The Diplomat: Pakistan and Iran have always had historical claims over the water resources of Afghanistan. These claims have always been rejected by Afghanistan. The chaotic politics of water between Afghanistan and its neighbors has a long history, due to the lack of water-sharing agreements between them. Despite sharing 90 percent of its water resources with
Noor Zahid Mehdi Jedinia VOA News September 18, 2016 A recent exchange of prisoners between Iran and Afghanistan may signal Tehran’s willingness to repair strained relations between the two countries over the regime’s internal treatment of Afghans, analysts say. Kabul has lodged several protests in recent months over Iran’s conduct toward Afghans inside Iran, including
Khaama Press: A top Iranian diplomat based in Kabul has rejected the detained migrants exhibited in cages by Shiraz city police were Afghan nationals. The Iranian Chargé d’affaires Ali Reza Hajizada clarified the issue during a meeting with the second deputy foreign minister for political affairs of Afghanistan Syed Javid Hashemi. Click here to read more (external
VOA News September 9, 2016 Noor Zahid Mehdi Jedinia The Afghan government is protesting Iran’s decision to blindfold several Afghans and put them in cages in the center of Shiraz this week. Nearly two dozen handcuffed Afghan refugees were displayed in a large metal cage. Police also exhibited confiscated items, including weapons, explosives, drugs, alcohol
Khaama Press: The construction of a railway line between Afghanistan and Iran officially kicked off near the western Herat province of Afghanistan on Wednesday. According to the local officials, the construction work of the railway line in Afghanistan launched as 90 percent of the railway work inside the Iranian soil has been completed. The railway line will
Tolo News: The Afghan foreign minister and the Iranian ambassador to Kabul said Sunday that a prisoner exchange program has been finalized between the two countries based on an agreement signed few years ago. According to the Afghan-Iran prisoner agreement, prisoners swapped will serve out their sentences in prisons in their own countries. In the first phase of
By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 24, 2016 The death of a 12-year-old Afghan girl in Iran has prompted that country’s health minister to publicly defend a national ban on organ transplants for foreigners that some were initially blaming for the tragedy. Latifeh Rahmani died last week at a hospital in Shiraz, where
TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Mehr News Agency) – Deputy Iranian oil minister has voiced Iran’s readiness to construct joint oil refineries in the neighboring country of Afghanistan. Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Abbas Kazemi said a new storage tank will soon come to stream in South Khorasan Province saying “Birjand
Forbes: Important but overlooked news this week: the U.S. command in Afghanistan has asked India to step up military aid to Afghan forces. India provided four attack helicopters to the Afghan military in Dec. 2015; the U.S. and the Afghans want more, as well as spare parts for Russian-made military equipment, to be used in part
Tolo News: The fifth meeting of the Afghanistan and Iran Economic Commission kicked off on Tuesday in Tehran where discussions centered around bilateral cooperation on customs issues, energy, transport and educational scholarships. In the meantime a number of economic analysts say that Afghanistan will find its way to global markets through Iran and that Afghan officials need