TEHRAN -- The deputy head of Afghanistan's Consulate in Mashhad, the provincial capital of Iranian northeastern Khorasan Province, underlined that Iran's attitude towards the Islamic government of Afghanistan has not changed.
"Iran still recognizes the Islamic government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani as the legitimate government of Afghanistan," said Abdollah Ahad Khaleqian in an interview with the French Radio on Friday night.
Asked whether Tehran is approaching the Taleban, Khaleqian said Iran does not recognize the Taleban and has no diplomatic ties with the militia.
"The trade exchanges between the two neighboring countries are just for the sake of the war-stricken Afghan people," he stressed.
According to another report, an official in Khorasan Province said that insecurity in the areas near the Iran-Afghanistan border has had a negative impact on the education of the students in those areas.
"The insecurity in the region near Iran-Afghanistan border resulting from the activities of bandits, Afghan smugglers and kidnappers has forced the teachers working in regional villages to leave their homes and move to other places in Khorasan Province," said an administrative official of Education Department in Khorasan Province, Mohammadreza Moqaddamzadeh.
Moqaddamzadeh stressed that if the present trend continues, the education of the students in the region will greatly suffer.