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2021-12-19 21:13
First meeting between top Iranian diplomat and Taliban
TEHRAN— Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian met with the Acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqqi on the sidelines of the 17th extraordinary session of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation.
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2021-12-19 21:06
FM: Iran considers sustainable security and political stability in Afghanistan fruitful to region
TEHRAN— Speaking at the 17th extraordinary session of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian reiterated that Iran supports the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan.
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2021-12-17 18:21
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
Afghanistan: OIC emerging dilemma
TEHRAN - December 19, 2021, is going to be a monumental day for Afghanistan in its perilous situation. Pakistan on that particular day will host a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers on Afghanistan aimed at addressing exacerbating and egregious humanitarian crisis in war-torn Afghanistan.
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2021-12-15 11:06
U.S. will not punish troops for killing Afghan civilians
TEHRAN - In a new announcement that is expected to trigger global outcry and push calls for an independent international investigation, the Pentagon says no U.S. military personnel will be held accountable for an August drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that killed 10 civilians from the same family, among them seven children.
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2021-12-11 21:38
Looming crisis in Afghanistan directly affecting Pakistan and Iran, PM Khan says
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has criticized a continued freezing of Afghanistan's assets by the United States as the war-hit country is grappling with looming humanitarian crisis, warning that the deterioration of the situation will cause more problems for Pakistan and Iran as Afghanistan’s neighbors, IRNA reported on Thursday.
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2021-12-05 21:36
Iran, UN hold talks on Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations Abbas Araghchi met on Sunday with Mette Knudsen, the deputy special representative for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
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2021/12/05
By Martin Love
In truth the U.S has become a weak and therefore dangerous country…
Average Americans with any sense of what the U.S. government is doing, especially overseas, are generally horrified withal but have little found power to push change.
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2021-12-04 23:24
EXCLUSIVE: Unraveling truth behind NRF failure in Panjshir: Ahmad Massoud had resorted to US militia
TEHRAN— An informed source confided to Tehran Times in exclusivity that Ahmad Massoud has met with Erik Prince, founder and head of the Blackwater private militia group in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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2021-12-03 21:41
Top commander says U.S.' significant defeat is in Afghanistan
TEHRAN- Referring to recent developments in the world, the IRGC Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani stressed that the most significant defeat of the United States recently is the defeat in Afghanistan.
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2021-12-03 21:40
Taliban Foreign Ministry stresses border problems with Iran will not occur again
TEHRAN— A spokesman for the Taliban Foreign Ministry has said after the incident with the Iranian border guards in Nimroz province of Afghanistan that the incident was managed and the Taliban officials are trying to prevent such incidents in the future.
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2021-11-24 20:30
Tehran considers easing visa rules for Afghan nationals
TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry Director-General for West Asia has said that Iran considers easing visa rules for Afghan nationals.
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2021-11-24 12:30
Time for the U.S. to really leave Afghanistan alone
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2021-11-20 21:20
Iranian humanitarian aid reaches Afghanistan
TEHRAN — Neda Mohammad Nadim, Commander of Nangarhar Police, on Saturday confirmed that Iran’s humanitarian aid has reached Nangarhar.
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2021-11-15 17:56
Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan visits Kabul, says U.S. supports ISIS
TEHRAN — Iran's special envoy for Afghanistan said on Monday that after the defeat in Afghanistan, the United States is trying to support the ISIS terrorist group, IRNA reported.
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2021/11/13
By Stefano Vernole
Afghanistan: From American Strategic Defeat to Regional Integration Platform
TEHRAN - Afghanistan is a strategic defeat for the United States. The U.S.A. has lost credibility towards its international allies, it has failed to prevent the peaceful rise of China nor the renewed foreign leadership of Russia, it is no longer the economic engine of the world and from a geopolitical point of view it risks failing theirs “anaconda strategy”, that is the attempt to suffocate the Eurasian blockade preventing it from reaching the oceans.
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2021-11-10 21:46
Shamkhani says Iran is concerned about Daesh activities in Afghanistan
Iran announces readiness to help alleviate humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
TEHRAN — The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) on Wednesday stressed the need for a concerted effort to form an “inclusive government” in Afghanistan and deal with the humanitarian crisis in the Central Asian country, IRNA reported.
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2021-11-10 21:00
New shipment of aid from Iran arrives in Kabul
TEHRAN – The eleventh consignment of humanitarian aid of Iran was delivered to Afghanistan on Wednesday.
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2021-11-09 21:10
Iran steps up Afghan diplomacy
TEHRAN – After a short lull in its Afghanistan diplomacy, Iran is once again putting more energy and time into its efforts to bring peace and stability to its easter neighbor, where the Taliban are now grappling with daunting challenges.
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2021-11-06 21:40
Taliban will be invited to next meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors
TEHRAN — A member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has announced that the Taliban will be invited to the next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbors.
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2021-11-06 21:40
Iran expects Europe to act responsibly toward refugees: official
TEHRAN — The Director General of Foreign Affairs and Immigrants of the Iranian Interior Ministry has said Tehran expects the European countries and the international community in large, including the United Nations, to act responsibly in allocating the necessary fund and provide comprehensive support for Afghan refugees flooding into Iran.
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2021-11-05 21:09
Iranian ambassador meets Taliban officials in Ghazni
TEHRAN — The Iranian ambassador to Kabul has promised that his country is ready to cooperate to reconstruct and restore historical monuments in Ghazni province.
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2021-11-02 17:50
U.S. trained Afghan military elites “defect” to Daesh
TEHRAN - In what might be one of the most disastrous outcomes of the anarchic 20 year American occupation of Afghanistan and subsequent chaotic withdrawal; a report suggests former members of the U.S.-trained Afghan intelligence service and elite military units, have joined the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group operating in the country.
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2021/11/02
By Dost Muhammad Barrech
How India views AUKUS
TEHRAN - The inking of the AUKUS, a trilateral security pact among Australia, the UK and the U.S. on September 15, 2021, with an effort to counter China in the Asia-Pacific without Indian inclusion has taken back many experts. The AUKUS for the first time will be building nuclear-powered submarines; Canberra will be using technologies provided by Washington.
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2021-11-02 15:46
At least 20 killed, 43 injured as two bombings hit Kabul's biggest hospital
TEHRAN - Two suicide blasts and the sound of gunfire erupted Tuesday at the main military hospital in Kabul, in an attack that killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more, a doctor and a Taliban official said.
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2021-10-31 21:33
Researcher says Afghanistan's neighbors concerned about spread of insecurity
TEHRAN — Commenting on the strategic goals of neighboring countries regarding the Taliban reign in Afghanistan, a senior researcher on regional issues has said Iran has a “special position and calls for formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan” and generally has adopted a middle ground toward the developments in the Central Asian country.
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2021-10-30 21:05
Iran is affected more by developments in Afghanistan: expert
TEHRAN — Jafar Haghpanah, an expert on international affairs, says Iran is more affected by the developments in Afghanistan than any other country.
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2021-10-29 22:08
Taliban: Tehran meeting will serve Afghanistan interests
TEHRAN — The Taliban have praised the Wednesday meeting of the foreign ministers of six countries neighboring Afghanistan in Tehran, saying it will be in favor of Afghanistan.
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2021-10-29 22:06
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
Rulers fundamentally responsible for Afghan security: Pakistan FM
TEHRAN – In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times on Thursday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the current rulers in Afghanistan are first and foremost responsible for providing security for Afghan citizens.
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2021-10-29 19:06
Tehran Afghan summit a show of strength against U.S., MP says
TEHRAN – A sitting MP who formerly served as Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan has assessed the Tehran summit on the developments in Afghanistan as a show of strength by the countries in the region against the United States, saying the collective decisions made in the Tehran summit could be in the interest of the Afghan people and the region.
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2021-10-29 00:00
By Mohammad Mazhari
China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean changing the geopolitical landscape: researcher
TEHRAN – An associate research fellow at Institute for Security and Development Policy says that China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean and its alliance with Pakistan and Afghanistan under Taliban rule would change the geopolitical landscape.