Taliban

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  • India is favoring close ties with landlocked Afghanistan 2025-11-17 22:21

    By Salman Parviz

    Strategic reset in India-Afghanistan ties

    Chabahar to play vital connectivity role

    TEHRAN -- India’s renewed engagement with the Taliban administration in Afghanistan reflects a pragmatic shift by prioritizing interests over earlier ideological reservations.

  • Pakistan terror attack 2025-11-14 16:27

    Pakistan accuses Afghan nationals of twin suicide bombings

    Pakistani authorities on November 13 accused Afghan nationals of carrying out two suicide bombings that struck the South Asian nation earlier this week, including one in Islamabad, The Cradle reported Friday.

  • People wait near the closed gate at the Spin Boldak border crossing with Pakistan, after the border was shut for nearly two weeks following clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sibghatullah) 2025-10-29 20:25

    By Salman Parviz

    Diplomatic meltdown marks Kabul-Islamabad dialogue

    TEHRAN – The much-anticipated peace talks between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul have dramatically collapsed after four days of negotiations leaving mediators from Qatar and Turkey stunned at the breakdown. The negotiations were a step toward regional stability but instead exposed deep mistrust, disunity, and competing agendas, particularly over the issue of U.S. drone operations and cross-border terror.

  • Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob 2025-10-19 18:40

    Fragile armistice between Pakistan and Afghanistan after deadly clashes

    Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan announced an immediate ceasefire on Sunday after emergency talks mediated by Qatar and Turkey, a move intended to halt the worst cross-border fighting since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover.

  • Durand Line 2025-10-12 20:11

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Echoes of the Durand Line: Afghanistan and Pakistan at a crossroads

    Old borders, new battles, and escalating mistrust

    TEHRAN – On the night of October 9, explosions in Kabul — widely reported as strikes aimed at Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) figures — triggered a rapid chain of violence that by 11–12 October had become the sharpest Afghanistan–Pakistan confrontation in years.

  • Pakistan - Afghanistan 2025-10-10 21:19

    Kabul bombings heighten Pakistan–Afghanistan rift

    A series of explosions across Afghanistan late Thursday, including blasts in central Kabul, Paktika, and Khost provinces, has deepened tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban-led Afghan government.

  • Bagram Air Base 2025-09-22 21:14

    By staff writer

    What is behind Trump's Bagram dream?

    TEHRAN- The recent political and military discourse surrounding the Bagram Air Base in northern Afghanistan underscores the renewed strategic tug-of-war playing out in Central and South Asia. 

  • Bagram Air Base and Trump 2025-09-21 14:54

    Trump threatens Kabul over Bagram demand as Taliban rejects US return

    U.S. President Donald Trump warned Sunday that “BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!” unless Afghanistan “gives back” Bagram Air Base, also telling reporters the U.S. wants it “right away” and linking its value to proximity to western China.

  • Afghanistan quake 2025-09-02 16:37

    Death toll surpasses 1,400 as Afghanistan reels from quake

    A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan just past midnight on Sunday, triggering one of the deadliest disasters in recent memory.

  • China and Afghanistan FMs 2025-08-20 18:18

    China FM holds talks with Taliban leaders in Kabul, mining and BRI top agenda

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul on Wednesday morning for a visit to Afghanistan and to attend the sixth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue, Xinhua News Agency reported.

  • Afghanistan signs $6.5bn mine deals with China and other countries 2025-05-25 23:06

    By Salman Parviz

    China: Afghanistan’s top investor

    West’s failure opens doors for East

    TEHRAN -- Years of wars, occupation, and anarchy have left Afghanistan’s natural resources unexploited due to a lack of investment and the transfer of technology.  According to the U.S. and UN assessments, minerals buried across Afghanistan’s rocky landscape are estimated to be worth a trillion dollars.

  • طالبان 2025-04-18 02:16

    Russian Supreme Court suspends ban on Taliban

    Russia’s Supreme Court has suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than 20 years as “a terrorist organization”, Al Jazeera reported.

  • Khalil Haqqani 2024-12-13 22:26

    Tehran condemns ISIS killing of acting Afghan minister

    TEHRAN — Iran has unequivocally condemned the recent terrorist bombing in Kabul, which claimed the lives of several individuals, including Khalil Haqqani, the acting Minister for Refugees and Repatriation in Afghanistan's interim government.

  • Bigdeli begins post as head of Iranian mission in Kabul 2024-11-30 22:26

    Bigdeli begins post as head of Iranian mission in Kabul

    TEHRAN – Alireza Bigdeli, Iran's newly appointed head of mission in Kabul, has commenced his duties in Afghanistan. 

  • Iran- Afghanistan 2024-11-18 22:25

    Taliban agrees to extradite Afghan prisoners held in Iran

    TEHRAN – Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has pledged cooperation with Iran on the extradition of Afghan prisoners held within Iranian borders.

  • Iran-Afghanistan 2024-11-13 19:29

    Tehran plans to repatriate 1,000 Afghan prisoners in agreement with Kabul

    TEHRAN- The Deputy Minister for International Affairs and Human Rights within the Iranian Ministry of Justice, along with the head of the committee responsible for transferring foreign convicts, has announced plans to repatriate a thousand Afghan prisoners to their home country over the next two months.

  • Border 2024-11-10 19:56

    Iran completes 25-km of Eastern border wall to strengthen security

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Army Ground Forces have successfully completed a 25-kilometer section of the country’s eastern border wall, reinforcing national security and strengthening anti-smuggling measures. 

  • Taliban sweep into Kabul presidential palace in August 2021 2024-08-16 21:09

    Why America’s longest and most expensive war in history failed: analysis

    TEHRAN - On the third anniversary of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, three writers - Michael A. Cohen, a nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; Christopher Preble, also from the Fletcher School and senior fellow and director of the Stimson Center’s Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program; and Monica Duffy Toft, an academic dean and professor of international politics at the Fletcher School and Director of its Center for Strategic Studies - analyzed the failure of the U.S. war against Taliban after 20 years.

  • afghanistan 2024-08-07 21:32

    Tehran demands justice for 1998 killing of Iranian reporter and diplomats in Afghanistan

    TEHRAN– Iran’s Foreign Ministry has urged the Afghan caretaker government to publicly announce the findings of its investigations into the assassination of Iranian diplomats and a reporter in Mazar-e Sharif on August 8, 1998, and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable. 

  • Flash floods in Afghanistan 2024-05-18 22:03

    Flash floods claim more lives in Afghanistan

    At least 50 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in central Afghanistan, officials have said.

  • afghanistan 2024-05-11 22:21

    Iran can ensure stable energy supply to Afghanistan: deputy ambassador

    TEHRAN - Iran's Deputy Ambassador to Kabul, Hassan Mortazavi, highlighted Iran's commitment to serving as a dependable energy supplier to Afghanistan during a meeting with Abdul Latif Mansoor, the Acting Minister of Water and Energy of Afghanistan's caretaker government in Kabul.

  • UN Afghans 2024-04-14 21:16

    Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban

    Afghan families who helped UK forces and then fled to neighboring Pakistan are in danger of being deported back to the Taliban due to Home Office delays in bringing them to the UK.

  • Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan 2024-04-02 14:25

    photo: AFA

    Tourist numbers up in post-war Afghanistan

    The number of foreign tourists visiting Afghanistan rose 120 percent year on year in 2023, reaching nearly 5,200.

  • At least 60 killed in a terrorist attack outside Moscow 2024-03-23 13:19

    Taliban condemns terrorist attack on concert hall in Russia

    The Foreign Ministry in the Taliban-formed government of Afghanistan has strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow, TASS reported.

  • former top American generals 2024-03-21 01:12

    Former generals blame Biden admin for chaotic fall of Kabul

    The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.

  • Helmand 2024-03-03 22:28

    Taliban official says committed to honoring Iran water rights

    TEHRAN- Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the political deputy minister of the caretaker government of Afghanistan (Taliban), has emphasized that the Islamic Emirate is committed to ensuring Iran’s water rights according to the 1973 treaty.

  • UK Afghans 2024-02-19 23:20

    UK blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops

    UK Special Forces blocked Afghan troops they had fought alongside from relocating to the UK after the Taliban seized power, according to BBC Panorama.

  • Gharibabadi 2024-01-21 22:41

    Iran, Afghanistan judiciary officials seek more cooperation

    TEHRAN- Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary of the High Council for Human Rights and deputy head of the Iranian judiciary, and Abdul Ghani Faiq, the deputy Taliban minister of justice, discussed ways for further cooperation.

  • Kazemi Qomi 2024-01-08 21:50

    Taliban official describes Daesh as common foe of Afghanistan, Iran

    TEHRAN- A Taliban political leader referred to the terrorist group Daesh as Iran’s and Afghanistan’s shared enemy.

  • Biden refuses to call for a ceasefire in Gaza 2024-01-05 20:05

    Israel seeking to drag the U.S. into another ruinous war: analysis

    In a commentary on January 3, The Nation said Israel is pushing the United States toward another “ruinous" war as Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip is gradually spreading.