanistan continue to
Tolo News: The bodies of 2 more Afghan migrants who were allegedly drowned by Iranian border police earlier this month were found in Harirod River, members of a task team investigating an alleged drowning by the Iranian border police said on Thursday. Iran has previously agreed to cooperate with a probe of the allegation. According
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has tasked a 10-member team to probe reports of the drowning of dozens of Afghan migrants by Iranian border security forces earlier this week. Mohammad Hamid Tahmasbi will lead the probe team, said Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman to Afghan president Ashraf Ghani. Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV May 6, 2020 Tehran has dismissed as a “bitter joke” US claim of Iranian border guards’ involvement in the tragic deaths of a number of Afghan migrants near the border, saying a “war criminal” and “state sponsor of terror” is in no position to level such allegations. Last week, some claims surfaced in