Press TV November 6, 2018 The United States has approved a sanctions exemption for Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar, citing Afghanistan’s economy. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed off on the exception Tuesday, a day after the Trump administration imposed sanctions against Tehran. “After extensive consideration, the secretary has provided for an exception from
Press TV October 24, 2018 India and Afghanistan are pushing ahead with plans to open a new transportation corridor between the two countries via Iran’s strategic port of Chabahar despite US sanctions. New Delhi sees the port crucial to its connectivity ambitions, including access to CIS countries – a regional organization of 10 post-Soviet republics
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 23, 2018 A seven-country group set up to combat the international financing of terrorists has blacklisted nine individuals associated with Afghanistan’s Taliban, including two Iranian military officers and several men accused of “facilitating Iranian support to bolster the terrorist group.” The announcement by the U.S. Treasury Department on October 23 says
Asia Times: Soured diplomatic relations and extensive monitoring along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has led to a steep fall in trade between the two countries. In the last two years, more than 70% of Afghanistan’s trade has shifted to Iran, China and India. Iran is now Afghanistan’s biggest trade partner, a position held by Pakistan before 2016. Click here
Ariana: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says the living conditions of Afghan refugees have been improved in Iran and Pakistan. “Afghan refugees join school in Iran without having any documents and it can help Afghan families to have impunity too,” Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, the Minister of Refugees said. Click here to read more
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 9, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The head of the United Nations refugee agency estimates eight million Afghans do not live in their homes, fleeing deadly conflict, poverty, unemployment and a worsening drought in Afghanistan. U.N. High Commissioner Filippo Grandi, who concluded a visit to the turmoil-hit country and neighboring Pakistan on Sunday,
DW: The United States’ renewal of sanctions on Iran is having an unintended knock-on effect on Afghanistan. The country’s currency is taking a beating as dollar smugglers rush to provide much-needed foreign exchange to the neighboring Iranian economy. Click here to read more (external link).
Frud Behzan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 14, 2018 As the United States reinstates crippling economic sanctions on Iran, Washington’s ally in the region, Afghanistan, could become collateral damage. A first wave of U.S. sanctions against Iran that had been eased under a 2015 nuclear deal went back into effect on August 7, targeting the
Ariana: Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has pleaded the U.S. to exempt Kabul-Tehran trade deals from sanctions on Iran as the country heavily relies on the Iranian port of Chabahar to improve its economy. U.S. President Donald Trump warned today that any country doing business with Iran will not trade with the US as the first set
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Frud Bezhan Nusrat Parsa August 1, 2018 KABUL — Sporting a long, graying beard and a dusty scarf, Noor Mohammad exits a gritty restaurant in the Afghan capital, where he has been trying to find work for weeks. Mohammad moved back to his native Kabul after living more than 10 years