VOA News Ayaz Gul March 24, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani visits neighboring Pakistan for two days starting Friday. The trip is apparently part of Iran’s diplomatic campaign to boost economic and trade ties with neighboring and regional countries now that international sanctions against it have been removed. Pakistani and Iranian officials say the sanctions had
Tehran, March 5, IRNA – Iranian businessmen who invest in Afghanistan and move their production lines to that country will receive customs exemption, said Afghan Minister of Trade and Industries Homayoon Rasa. At present, Afghanistan meets 16 percent of its needs from Iran, he said, reported Trend News Agency reported. ‘Afghanistan’s economy will benefit if
1TV: Afghan students are being subjected to physical abuse and discrimination in Iran, a human rights group has said citing reports. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran in a report published this week further citied claims that Iranian authorities were trying to suppress such incidents. Click here to read more (external link).
February 9, 2016 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior EU diplomat asked Iran on Tuesday to attend the next Brussels Conferences on Afghanistan given Tehran’s influential role in the region. The European Union’s Deputy Secretary General for the External Action Service Helga Maria Schmid called on Iran to consider participating in the next Brussels Conferences on
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan February 3, 2016 Afghanistan’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, has called on Indian businesses to invest in his war-torn country — including development of a proposed trade corridor through Afghanistan that links Iran with India and Central Asia. Abdullah told a meeting of top industry groups in New Delhi on February
February 1, 2016 – TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade Mojtaba Khosrotaj described the lucrative market of neighboring Afghanistan as a “strategic” market for Iranian merchants. Khosrotaj on Monday pointed to Iran’s upcoming exclusive exhibition in the Afghan capital of Kabul, and said such expos are venues to hold dialogue
VOA News / January 29, 2016 Iran has sent thousands of undocumented Shi’ite Afghan refugees to Syria to fight alongside forces of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard forces in support of the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, sources in Iran and Afghanistan told VOA. Thousands of Afghans from Iran
IRNA: Afghanistan Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Spokesman, Yasin Samim said that an agreement has been reached for buying Internet services from Iran. Gateways would be created in Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif for people to have access to Internet and the price would fall 20 to 25 percent. Click here to read more
AOPNEWS | January 7, 2016 As relations continue to sour between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Afghan leaders, such as Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are expressing their concerns about the escalating tensions. Abdullah stated that the increased tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia will harm Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Ulema Council, which includes both Sunni and Shiite religious
Tehran Times: Afghanistan is keen to expand its gas oil imports from Iran to 1.2 million tons, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said after his meeting with Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industries Homayoun Rasa in Tehran on January 5. Click here to read more (external link).